Vorpal Sword

Forged from a rare meteorite called razorcite, a material able to be sharpened to the edge of its very atoms. The techniques for making vorpal swords are known by few; mainly because these swords are as difficult to wield safely as they are to forge.
Simon forged a vorpal sword from razorcite purchased from the Salamander pirates on Nimbus. He draws it (carefully) to cut down tough opponents, like slicing off the hand of the calorie-man bounty hunter, Zorba.

Effect: Deals an automatic wound for each raise on the user’s attack roll. But deals damage to the user when he fails an attack roll. The vorpal sword requires an action to draw and sheathe safely.


Note: Familiarity Affinities with the vorpal sword require inflicting a certain number of wounds, rather than carrying on a certain number of missions. Wounds inflicted on the user count toward these affinities. Affinities for the vorpal sword cannot be mastered in a dojo.


Familiarity Affinity: Striking Proficiency (15 wounds). The vorpal sword only deals damage to the user when the user’s opponent receive a raise on a defense roll or when the user aces.


Familiarity Affinity: Emergency Draw (10 Wounds). The user may draw the sword immediately with a successful sword test. If they fail they take damage.