Kharatuk blade

Whispers to the Star Singer campaign items

Checking on the Coriolis Discord, I read that the publishers are OK with players recreating tables, figures and data from the RPG source material where the only purpose is the facilitation of playing their game and I hereby promise this is my only intent with this article. The kharatuk are my own creation; the rules for weapons are from the Coriolis RPG - Doctor Weather

A 'super-advanced'-mercurium weapon forged by the kharatuk peoples of Ghodar. They are crafted into halberds, which is a signature weapon of the kharatuk culture, but can be split into 2 swords, 4 knives and combinations thereof.

Artefact details

ORIGIN	REQUIRES ...in order to use it	LEARN TO USE ...Science / mystic powers modifier	DP COST ...to use it
Old Horizon, kharatuk (d10)	A brain that regularly controls 6 or more limbs *	N/A, blade communicates to the wielder	Varies, see below

* This is to activate the blade and to initiate the Icon-aspect powers. Once done however, the weapons can then be passed to anyone to wield.
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Stats

	BONUS	INITIATIVE	DAMAGE	CRITICAL	FEATURES
HALBERD	+1	+1	4	2	Cell-powered; kharatuk; light; long; mercurium, advanced
SWORD	+2	0	3	2	Cell-powered; kharatuk; light; mercurium, advanced
KNIFE	+1	+1	3	2	Cell-powered; kharatuk; light; mercurium, advanced

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FEATURES
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• Kharatuk: takes Icon-aspect enhancements, usually the Dancer aspect and two others; enhancements can be reprogrammed by a kharatuk AI
• Light: only takes half an inventory slot
• Long: +2 initiative on first round of combat
• Mercurium, advanced:
• A short pole that extends and grows a blade - old school in style, this occurs on spinning the item rather than the use of a button
• As a fast action, wielder can transform the blade between its halberd, swords (2), knives (4) and sword and knives (1 and 2 respectively) states

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Icon-aspect enhancements

ASPECT	KHARATUK AI DESCRIPTION	STATS
Messenger	Targets seem afraid of sound of the spinning blade Two power levels: first generates DP; second, lesser power does not
Dancer	Spinning blades provide armour as part of attacks	Many Armed God --- Silent Spread successes in attack and defence across multiple targets Provides 1 point of armour
Gambler	Wielder strikes before opponents Generates DP
Deckhand	Weapons disarm and grapple
Merchant	The dropped blade, left behind, reappears in front of the bearer	Lucky Coin --- Item cannot be lost, it always turns up somewhere
Judge	Weapons pierce targets I.e. they reduce the target's block and armour values
Traveller	In combat, the wielder seems to have a choice of futures, in a small way similar to the Traveller talent Generates DP
Lady of Tears	Wielder can fight spirits, and with some resistance to spirit void powers	Lady's Calm --- Can hit spirits Critical hits now possible against spirits Crit value is 1 with spirits --- Defence in spirit combat: 1 automatic success in defence; provides 4 extra MP to absorb stress damage
Faceless One	Blades attack with spiritual flames Generates DP

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CC 61, segment of The Deckhand

Contents

• Artefact details
• Stats
• Icon-aspect enhancements

GM articles

• Kharatuk
• Kharatuk blade - GM