Starknife

From a central metal ring, four tapering metal blades extend from this weapon like points on a compass rose. By gripping the crossbar that runs through the weapon’s open middle, a wielder can strike with it as a deadly melee weapon. Alternatively, by gripping it by the outer rim, a starknife’s light, aerodynamic design allows it to be thrown short distances in a manner similar to a chakram.

Starknife

• Favored Weapon Black Butterfly, Zodiac Barons, Lady of Dreams, Feather of Truth, Golden Lion, Starpath
• Price 2 gp
• Damage P Deadly
• Bulk L
• Hands 1
• Category Martial
• Agile The multiple attack penalty you take with this weapon on the second attack on your turn is –4 instead of –5, and –8 instead of –10 on the third and subsequent attacks in the turn.
• Deadly d6On a critical hit, the weapon adds a weapon damage die of the listed size. Roll this after doubling the weapon's damage. This increases to two dice if the weapon has a greater striking rune and three dice if the weapon has a major striking rune. For instance, a rapier with a greater striking rune deals 2d8 extra piercing damage on a critical hit. An ability that changes the size of the weapon's normal damage dice doesn't change the size of its deadly die.
• Finesse You can use your Dexterity modifier instead of your Strength modifier on attack rolls using this melee weapon. You still use your Strength modifier when calculating damage.
• Thrown 20ft You can throw this weapon as a ranged attack, and it is a ranged weapon when thrown. A thrown weapon adds your Strength modifier to damage just like a melee weapon does. When this trait appears on a melee weapon, it also includes the range increment. Ranged weapons with this trait use the range increment specified in the weapon’s Range entry.
• Versitile S A versatile weapon can be used to deal a different type of damage than that listed in the Damage entry. This trait indicates the alternate damage type. For instance, a piercing weapon that is versatile S can be used to deal piercing or slashing damage. You choose the damage type each time you make an attack.
• Critical Specialization The target takes persistent bleed damage You gain an item bonus to this bleed damage equal to the weapon's item bonus to attack rolls.

— Core Rulebook pg. 281 2.0

Item type

Weapon, Other

Related Technologies

• Martial Weapons

Rarity

Common

Weight

L Bulk

Base Price

2 gp