New melee weapon the MCUK-14H "Gorka"

[Satchmo72 97]

Damage +1

critical 2

hard points 3

price 1100

rarity 6

 

Accurate 1, pierce 1, vicious 2

 

The Multi-Cell Utility Knife 14 inches Heavy (MCUK-14H) was initially designed as survival knife for the 501st during missions on wild planets.  Those soldiers issued the knife refused to return them.  Over the years since their initial introduction they have gained a cult following and their price has steadily risen, often the older knives are more prized than the newer ones.

 

What makes the Gorka special is it's dual vibrating cell technology.  A sensor running down the blade detects how the blade should vibrate.  When the knife is being used in a chopping type motion the blade vibrates from the back of the blade to the front of the blade.  When it is being used in a sawing motion the blade vibrates from the tip to the to the grip.  This has translated well to the rigors of combat often generating a solid hit when other vibro knives would only deliver a glancing blow.

 

 

This is my first time creating a new weapon so please be gentle. 

[Satchmo72 97]

encumberance 1

[2P51 32,611]

1 or no HPs, 3 and the addition of accuracy is OP imo.

[Daeglan 5,495]

Yeah nothing in the design says accurate. Maybe vicious to simulate the better cutting design you described.

[EldritchFire 498]

1 or no HPs, 3 and the addition of accuracy is OP imo.

  

Yeah nothing in the design says accurate. Maybe vicious to simulate the better cutting design you described.

I agree with them. Being milirary issue, I'd say no hard points.

-EF

[Simon Retold 1,125]

I'm with 2P51. It's a knife. The only melee weapons so far with three HP are big, like the Vibro-Sword, Vibro-Greatsword, Vibro-Ax, and Force Pike. The only "small" item with that many hard points is the Ryyk Blade, and it isn't really THAT small, at 3 Encumbrance and Cumbersome 3.

 

I stayed with 2 Hard Points because it's what a Vibroknife has.

 

So far, FFG has produced three melee weapons with Inaccurate, but none with Accurate. I think the main reason you don't see Accurate on melee weapons is that it's already very easy to hit in melee combat.

 

I'd do something more like, this:

 

MCUK-14H "Gorka" Knife

Damage: +1

Critical: 2

Encumbrance: 1

Rarity: 6

Hard Points: 2

Price: 1100

Special: Pierce 3, Vicious 2

 

That way, it's essentially an upgraded Vibroknife, with both an increased Pierce and Vicious representing it's harder hitting strikes.

Edited May 14, 2015 by Simon Fix

[Simon Retold 1,125]

I know... I'm dredging up an old post. But this one belongs to one of my players, and I just wanted to add the quick graphic I did for the MCUK-36H "Gorka" Vibroknife.