Sherwood
Luna's Concubine
Here is a quickie copy/paste of the Karbarran war shovel.
Karbarran War Shovel
Laboring in the Sekitan furnaces, shoveling massive amounts
of the ore into the furnaces, is a job so ingrained in Karbarran culture
that it has achieved mythic proportions. Stories of adventuring
and heroic Karbarran laborers read like a blend between the
tales of great warriors and hard-working everyman folk heroes.
If you can imagine what a tale of the legendary samurai Musashi
mixed with legends of John Henry or Paul Bunyan would be like,
then you have a good idea of a Karbarran hero myth.
Crucial to almost all of such tales is the Karbarran shovel,
used mainly for shoveling Sekitan, but also often used in legend
as a mighty weapon wielded with deadly accuracy and incredible
strength. They are a blend between shovel and battle axe, with the
edge and sides honed to a deadly blade. They often have horns
or spikes down the haft as well. But the real power comes from
the weapon's weight. The heavier the war shovel the better, and
ancient tales are full of Karbarran heroes who wielded war shovels
of ridiculous weight as though they were feathers. Needless to
say, most non-Karbarrans cannot even pick these weapons up, let
alone wield them effectively in battle.
In recent centuries, the Karbarrans have added Protoculture
batteries to the haft to cause the blades to be surrounded by a
high-frequency vibration field, allowing them to easily cut
through Mega-Damage alloys.
Weight: 140 pounds (63 kg).
Mega-Damage: 5D6 S.D.C. plus any strength bonus unpowered,
3D6 M.D. when powered up.
Rate of Fire: Melee weapon, equal to the hand to hand attacks of
the wielder.
Note: For use by Karbarrans only. Not only the weight, but the
shape and design are very alien to any other species, while the
Karbarrans see them as common and as utilitarian as a human
might see a hunting rifle. Any non-Karbarran trying to use one in
combat is at -6 to strike and parry (too heavy for automatic parry,
so each parry would bum an attack) and each swing takes two
attacks. The Shovel, itself has 70 M.D.C.
Laboring in the Sekitan furnaces, shoveling massive amounts
of the ore into the furnaces, is a job so ingrained in Karbarran culture
that it has achieved mythic proportions. Stories of adventuring
and heroic Karbarran laborers read like a blend between the
tales of great warriors and hard-working everyman folk heroes.
If you can imagine what a tale of the legendary samurai Musashi
mixed with legends of John Henry or Paul Bunyan would be like,
then you have a good idea of a Karbarran hero myth.
Crucial to almost all of such tales is the Karbarran shovel,
used mainly for shoveling Sekitan, but also often used in legend
as a mighty weapon wielded with deadly accuracy and incredible
strength. They are a blend between shovel and battle axe, with the
edge and sides honed to a deadly blade. They often have horns
or spikes down the haft as well. But the real power comes from
the weapon's weight. The heavier the war shovel the better, and
ancient tales are full of Karbarran heroes who wielded war shovels
of ridiculous weight as though they were feathers. Needless to
say, most non-Karbarrans cannot even pick these weapons up, let
alone wield them effectively in battle.
In recent centuries, the Karbarrans have added Protoculture
batteries to the haft to cause the blades to be surrounded by a
high-frequency vibration field, allowing them to easily cut
through Mega-Damage alloys.
Weight: 140 pounds (63 kg).
Mega-Damage: 5D6 S.D.C. plus any strength bonus unpowered,
3D6 M.D. when powered up.
Rate of Fire: Melee weapon, equal to the hand to hand attacks of
the wielder.
Note: For use by Karbarrans only. Not only the weight, but the
shape and design are very alien to any other species, while the
Karbarrans see them as common and as utilitarian as a human
might see a hunting rifle. Any non-Karbarran trying to use one in
combat is at -6 to strike and parry (too heavy for automatic parry,
so each parry would bum an attack) and each swing takes two
attacks. The Shovel, itself has 70 M.D.C.
I would say that WP Blunt would give you the needed skill to use it properly. It will be far too big and bulky to dual wield. I may allow you to come up with a smaller version that can be used one handed.
