Pristine Phoenix Plasma Sword

Weapon Profile

Category

Energy

Damage

2d6 plasma

Range

Melee · 0–5 ft

Handling

One power cell runs the edge for six hours of continuous draw. Without a charged cell it is a well-balanced longsword dealing 1d8 slashing.

Grade

III · Pristine

Rarity

Rare

Tier

IV · Spacefaring

Training

Energy Weapons

Cost

6800

Weight

6 lb

Without training in energy weapons, you add no proficiency bonus to attacks with this and roll them at disadvantage. Proficiency

To make: 3,400 gm of materials and 25 days of work, at a fabricator: a starport yard, an industrial district or a ship's machine shop, by a crafter with Rift Affinity 3, finished with a DC 15 check. To repair: 850 gm and 7 days. Downtime

Properties

Hover or tap any of these for what it means.

• weaponSomething you attack with. Held in a hand, and covered by a weapon proficiency.
• power-cellRuns on a charged cell. Flat, it reverts to whatever it is without power.
• versatile (2d8)Usable in one hand or two. The die in brackets is the damage when both hands are on it.

A plasma sword of the Ascendancy's own pattern, built in the Phoenix yards alongside the lance and issued to the sun-cavalry. You gain a +2 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with it. The cell contacts re-laid and the field generator rebuilt to a matched set, which removes the flicker that let a parry through.

Grades

The same object, worked to a better standard. The grade is the rung; the bonus is what the rung is worth at the table.

1. Grade I · Standard
2. Grade II · Refined +1
3. Grade III · Pristine +2
4. Grade IV · Masterwork +3