Subject: New TL15+ Melee weapon [D-Blade]
From: Mika Peltola <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998 09:47:57 +0300

Disintegrator Melee Weapons (TL15+)
Copyright Mika Peltola 1998-08-31 [[email-masked]]

A thing I noticed when I ran a five scenario mini-campaing of=
 Science-Fantasy(or fantasy spiced up with ruins and artifacts of TL15+=20
culture, something like anime "El Hazard" or  John M.Harrisons book "Pastel=
 City"), was that Ultra-Tech lacks new melee weapons=20
for very high TL=B4s. So I came up with this, anyone who has played=
 Warhammer 40000, will recognize these weapons to be akin of=20
power-weapons[glove,maul, and mayde sword=85]

D-Blade (TL15+) [or distruptor blade, locals called them god-blades]
This weapon is simply a melee weapon made of solid-state nanotech, which has=
 a capacity to create a small disintegrator field around=20
the blade giving it, some pretty awesome capabilities:It add 1d to damage=
 and all armor and forcescreens protect at 1/100 DR (armor=20
divisor 100, if dropped that note of unsealed armor because effect is very=
 localized) and PD does not protect vs. D-blade unless PD=20
comes from forceshield or deflector belt (or screen) and creates concussion=
 effects based on 1/3 of inflicted damage(unlike a=20
disintegrator beam,whose concussion is based on full damage). So you better=
 be wearing sealed armor of force screen yourself, or be=20
an anime hero or heroine...., these weapons may look like any ancient melee=
 weapon (player ran into D-Broadsword, D-Warhammer=20
and D-Spear) As for the fact that these wapons are solid-state nanotech, the=
 may also be reconfigurable gadgets capable becoming=20
something else and they are powered by Total Conversion or=
 "Cosmic-Power"(zero-point energy comes into mind...) A D-blade=20
modification adds $4000 cost of weapon (after quality modifier) and the=
 reconfigrable gadget cost is based on the total cost of=20
weapon...