[Reaver]

She was making it for the leader of the Shotozumi-gumi, the largest Yakuza clan in Seattle. Suffice to say, his intentions aren't likely to be 'peaceful'.

yea, that's right... (been a while since i read it)

but we don't know for certain why he wanted it made. 'Just cause he could' is as possible an answer as 'to kill bug spirits' or 'to hack off the fingers of members who fail me'...





my guess is a little of all 3.... after all, nothign says POWER like a unique weapon focus that is somehow bonded to a mundane!

[CanRay]

It's a really nice paper knife. 

[FuelDrop]

Nah, this is shadowrun. No paper, remember?

Maybe he needed something really sharp for his cooking classes?

[Xzylvador]

Nah, this is shadowrun. No paper, remember?

Maybe he needed something really sharp for his cooking classes?

This is shadowrun, remember?

Artificial flavored algae and soy aren't so tough to cut.

[Inconnu]

Protip:All bonded foci have astral prescense

In other words:
Bonded level 1 weapon focus gift.

[Mirikon]

Foci don't work for people they aren't bonded to, with the exception of unique items and artifacts from dragon hordes.

[Inconnu]

But they're still astrally present.
which means that they can hit spirits.

[The Wyrm Ouroboros]

Err, no.  A bonded weapon focus may possess its owner's astral signature, but that doesn't make it any more astrally present than an ordinary item of its sort.  Sorry.

[Joush]

There's always the living, duel nature creature rout. "Metahuman body" is on the melee weapon table, and should get you past ITNW. A typical Ghoul would do 3S damage with AP+2. Your GM may allow more if you can tape it to the club in such a way that it's claws poke out.

[LastRose]

What happens when you take a dual natured creature and hit an astral spirit with it several times?

[Unahim]

They are Disrupted? If the astral creature has elemental aura, the ghoul's probably dead, too.

[Werther]

I wanna thank everyone that posted and commented, it was very helpful.

Now I'll gonna tell you how my GM and I solved this problem.

We agreed that the most practical method was to refine orichalcum, shape it as the desired weapon (we are probably going to make a short blade or knuckle) and attach a  exotic telesma (metacritter body part, as a dragon tooth) to ir as a mana source, my shaman and the NPC mage of the group think that might work.

Last session my shaman and his pal mage spend a month in their brand new Micro Alchemical Lab refining (Breaking Bad feelings...), we've ended with 10 units of radical orichalcum ready to start the proccess. The expenses was near to 90.000¥ to make 500.000¥ in orichalcum (good deal  ) and a month of hard work.

I'll keep posting to show you what came out of our little magical enterprise!

[Unahim]

As long as you're having fun with it and it doesn't end up breaking the game it's all good, I think. Seems like a pretty involved process, so that's definitely a plus. Looking forward to see how it ends up working for you.

[Inconnu]

Oh yes.

Rat flails, anyone?
As in devil rat flails.
Because i believe i read they were dual natured.

[RythmnSylver]

Oh yes.

Rat flails, anyone?
As in devil rat flails.
Because i believe i read they were dual natured.

Now that would be hilarious to see, a well known Mundane Troll Street Sam running at a spirit hiding in the astral (seen via a Lucifer lamp) with 8 devil rats strung together by their tails, swinging wildly at the spirit.


Downside to that though.. using a rat as a Flail.. especially if they are kept asleep means unless your an ungodly flail master and only attacking somthing without a solid form.. the rats won't last more then a few hits....