Melee Weapon

Wield Item.
Requires: 1 General Wealth

Deal 1 additional Damage with your Melee Attack while Wielding this Item. Your chosen Flavor below also changes your Melee Attack's Damage Type. (These effects apply to any Abilities that perform a Melee Attack as a part of their effects.)

You can, optionally, apply the same effects to a Ranged Attack. Doing so will result in you throwing this weapon. As a result, you will no longer Wielding it and will need to pick it up again as a Free Action from the surface directly below your chosen target before this Item can be used again.

Flavors (Choose 1):

• Blunt. Solid/Blunt Damage.
• Sharp. Solid/Sharp Damage.
• Custom. With GM approval, you may be able to choose another Damage Type.

Item Search Tiers:

• [..6] You gain no item.
• [7..] C: As written.
• [10..] A: You can add 1 Upgrade.
• [10!] S: You can add a second Upgrade.

Upgrades:

• Chain. Your Melee Attack deals 1 extra Damage on a Low Score, but 1 less Damage on a High Score.
• Magical. Common Weakness of ethereal beings.
• Piercing. If you ever only deal damage to a target's Shield, you may also deal 1 damage directly to their Health, provided that their Health is not already at 0.
• Pry. The Melee Attack Forced Entry Penalties does not apply (A Forced Entry is Noisy instead of Loud.)
• Reach. Can make a Melee Attack from Spearing Distance(2u).
• Silver. Common Weakness of shapeshifters.
• Sweeping. With a Passing Score, you can also deal 1 Damage of your Flavor's type to another creature within Melee Attack range of you.
• Whip. Optionally, you can choose to deal half Damage (rounded down) to ignore the Improvised Maneuver Penalty of your Melee Attack. You must choose to do so before performing the Test.