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Melee weapons are for ending the lives of people conveniently within arm’s reach (see Melee Combat, p. 184). Some runners swear by them, especially those who prefer to kill silently or are afraid of hackers bricking their guns. The damage value of most melee weapons is based on the wielder’s Strength, modified by the weapon.

Combat Axe

Acc	Reach	DV	AP	Avail	Cost	Source
4	2	(STR+5)P	-4	12R	4,000¥	Core

A two-handed tungsten-alloy monster, available single- or double-bladed. A hardened thrusting point can be concealed, spring-loaded, in the handle. While it may seem barbaric or primitive, the physical augmentations of 2075 can make an old-school weapon like a combat axe even deadlier than a firearm in the right hands. So go ahead, go medieval.

Combat Knife

Acc	Reach	DV	AP	Avail	Cost	Source
6	–	(STR+2)P	-3	4	300¥	Core

A long, KA-BAR-style fighting knife with a blacked-out blade and a chisel point for punching through armor.

Forearm Snap-Blades

Acc	Reach	DV	AP	Avail	Cost	Source
4	–	(STR+2)P	-2	7R	200¥	Core

Wireless

Readying the forearm snap blades is a Free Action instead of a Simple Action.

These are essentially like spurs, only they’re external—painless to install or remove. A forearm sheath conceals three blades that can be extended or retracted via wireless link or muscle movement commands.

Katana

Acc	Reach	DV	AP	Avail	Cost	Source
7	1	(STR+3)P	-3	9R	1,000¥	Core

The legendary two-handed sword of the samurai. The katana has become synonymous not just with street samurai, but with shadowrunners in general, at least in the trids; they’ve got everyone packing a katana, from the decker to the mage. But being a silly cliché doesn’t make this blade any less dangerous, or less helpful in a fight.

Knife

Acc	Reach	DV	AP	Avail	Cost	Source
5	–	(STR+1)P	-1	–	10¥	Core

Your basic, all-purpose street cutter. It comes in a bewildering array of styles, colors, and flavors, but the statistics don’t vary from one to the next. Ordinary knives are used by the poor, the desperate, or the cautious as backup weapons.

Pole Arm

Acc	Reach	DV	AP	Avail	Cost	Source
5	3	(STR+3)P	-2	6R	1,000¥	Core

This is, at its very essence, a blade on the end of a very long stick. It usually features an axe-head, glaive, spear point, or similar maiming implement. It’s not easy to handle and it’s just about impossible to conceal, but it’s popular both with trolls and with melee combatants looking to safely keep said large trolls at more than arm’s length.

Survival Knife

Acc	Reach	DV	AP	Avail	Cost	Source
5	–	(STR+2)P	-1	–	100¥	Core

Wireless

The knife displays an ARO of local maps, your GPS position, and can be used to make commcalls.

A fine quality blade—smooth on one edge, serrated on the other—with several accessories, including a GPS monitor, mini-multitool, micro-lighter, and a hidden compartment in the handle. The sides of the steel are coated with a non-toxic chemical that blacks out the blade when inert to prevent unwanted reflection, but can be activated to provide two hours of phosphorescent light. All knives can cut flesh, but a survival knife is better at cutting rope and wood, or otherwise being used as a tool. The survival knife is the kind of gadget that no professional should be without.

Sword

Acc	Reach	DV	AP	Avail	Cost	Source
6	1	(STR+3)P	-2	5R	500¥	Core

It’s sharp, it’s heavy, and it will fragging cut you wide open. Available in a wide variety of styles (wakizashi, seax, scimitar, jian, machete, and so on and so forth), this one-handed blade is not as formidable as a katana but is substantially easier to hide.

Highland Forge Claymore

Acc	Reach	DV	AP	Avail	Cost	Source
5	2	(STR+5)P	-5	14R	4,500¥	SR5:R&G

Complex Action

Ready Weapon with Standard Scabbard

Quality killing in the classic Scottish fashion. An ideal accessory for your Heritage Line clothing or for the troll who thinks a regular sword makes a better toothpick. The Highland Forge Claymore comes with a classic leather scabbard to add that authentic look. The blade is custom-forged with a proprietary technique even the masters of Damascus would be unable to match.

• The classic leather scabbard can’t be drawn off the back of anyone smaller than a troll. The blade is just too long to clear the scabbard. Get a quickdraw sheath if you aren’t a troll.
  • Hard Exit

• While the Highland Forge model claymore disses the samurai, the same megacorp that produces it also produces the Nippon Steel Nodachi, a samurai-style extra long blade.
  • Mihoshi Oni