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Skullcleaver droppable weapon - Khorne flavor item - by the Redhorn

This mod adds a fuseable and droppable weapon to the game called "Skullcleaver"

*note: since this is the rare version of the weapon and you can get multiples of them I lowered the power level to keep it in line with other top end rare items like obsidian blade so that it doesn't warp your game. The more powerful unique version will be released when I finish the quest / dilemma trigger.

TL;DR:
Makes you daemonic. Adds damage per kill. On the flip side it drastically lowers your leadership and increases your speed - these effects *diminish* with kills, giving you a small window to get into combat and start killing before you take too much disintegration damage.

A character needs ~100 leadership to be able to use the weapon without sepukku-ing, or a way to temporarily boost morale long enough to get kills.


Impetus and Lore:

This is one of 4 weapons I'm working on for a Chaos Temptation dilemma. For the sake of letting people use it I made this one useable by all factions and transferrable, but the final version will be unable to be dropped (bound to the character when equipped and unable to be destroyed) and will also be faction restricted to certain factions typically under the sway of Chaos.

Warhammer 40k fans will recognize the "Butcher's Nails" reference to Angron's World Eaters. Angron ascended to daemon princehood consumed with a bloodlust that made him unable to resist battle. This weapon is in that vein.


Overview:

The design of the weapon is pretty simple:

1) You are possessed by the Blood God, so it makes you Daemonic: you don't rout, but you take damage from low leadership.

2) It gives you a painful urge to kill called "The Butcher's Nails," which lowers your leadership by 100. This means that if you put it on a low leadership character they will either start taking moderate damage (-1 to -39 leadership) or they will evaporate in about 10 seconds (-40 leadership or less).

3) It gives you a gigantic speed and acceleration boost while it is draining your leadership. This simulates your eagerness for bloodshed and gets you into combat quickly so you can start skull-taking. The acceleration allows you to disengage unfavorable targets in favor of squishier ones if you can't kill quickly enough.

4) Killing numbs the pain of the Butcher's Nails: your leadership penalty and speed bonus dissipate with each kill. It takes 100 kills to fully nullify the penalty (although this will increase in the full lore-focused mod)

4) Each kill gives you 1 base damage and 0.75 AP damage, up to a maximum of +200 +150 at 200 kills




Chaos Resource Balance - Vassals Matter:
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2870076365

WoC Tech Adjustments - Vassals Matter:
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2871900770

Vanguard Boon fix:
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2867860508