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Thread: what kind of damage would you want a new weapon to do?
I've been voting for cold for a while, call it a CryoCleaver.
It would look like a more elegant version of the cleaver, and a little heavier looking as well. It would need a looted item called a CryVibro motor. This motor would make this a vibro blade of sorts and would increase its damage to the AP3 variaty, the motor would emit a Crygenic induced cold, making the blade so that it freezes flesh instantly upon contact. It would have a tight damage range of around 200min / 275 max. Now, with this type of damage and AP rating it would be very effective against composite without being another stun rendition. Also, it would be the krayt killer of blades for there lowest resist is against cold and the AP3 would eliminate the armor penalty we currently have. Speed should be between scythe and hammer somewhere, accuracy the same area as the current cleaver.
Now, weaponsmiths would already have the schimatic on them, the unique item would be the hard to get vibro unit which would come in a variaty of damages similar to how krayt tissue is set up.
For a unique look the blade should have a cold blue appearance to it, and if it did have a frost effect that came from it that would be nice as well.