Silent Blade
Requires Back stab, hand, 1 weight
This Dagger or short sword is made with the needs of a thief in mind. It is tinted black or deep blue most often. The pommel is bell-shaped, giving the blade the interesting (if useless) ability to stand upright with some reliability. The silent blade makes absolutely no sound when drawn or used. The original intention was to keep guards from calling for help, but it is very effective at preventing the
casting of spells as well.
When you attack a surprised or defenseless enemy with a Silent Blade, you can choose to deal your damage or roll+DEX. *On a 10+ choose two. *On a 7–9 choose one.
*Your strike renders the victim mute, unable to call out or cast spells
*You create an advantage, +1 forward to you or an ally acting on it
*Reduce their armor by 1 until they repair it
You can’t use that blade at all when you don’t have Back Stab?
The backstab attack fully exploits this weapons capability. The attack mechanic is a variant of the backstab attack.
Yeah I get that but right now it reads like you can’t use that weapon at all without said move.
That is what the requires tag entails. So the use of this weapon would be limited to the thief and other classes that have the backstab power/attack.
Another twist might be that someone without Backstab is too fumble-fingered to use it safely? It might even act as a low-grade cursed weapon, although they could of course still throw it away.