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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 6306502" data-attributes="member: 4937">That's not a standard I can design to.Earlier you asked for 'realistic and plausible'.  By my standards, most of your suggested modifications failed that standard.  Now you suggest you want modifications that work under a different standard.What is that new standard?Anything that might be plausible in a B rate movie?Anything that you could draw that would illustrate a weapon function in a game with high suspension of disbelief like say Diable III, World of Warcraft, or Fallout III?I mean, if you want to toss realism out the window, I can come up with all sorts of things:a) Multi-blades: Two or more blades parallel to each other and joined to the same hilt, thereby providing twice the cutting surface and causing more grievous wounds.b) Projectile Blade: Blades are spring loaded in the weapon, so that they can be fired as one-shot projectile weapons.c) Telescoping handle: Hilt or haft has an extension feature that lets you quickly project the blade out an additional 5' to reach or threaten more distant points.d) Poison reservoir: Each strike channels poison to the victim from a bladder in the hilt of the weapon.e) Acid reservoir: As poison reservoir, but spray of acid.f) Flamethrower: As poison reservoir, but produces gout of flame.  Can be refilled by vial of flaming oil.g) Spring-Loaded Slicer: When blade is plunged into target, powerful springs split the blade into three parts and press the cutting edges outward, doing massive damage.h) Whip Blade: Blade can be used like a spiked chain as well as normal weapon.i) Boomerang Blade: Care shaping of the blade allows it to be thrown in a circle and the weapon caught by the wielder on the return journey.j) Gun sword: There is a firearm embedded in the blade.k) Nested blades: This weapon is composed of several smaller weapons merged together.  It can be disassembled and reassembled by the wielder in different forms.  For example, a single long sword might become a matching pair of rapiers, or a smaller sword can be drawn from the larger, inverted and joined by the handles to form a double bladed sword.And on and on.But without knowing what you are going for here, I have no way of knowing what genera you are designing too, I have no way of knowing what suggestions are actually welcome.</blockquote>

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