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This posting will be a complete list of every weapon, tool or gadget available to my new RP main Vyhnanstvi Dax. Currently a WIP as I attempt to recompile my notes from my backup drive after a system restoration, it will improve in both content and appearance in the near to immediate future. Expect copious links, reference pictures, and even some sketches. I personally feel that having these explanations and descriptions pre-made and ready to go will decrease argument in what the character is and is not capable of.

If you wish to emulate my concepts, I ask only that you notify me beforehand and give appropriate credit where it is due, both to this posting and the inspiration and/or references I use.

Weapons

Asayake - The sword hilt and scabbard (Picture for reference. Minus the gems, blade is example of basic sabre shape) are two separate pieces, and within is something decidedly other than any kind of metal or alloy. If one were to merely remove the hilt from the scabbard a fine red dust would pour out onto the floor and spread into a fairly large pool/cloud of particles resembling ruby, garnet, spinel and tourmaline. This Dust is the debris from the heart of the crystal he emerged from, and is inexplicably linked to him across both magical and psychic channels - It responds to his will, within certain restrictions. Primarily, it allows him to 'draw' a blade of nearly any size and shape within six feet of length with a strength many times greater than the steel. If the blade breaks he can reform it again and again, but each subsequent change in shape temporarily weakens the bond with the crystalline powder. While it doesn't weaken the crystal itself, it becomes more difficult to form intricate details and eventually even sharp edges.

Kagetsu - On the subject of guns, Vyhnanstvi has none of his predecessor's qualms about them. He learned the basic fundamentals of marksmanship during his first foray into human territory on Terr'ath using a muzzle-loading rifle, and progressed from there as he went from world to world. He prefers pistols for most engagements, more specifically revolvers. His current firearm of choice is a largely custom weapon. Essentially an up-chambered version of the Medusa, capable of accepting almost any round from the immensely popular .38 caliber / 9mm family up to and including .410 Short and .45 Colt rounds (through three interchangeable barrels). The weapon has also had the firing axis lowered to the bottom chamber, keeping the barrel more in-line with the shooter's arm. The result is similar in appearance and basic function to the Mateba Autorevolver. One major difference is a lever-action reload where the entire upper assembly breaks forward, automatically ejecting spent shell casings similar to the Webley Autorevolver. Van's pistol locks each round into place when it is loaded, and the hammer strikes a release when the trigger is pulled so -only- spent rounds are ejected. The barrels are exchanged by inserting a key into the muzzle of the weapon and twisting the whole barrel to unlock it (the key is not required to insert the new barrel). Spring tension in the unique cylinder keep even the smallest rounds capable of being fired from falling out. For long shots, Dax keeps a 12-inch 'heavy' barrel with extended shroud and a folding wire stock that clips onto the butt of the pistol's grip. He regularly practices rapidly reloading both with and without full moon clips, as well as quickly and smoothly changing out the barrels.

Tools

Armor plating - Most of Vyhnanstvi's armor is composed of soft composite plates with characteristics once described as bullet-resistant silly putty. A mixture of crystal powder and sand from Van's home deserts on Ter'Ath are combined alchemically with mineral-rich water to create a non-Newtonian fluid that reacts to forceful impacts with nearly instantaneous increases in density. Specially designed pouches with several layers of high tensile-strength cloth loose in the cavity, such as kevlar or other similar materials, are then filled with the fluid to create plates.

While no armor is perfect; these soft plates, which weigh a little less than two kilograms for every square foot of coverage (in a two centimeter plate), will stop nearly any small to medium caliber pistol round with ease. The plates will suffer damage from high caliber pistols, and protection against slashing is limited (stabbing will rarely get you anywhere though, unless the attacker puts most of their weight into the strike). The soft nature of the plates disperses any blunt impact, but the true weakness lies in the amount of time it takes the armor to return to its semi-fluid state after receiving a heavy blow.

'Dust' - The Dust is the primary crafting component of Viiashiino alchemy, and general-purpose magical reagent. Primarily made from a mixture of sands from various parts of the desert, so long as Dax can procure enough mineral ore in the right concentrations, he can manufacture a rough form of it. Periodically, he may disappear back to a world which trades with Terr'Ath to procure more sand components or whole Dust.

Toolkit - Vynhanstvi has magical ability and some training, but respects that sometimes you just have to do it by hand. As such, he carries with him a pocket sized toolkit in his bandoleer. The toolkit contains:

'Semiuniversal Screwdriver' - flat, metal trapezoid with rounded corners that fits most standard screw heads size 0 to 5.
'Flexrod Grabber' - an extendable grabbing tool with a flexible shaft that extends to forty-five centimeters and collapses back to fifteen.
Magetic head for grabber
Shiv set - A set of small metal shivs designed to be used in conjunction with picks to open most mechanical locks fitted with a slot-style key.
Pick set - A set of precision tungsten carbide picks with multiple uses ranging from cleaning metal tools and surfaces to picking locks.
Semiuniversal hex head - A ratcheting hex head screwdriver with a central pin half a millimeter in diameter with half millimeter sheaths wrapping around it. It can be pressed into a screw head to fit any hex or six-point star head from one half millimeter to fifteen millimeters.
Fire steel - Van keeps a few small sticks of a magnesium alloy in his tool kit, for those times when starting a fire by magic is impossible or impractical. They shed superheated sparks against any metal edge.
Flash head - A coin-sized flashlight that can be mounted to his grabber tool to provide thirty-five lumen of light wherever needed. A clip on the back side allows it to be attached to other items as well.

Gadgets

'Specks' - Most of Vyhnanstvi's equipment he had a hand in the creation of. These he did not. They are a pair of thin, black glasses that almost look like tinted reading glasses. The 'out' side of the lenses reflects a slight rose tint, while the lenses themselves are more-or-less clear. An accident of the unique polarization method used and Van's equally unique ocular receptors (eyeballs) makes it so these glasses allow him to see farther into the infrared. This allows him to pick up on IR reflections on invisible ink, certain ways of hiding magical runes, and a multitude of other things.

Dowser - One of the few electronic devices Van keeps is his Dowsing tool, a hybrid magitech device that can be configured to do a number of different kind of electromagnetic or magical searches. It can be used as a geiger counter, a stud finder, to detect the focus and/or origin of an area-of-effect spell, or many other things. Van rarely actually keeps this on his person though, it is usually stowed in his trunk. Another one of his trinkets that was purchased rather than made by him, he often forgets he has it until its point of greatest situational usefulness has passed.