Concussion Mace

concussion Mace Desperate times call for desperate measures, which may explain the Concussion Mace’s recent popularity as a melee weapon. Designed on Hadd for use by asteroid miners who need an instrument they can employ within the tight confi nes of a tumbling zero-gravity rock, the Concussion Mace is essentially a small explosion on a stick. The fl anged shell of the “mace” acts as a sort of containment cage for an ancient fragment of gravity plate, which activates when the mace strikes a target with suffi cient force, creating a small crushing fi eld. Unfortunately, the mace does not discriminate between friend and foe, and many overzealous Acolytes have been the unwitting cause of their own demise by attempting to use this weapon in tight quarters. The shaft is 1.5 metres in length, so when properly used the wielder is out of the effective blast radius. On a Weapon Skill roll of 94–00 the user is within the blast radius and takes damage equal to the weapon’s normal damage.