True Edge: Riposte

Equipment

• Item Name: Riposte
  
  
• Item Type: True Edge (Two-Handed Sword)
  
  
• Used For: Counter Offensive
  
  
• Item Description: Like the other True Edges and True Guards, the power is a mystery to all other than UHCM and the owners of this sword. What is normally does is when blocking an attack of any kind of energy (including Death Energy and Kinetic Energy,) it absorbs the attack entirely, rendering the effort futile and increases the physical power of the wielder like the Human's Physical Augmentation, a Demon's Akuma Kyodo, or even an Arrancar's Hierro to match the mastery of the attacker up to Grand Master. It can only be done once per charge and when received a charge, it cannot absorb anymore and the consecutive attack made upon the wielder will behave normally instead of being absorbed. It also cannot benefit from absorbing attacks of lower rank than the wielder's racial physical skill (speed is excluded.) The ultimate attack was when called upon before the swing would be made. Depending on the motion of the attack, the release of energy is sent out at a various rate of speed mentally chosen by the wielder based upon their general speed skill rank, leaving their current rank as maximum. Any enhancement to boost the power or speed of the release will be voided during the release as the True Edge are stand alone weapons, unlike the Zanpakutō, which would grow with the Shinigami as part of their soul. It is reminded that the Grand Master Benefits cannot be granted even with the wielder being a grand master of anything related; it will be granted if it absorbed an attack that is from a Grand Master of the attack's related field.
  
  Thrust = Beam (Max Range: 200ft, Max Circumference: Wielder's Height)
  ----Beam Range: Beginner = 25ft, Adept = 50ft, Advanced = 75ft, Master = 100ft
  --------Grand Master Benefits: Range is 200ft and can ignore immunity/nullification, but not resistance.
  
  Slash = Wave (Max Range: 60ft, Max Width: 7ft *arm length + sword blade length*)
  ----Wave Range: Beginner = 15ft, Adept = 30ft, Advanced = 45ft, Master = 60ft
  --------Grand Master Benefits: Can ignore blocking, but not resistance and immunity.
  
  Hack = Whip (Max Range: 10ft from sword tip, can capture object.)
  ----Whip Range: Beginner = 2ft-6in, Adept = 5ft, Advanced = 7ft-6in, Master = 10ft
  --------Grand Master Benefits: Can catch projectiles and throw them.
  
  Chop = Cleave (Max Range: 10ft from sword tip, can break barrier.)
  ----Cleave Range: Beginner = 2ft-6in, Adept = 5ft, Advanced = 7ft-6in, Master = 10ft
  --------Grand Master Benefits: Can directly harm everyone protected by the barrier.
  
  Spin = Ring (Max Circumference: 5ft from sword tip, sends enemies flying backwards by at least 5ft.)
  ----Ring Power vs. Weight Class: Beginner = Lightweight, Adept = Middleweight, Advanced = Heavyweight, Master = Any Weight Class
  --------Grand Master Benefits: Creates whirling barrier for one turn.
  Whirling Barrier: The barrier is cylindrical that is up to the wielder's chin. Attacks of lower power than the Riposte's power release rank will be deflected while those stronger than it will expire prematurely with 25% of its power harming the wielder.
  
  Slam = Blast (Max Circumference: 5ft around wielder, can harm wielder, sends enemies flying up by at least 5ft.)
  ----Blast Power vs. Weight Class: Beginner = Lightweight, Adept = Middleweight, Advanced = Heavyweight, Master = Any Weight Class
  --------Grand Master Benefits: Cause suspension for one turn.
  Suspension: The support ability sends the group within range into a moment of levitation that renders them unable to move around, but they can still block, attack or use spells and utility abilities that does not require walking, swimming or running about. Flying and groundless movement abilities can negate it as well.
  
  Block = Barrier (Max Circumference: Wielder's height, Durability is based on attacker's highest related attack skill's rank, can only protect the front side.)
  --------Grand Master Benefits: Can reflect attacks from the attacker back at the attacker as free actions.
  
  
• Obtained From: Not acquired yet, currently among over a hundred weapon on wall racks in U's Workshop.
  
  
• Yen Price: *5,000,000 Yen
  * = Requires a RP Thread with UHCM AND approval by UHCM before acquisition. Should it be stolen, UHCM can call upon True Edges to appear in his workshop, regardless of range, location, containment method and universe. They are technically blood-tied to him upon their creation and development.
  

---Space Above This Paragraph---
True Edge
Name: Riposte
Phrase: "Return the favor, Riposte!"




Appearance: It appears as a Scottish Lowlander sword that totaled the length of six feet while the the hand-guard is bowed towards the blade like a pair of bull horns while extending to the width of over two feet. The blade is four feet long, but the hilt made up the remaining two feet. The very thin, yet very strong flat blade was a product of the European's conservative method of folding metal that dates back over six centuries before the Japanese developed their own variation which resulted in the creation of the katana or its predecessor, the Daichi. Unlike the Japanese style of folding metal, UHCM's European-inspired style consists of twisting the cherry-red hot metal before reheating it and hammering it into a flat piece of metal before repeating the process over three times to increase its strength by twice the power of each twisting period. The hand-guard followed the same process for durability while bent into shape before having hot-drilled through where the dowel would be screwed on and lock it into place. The handle was made of a thick oak dowel that was drilled to be screwed around the twisted steel that was created prior to the creation of the blade. With the dowel screwed around the screw-piece and locked the hand-guard into place with its slots filled out by both the blade and the dowel, UHCM proceeded to inscribe the dowel with a wooden awl to give it a special name due to a superstition that UHCM failed to explain about before he wrapped the dowel in black leather acquired from the United States before the country was invaded by Shadow Fall. To lock the leather in place, UHCM used a special glue and a string of strong fiber, thus the cross-strings that are visible around the handle. He then completes the blade with dye-cast bulbs added at each ends of the handle and hand-guard, despite they generally served no purpose other than to be very enduring decoration.

Past Users
"Echo of the Wind" (Year 2200-2400)

Current User: Not Claimed Yet

Ability & History: The weapon of the Echo of the Wind, a human dark warrior who earned a dreading reputation for hunting down and killing over a thousand people of any race. This sword is the very image that most bystanders can recognized with fear at least mildly present in their heart as the Echo of the Wind was described as a Shinigami-like man with dark, long hair that was very messy, a bandit mask covering his entire lower face, and the entire top was shirtless, yet covered all over his upper body, including his neck and except for his shoulders in white wrappings. According to a very few individuals who survived his slaying attempt(s), he has a special power of not showing his true power until he blocked an attack while his reiatsu is capable of causing electronic disruptions, thus announcing his presence; the whispering they can hear from him is usually the last push for off-putting those who he is hunting down and intending to kill as he gets into their head, telling them of their crimes and giving them guilt trips before appearing seemingly out of nowhere and make the strike which are initially fatal to those who are unwary of his methods. But now many believed that the Echo of the Wind finally vanished with the rise of the Yuudeshi Network, which can detect him, no matter how sneaky he could be. They are all rumors though, so it is unknown if there is in fact the Echo of the Wind existing other than his sword being found in U's Workshop for some odd reason. The sword itself was the last thing that kept the wartime myth alive. Certainly UHCM is the creator of this sword, but how it ended up in the hands of a mythic killer like Echo of the Wind? No one knows.
---Space Under This Paragraph---

Approved