Masterwork Plasma Greatsword

Weapon Profile

Category

Energy

Damage

2d8 plasma

Range

Melee · 0–5 ft

Handling

One power cell runs the edge for eight hours of continuous draw. Without a charged cell the weapon still functions as an ordinary greatsword and deals 2d6 slashing.

Grade

IV · Masterwork

Rarity

Epic

Tier

IV · Spacefaring

Training

Energy Weapons

Cost

12200

Weight

9 lb

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

To make: 6,100 gm of materials and 50 days of work, at a fabricator: a starport yard, an industrial district or a ship's machine shop, by a crafter with Rift Affinity 4, finished with a DC 20 check. To repair: 1,525 gm and 13 days. Downtime

Properties

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• weaponSomething you attack with. Held in a hand, and covered by a weapon proficiency.
• heavyUnwieldy for a Small creature, which attacks with it at disadvantage.
• two-handedBoth hands are needed to attack with it. You cannot hold anything else.
• power-cellRuns on a charged cell. Flat, it reverts to whatever it is without power.

A Halcyion pattern greatsword with a containment field running the length of the edge, holding a plasma sheath a few millimeters off the steel. You gain a +3 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with it. A one-off build with a hand-wound emitter, and the field it throws is thinner and hotter than any catalog pattern.

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