Shiv
A shiv is a makeshift, improvised knife common in prisons (though one doesn’t need to be imprisoned to craft a shiv). Shivs take various forms: sharpened spoons, razors taped to toothbrushes, tin cups or scraps of metal with duct tape or bars of soap as the handle. Prisoners sharpen the metal against concrete floors, or, if the inmates are lucky, they have access to the prison machine shop. Two styles of shiv are common: “slashing” style and “ice pick” style. Slashing shivs are essentially flat, sharpened pieces of metal that inmates use to cut throats, slice wrists or slash faces. Ice pick shivs are stabbing weapons — driven into stomachs, between ribs or through necks. Mechanically, shivs have identical Traits.
Shivs are also known as shanks, splinters, tools, pigstickers, silencers, picks, thorns. Making a shiv can be done with a “Rigging Weapons” roll. In prison, where supplies are limited, five successes are required.
Shivs are also known as shanks, splinters, tools, pigstickers, silencers, picks, thorns. Making a shiv can be done with a “Rigging Weapons” roll. In prison, where supplies are limited, five successes are required.
Item type
Weapon, Melee
Size: 1/P
Durability: 1
Cost: n/a