Rapier

The rapier is an extremely specialised type of sword that has begun to become popular in The Kingdom of Rotheval since The Reformation. With the Rotheval Nobility becoming distanced from the concept of Knighthood, a niche grew for a weapon to be used by nobles in duels against other nobles who would not be armoured as they would in The Kingdoms of Somercrag or Irogonie.
The rapier is a very long and narrow blade, incredibly sharp at the point. The light blade makes it less ideal for parrying, but lightning fast.
Rapier

Name	Damage	Critical	Range	Qualities
Rapier	2	4	Engaged	Defensive-1; Accurate-2; Linked-3; Piercing

Defensive-1:

• This weapon adds +d to the difficulty of any Melee Attacks that target the bearer.

Accurate-2:

• This weapon adds bb to any Melee Attacks made using this weapon.

Linked-3:

• This weapon can spend aaa any number of times to perform an additional attack against the target or an adjacent target.

Piercing:

• This weapon can spend an additional a when it scores a Critical Hit to score a Piercing Critical Hit instead.

Rapiers in Military Units

When equipped by a Military Unit a rapier is one of many kinds of Hand Weapon, it has no effect on the unit's fighting capabilities.