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Edwina the Slayer: A Rune Weapon |
By: Dustin M. Ramsey (DustinM@rifts-rpg.com)
Edwina the Slayer, or "Winnie" as she likes her owners to call her, is actually a short sword, though she looks very much like a large knife. Forged from a single piece of iridescent smoky marble, the weapon is a Sica-style Roman assassin's sword. It is very ornate, with many black etchings, carvings, and symbols covering it from narrow tip to handle.
As far as Winnie herself goes, she always tries to be helpful to her owners, however, her attention span is not what it used to be. She was transformed into a rune weapon long, long ago, and over the millennia she has gotten quite bored with her existence. This combination of inattentiveness and boredom often leads her to telepathically suggest unwise courses of action to her owners.
Standard Abilities:
- Independent personality with an IQ 9.
- Communicate through limited telepathy.
- Totally indestructible, the blade never dulls or dents.
- Made of a smoky marble and lined from tip to handle with black runes.
- Does 4D6+4 M.D. from physical blows. Can actually be used to parry energy blasts (-6 to parry, very difficult).
- Link itself with owner/wielder within six months of constant contact. Thus man and weapon can sense each other's presence within a four mile (6.4km) radius if separated.
- Adds +1 to all saving throws.
- Anarchist in nature, she can only be used by those of selfish or miscreant alignments. Persons not of a compatible alignment take 1D8 S.D.C. (3D6 M.D. if a mega-damage creature) each time they touch the weapon.