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Except the Fractal Blade has the effects of a powerfield (but does not have one) AND it deals rending damage (not energy), which strongly implies it is the blade itself that is cutting.
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Cymbel said:
Except the Fractal Blade has the effects of a powerfield (but does not have one) AND it deals rending damage (not energy), which strongly implies it is the blade itself that is cutting.
It's also consistent with the description. It's just a very strong, very sharp sword from a weird xeno-metal.
Iron within, Iron without!
"it wouldn't be 40k if no skulls were involved"
-Cifer
IdOfEntity said:
bogi_khaosa said:
…just DON'T TAKE THE MORITAT BACKGROUND PACKAGE. You can get all the stuff without the Bloody Edge and Reaping without it.
The most sensible statement of this thread.
You can still be a melee monster as an assassin without becoming a Reaper. Reaper's are fluff. They are an additional option, and one you should pick it for roleplay reasons alone. And you know what? Then you can use guns.
If you're going to have a character that uses (primarily) primitive weapons: You should never expect to be the best. But you can expect to be interesting. (maybe) If you chose to fight a radical inquisitor who wears power armor and uses a plasma pistol/power sword combo, and all you brought along were a bow and a sword… you deserve what you get.
Id, Bogi, Fieser: I agree.
I play an all-rounder assassin who wields a lathe sword and a pistol. We are rank 8 and the others have power swords, power fists, storm bolters, BQ storm trooper carapace armour etc. My character is still the biggest bad ass in the group. Why? Because I role play him as the biggest bad ass in the group. Not because his damage output per hit is the highest, but because that is how I play him. He is a combat expert, he makes decisions quickly and acts on them focussing where he can have the biggest effect.
You have many options without needing a power sword. Heck, ask your GM for a custom weapon. The lathe sabres carried by a notable NPC in one of the adventures were better than the RAW version in the Inquisitor's Handbook. Just ask for an additional +1 dam and +1 pen on your sword, and crushing blow as an elite advance like I did. (Or do reapers get crushing blow? I forget?). My GM said I needed tougher weapons. I said style is important to me, how about giving my sword a boost instead and allowingthe elite advance. He said okay, too easy.
The length of this thread baffles me. There have been many effective suggestions about how to put out the damage and still keep all the Moritat bonuses. How about a great sword? With tearing that is 3d10 pick the best two. How can you complain about that? Lathe Blade Great Sword with a tox dispenser. Add crushing blow. That is meaner than a power fist. Nothing to complain about. Or two lathe swords and dual strike. Each hit will benefit from tearing, and THEN they get added together, ouch.
A Moritat with a power sword would be tough, but gets 0 points for style, and (from a metagame perspective) the Moritat is all about style.
Interrogator Z.
Idolatry is worse than carnage.
Style will only get you so far when there's a power-armored maniac bearing down on you.
Orkses never lose. If we win, we win, if we die, we die fightin' so it don't count. If we runs fer it, it don't count neither 'cus we can come back fer anuvver go, see?
Boss Gitsmasha said:
Style will only get you so far when there's a power-armored maniac bearing down on you.
Not if that style is the previously mentioned Lathe Blade Great Sword with a tox dispenser (or the dual strike option).
2d10+2 (+2) (+str) Pen5, Toxic, Tearing. With the sort of melee abilities a Moritat has that should equal bye bye maniac even without the toxic.
Interrogator Z
Idolatry is worse than carnage.
And that easy it is.
And as an assassin it sould be no problem to dodge instead of parry.
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