Blastsword

About the Blastsword

The blastsword answers the eternal problem of the swordsman by wrapping the length of the blade in a lethal energy field, so that a parry does not merely stop an incoming strike but discharges into it. Drawn from the ancient dueling traditions of the Tapani sector's nobility, these weapons let a fencer fight a lightsaber-armed opponent with more than steel, the energized edge sparking and stinging on contact. A skilled duelist reads the weapon as an extension of a centuries-old code of honor, and matches were both combat and theater. It demands finesse rather than strength, timing and blade-craft over brute swings, and in unschooled hands the field is as likely to burn its owner as an enemy. Among the fringe it survives as a rare and dangerous heirloom for those who still remember how to use it.