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Name
Coat - Apply a blade coating to a weapon.
Syntax
coat <weapons> from <applicator>
coat <weapons> from <applicator> stealthily
coat <weapons> from slot <number> of <applicator>
coat <weapons> from slot <number> of <applicator> stealthily
coat remove <weapons>
coat remove <weapons> stealthily
Description
The coat command allows you to apply a special blade coating to a dagger or sword. You must be wearing a suitable piece of clothing - known as an applicator - that has been loaded with the blade coating you wish to use. Some blade coatings can be purchased ready-to-use, others can be bought as compounds and mixed with a suitable reagent, and yet others are more esoteric in their origins and will require careful study and/or sharing of knowledge among peers.
Your covert.items.poisons skill will be checked when applying blade coatings. The difficulty may vary based on how many weapons you try to coat in a single go, as well as other external factors. Your level of skill can also limit your ability to make the most of a given coating, most notably ones made by more experienced poisonmakers.
Some blade coatings are able to inflict ailments or afflictions on your opponents in combat. Properly applying these effects requires some degree of finesse, which means that powerful special attacks, or frantic backstabs may not have the precision to properly utilise the coating.
Applying a coating to a weapon costs 50 covert gp, plus 25 gp for each additional weapon you coat in the same action.
You can also specify that you want to apply a coating "stealthily", attempting to avoid the notice of those around you. Doing so will incur a small additional gp cost per weapon.
Dropping or setting down your weapon somewhere, or attempting to hand it off to someone else will spoil the coating, requiring you to re-apply it.
Example
> coat dagger from bandolier
You carefully apply a coating from the slotted black leather bandolier to the dagger.
The dagger glistens with an even layer of greasy black coating.
> coat stiletto from slot 2 of bandolier steathily
You quietly apply a coating from the slotted black leather bandolier to the stiletto.
The dagger glistens with an even layer of pale silver greasy substance.
> coat remove dagger
With a flick of your wrist, you remove the remaining coating from the dagger.
There is no longer enough greasy black coating on the dagger to be of any use.
