From: Mika Peltola Subject: New TL15+ Melee weapon [D-Blade] Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998 09:47:57 +0300 Disintegrator Melee Weapons (TL15+) Copyright Mika Peltola 1998-08-31 [mika.peltola@keso.fi] 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...