Hatesteel Blades

I have been informed that my last post put me in debt to Joesky, so have another, ya filthy animals.

Hatesteel Blades 

(thank you Josie for the name)

Infamously razor sharp, brittle, expensive, and difficult to use. A blade for a bored aristocrat, or for someone who makes their entire living using sharp swords well. 'Hatesteel' comes from the fact that most normal people fucking hate the person carrying one. 

A Hatesteel Blade looks like a giant utility/Stanley knife, with a very long handle. It is a +1 weapon, and can be manipulated by the wielder to serve different combat roles. It starts with 5 charges, referred to below as 'blades'.

At the cost of an action, you may choose to extend or retract your Hatesteel Blade to any length between 3 and 1. 3 blades of length is equivalent to a slashing heavy sword +1, 2 is a slashing medium sword +1, 1 is a slashing light sword +1. Your fumble range increases by the number of blades you have extended, and if you fumble, you break off one of the blades, and reduce your remaining total by one. This also shortens the weapon you are holding by one step, medium > light etc.

If you crit while it's a medium weapon, you roll 3 damage dice instead of 2. If you crit while it's a heavy weapon, you lop off a random limb (which takes most things out of the fight):

1. random hand
2. random arm at the elbow
3. random arm at the shoulder
4. random leg below the knee
5. random leg at the thigh
6. head

A wielder with fighter levels may choose to attempt to snap a blade off inside their target. Make an attack at -2, and if the attack hits, spend one of your charges and reduce the length of your blade by one. The target will take d6 damage each turn that they move or attack, which lasts until they spend a full turn doing nothing but pulling the fucking thing out of themselves (which will trigger the damage).  

Once you break your last blade, the weapon becomes useless.

You can buy refills (5 more charges) from specialist merchants - these aren't quite as ruinously expensive as the blade itself, but they aren't far off. 

Expect fighters of mettle to comment on your lack of it. 

I am Asuka Langley