Pocketknife
A pocketknife is not at all meant for use in combat. Pocketknives (or penknives) are small, awkward and rarely sharp enough to cause anything beyond superficial injury. Still, sometimes a penknife is all a character has when her back is against the wall and something is slavering and snapping at her, trying to rip out her trachea.
A pocketknife’s problems are manifold. Beyond allowing for minimal damage, a pocketknife is also relatively fragile. If used in combat, the blade will break away from the base after doing 3 damage in a single attack. Worse, should the user suffer a dramatic failure when attacking with a penknife, the blade will close upon the wielder’s fingers, doing one point of lethal damage as the penknife cuts across his digits. That said, a penknife can come in handy outside of combat, and may add +1 to appropriate Crafts rolls (especially if the knife is of a multi-tool variety like the Swiss Army models).
A pocketknife’s problems are manifold. Beyond allowing for minimal damage, a pocketknife is also relatively fragile. If used in combat, the blade will break away from the base after doing 3 damage in a single attack. Worse, should the user suffer a dramatic failure when attacking with a penknife, the blade will close upon the wielder’s fingers, doing one point of lethal damage as the penknife cuts across his digits. That said, a penknife can come in handy outside of combat, and may add +1 to appropriate Crafts rolls (especially if the knife is of a multi-tool variety like the Swiss Army models).
Item type
Weapon, Melee
Size: 1/P
Durability: 2
Cost: •
Notes: Fragile 3, +1 to some Crafts rolls