SJE/DeadliestDagger
Deadliest Dagger
(this was the first addition I made to Exalted back in the halycon days when only the corebook was out. Its 5 years old and shows its age. Still I like it as a potential Deathlord killer)
Description : Also known as the Doom of the Gods, Ahrimans Bane, Death and
Nights Blade; this is the greatest weapon of the Gods. It's also their greatest
fear. The deadliest dagger is a plain looking 12 inch steel knife- its
exceptional blade is eternally sharp and it can cut through anything without
dulling and some assassin has used this feature to cut locks out of doors in
order to reach their target. During the opening stages of the War between the
Primordials and Gods, the Unconquered Sun needed a weapon that would win the
war. Something that could beat the incredible power and immortality of the raw
natural forces and primordial darkness that made up the Malfeans, Yozi and
Primordials. And so the Deadliest Dagger was created, with one simple but
powerful enchantment- it could kill anything. It could kill a man. It could even
kill a ghost of man, sentencing them to dissipated nothingness. Spirits too
would die, never to reform. Though never tested, it is said Deathlords immortality is as vulnerable for it can kill the Primordials and with them their lessers- the Gods including the Sun Himself. No force on earth can turn its sharp edge, no flesh can stop it seeking the heart, or throat or eye. No weapon can chip or break it,
no entity can take it while its wielder lives, and no spell can suppress its
magic. Given over to the chosen Night Caste, the blade was used twice by the
assassins of the Gods- once to slay the Malfean of elemental Discord- Kaos and
then Ahriman the Yozi Demon Prince of the 3rd Rank!
Yet even as the other weapons of the Gods- the chosen soldiers called Exalted put the Primordials into an unquiet slumber, the Great Curse was cast. And within that labyrinthine, winding, prophetic litany of evil, a special line was reserved just for the blade. "And when the End-times come, the Lord of the Sun will fall upon (to) his blade". So, this dagger has passed down the ages. Both the Gods and mortal rulers have tried to destroy it, seize it, or even just lose it where no one will find it, but all such attempts have failed. Because, you see taking the lifeblood of two Primordials has given the Dagger a nascent hunger for death, and a desire to be used again. Its not intelligent, or animated or any such- merely the incredible power imbued into it over the aeons has created a certain synchronicity about it. People who need to kill that which everyone says is impossible to kill, find or come across it more often than simple chance would predict. Since then it has been used by assassin after assassin, soldiers, guards, and Fae.
But now the greatest assassin the world has ever known are returning- and soon the deadliest dagger will be reunited with killers no one can stop. Indeed its rumoured that the Scarlet Empress disappeared upon hearing that the one weapon that she wasn't invulnerable to, had been found by the one Night Caste assassin that none of her guards could stop. This mighty weapon is still feared by the Gods and Deathlords who know that this relic of the War in the Heavens may be the only thing that can harm them.
System : the daggers central power is that it can kill anything permanently. Upon taking an entity last health level, no resurrection, charm or magic can restore it to life. Ghosts, spirits and Fae are consigned to nothingness, and even Celestial Exalted spirits will be destroyed, unable to reincarnate again!
Neither does creatures natural or magical soak work against the damage dealt by the dagger. The only thing that works against the dagger is physical, permenant armour. Essence fuelled or created armour, Charms such as Glorious Solar Plate, or improved soaks of Iron Kettle Body cannot stop the blades damage. It was designed to penetrate the unholy resistance and magical armours of the Primordial, so mortal magic, or even the Twilights castes Anima effect provides no protection. The Blade causes Aggravated damage and no power can heal the wounds it inflicts for as long as the injured person is within its presence. The owner of the blade (after attuning to it) will never lose the dagger unknowingly, nor can they be disarmed by force- all such attempts fail.
Speed +3 Accuracy 1 Damage +7A Defense -2 Rate 4
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