Persona weapon

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Persona weapons are ultra tech weapons that contain a persona - a psychically capable, artificially intelligent personality similar to that in an AI persona core. This persona forms a psychic bond with the weapon's wielder and grants or inflicts certain traits based on the personality of the intelligence. This bond is usually both exclusive of other persona weapons and permanent, lasting until either the wielder dies or the weapon is destroyed. The exception is weapons with the Freewielder trait, which form no permanent bond and do not prevent the use of other persona weapons. Additionally, the bond is broken at the moment of death rather than the state of being dead. The bond remains broken if the wielder is resurrected, though they can relink with the weapon if no-one else has.

In addition to the traits the weapons provide, they also improve the combat capabilities of the weapons compared to the baseline versions. The wielder and weapon synchronize their reflexes and attack with frightening speed, accuracy, and creativity. Statistically, this is not represented by an improvement to base damage, but instead by a decreased cooldown time between attacks of between 20 and 30%, increasing DPS by a similar margin. As the baseline weapons are already incredibly dangerous, this places the persona weapons as the best melee weapons on offer.

There are currently three types of persona weapons, each a variant of another ultra tech melee weapon:

Construction of persona weapons is beyond the capabilities of the colony, and is a secret known only by the Empire.

Names

Each persona weapon has a randomly generated name in addition to their regular weapon name. For example, a given persona monosword might be styled as "Ragarmar, persona monosword (Legendary)". These names are randomly generated so repeats are possible even in the same playthough, however the number of potential combinations make this possibility small.

There are 6 possible combinations for name creation, in 3 major formats

Noun-verber

The name is given the structure of Noun-verber, where the noun and noun form of verb are randomly selected from the following list and combined.

Noun Verber
Oath- -keeper
Promise- -bringer
Death- -sender
Pain- -giver
blood- -maker
doom- -crusher
murder- -breaker
justice- -smasher
Fear- -bender
Terror- -knower
Chaos- -doer
Order-
War-
Silence-
Debt-

Examples:

  • Oathmaker
  • Warbringer
  • Doomknower

Syllable assembly

The name is assembled out of three types of syllable, Beginning Syllables, Middle Syllables and End Syllables, in one of three different structures. Either:

  • Beginning Syllable + End Syllable
  • Beginning Syllable + Middle Syllable + End Syllable
  • Beginning Syllable + Middle Syllable + Middle Syllable + End Syllable

The syllable options are as follows:

Type Syllable
Beginning Vi- Na- Lo- Ra- To- Ger- Xan- Kel-
Middle -ser- -gar- -lor- -ven- -zan- -xal-
End -ys -or -ar -sum -dor -mar -gur

Examples include:

  • Toor (To-or)
  • Ragarmar (Ra-gar-mar)
  • Viservendor (Vi-ser-ven-dor)

Person names

Animal names

Persona traits

Persona weapons have individual traits to reflect their individual personalities. Each weapon will have one or two traits. Some traits are good, some are bad, some are just different. Traits affect the weapon's market value, so a weapon with a negative trait will be cheaper. The traits are:

  • Trait name Description Effects Value Exclusivity Commonality
    Psychic hypersensitizer This weapon amplifies the wielder's psychic sensitivity by 40%. This only applies while the weapon is held. Silver 0 Other Psychic Sensitivity Modifiers 0.75
    Psychic sensitizer This weapon amplifies the wielder's psychic sensitivity by 20%. This only applies while the weapon is held. Silver 0 Other Psychic Sensitivity Modifiers 0.75
    Psychic quiet This weapon suppresses the wielder's psychic sensitivity by 15%. This only applies while the weapon is held. Silver 0 Other Psychic Sensitivity Modifiers 0.75
    Psychic fog This weapon suppresses the wielder's psychic sensitivity by 30%. This only applies while the weapon is held. Silver 0 Other Psychic Sensitivity Modifiers 0.75
    Kind thoughts This weapon's persona is kind and supportive. It whispers kind thoughts to whoever it is bonded with, increasing their mood.
    • +6 <NAME>'s kind thoughts mood[When equipped?]
    Silver +500 Other Bonded Thought Traits
    Freewielder
    1
    Calm thoughts This weapon's persona is relaxed and steady. It whispers calming thoughts to whoever it is bonded with, increasing their mood.
    • +3 <NAME>'s calm thoughts mood[When equipped?]
    Silver +300 Other Bonded Thought Traits
    Freewielder
    1
    Mad muttering This weapon's persona is neurotic and unstable. It mutters mad thoughts to whoever it is bonded with, reducing their mood.
    • −3 <NAME>'s muttering mood[When equipped?]
    Silver -500 Other Bonded Thought Traits
    Freewielder
    1
    Mad wailing This weapon's persona is highly disturbed and won't shut up about it. It wails mad notions to whoever it is bonded with, suppressing their mood.
    • −6 <NAME>'s wailing mood[When equipped?]
    Silver -1000 Other Bonded Thought Traits
    Freewielder
    1
    Kill-focused This weapon's persona focuses on deaths. If the weapon kills someone, the wielder will instantly gain 20% psyfocus. Silver +500 Kill Thought Traits 1
    Kill-happy This weapon's persona loves to kill. If this weapon kills someone, its joy will transmit psychically to the wielder, making them happier for a few days.
    • +6 <NAME>'s kill happiness mood for 3 days after killing a pawn.[Details]
    Silver +500 Other Kill Thought Traits 1
    Kill-sorrow This weapon's persona hates killing. If this weapon kills someone, its sorrow will transmit psychically to the wielder, reducing their mood for a few days.
    • −3 <NAME>'s kill sorrow mood for 3 days after killing a pawn.[Details]
    Silver -500 Other Kill Thought Traits 1
    Kill thirst This weapon's persona find purpose in bloodshed. If it does not kill for 20 days, it will become angry and psychically complain to whoever is bonded to it.
    • −3 <NAME>'s kill thirst mood after 20 days without killing a pawn.[Details]
    Silver -700 Kill Thought Traits Traits
    Freewielder
    1
    Psy-meditative This weapon's persona is naturally meditative and helps its wielder focus in psychic meditation. The wielder gains an extra 10% psyfocus per day of meditation, as long as the weapon is held. Silver +500 None 1
    Painless This weapon's persona has some method of psychically disabling pain. The one holding the weapon will feel no pain of any kind. Psychic Painlessness: Pain is disabled by the psychic influence of a wielded weapon. Silver +400 None 1
    Fast mover This weapon's persona has a sense of motion. It confers this onto the wielder, making them move 15% faster as long as the weapon is held. Psychic Speed: Movement is sped up by the psychic influence of a wielded weapon. Silver +600 None 1
    Hunger pangs This weapon's persona loves food, and transmits that onto whoever bonds with it. The bonded person's hunger rate will be 50% higher. Psychic Hunger: Hunger is increased by the psychic influence of a bonded weapon. Silver -600 None 1
    Neural cooling This weapon's persona has the ability to help dissipate the wielder's neural heat. The wielder's neural heat dissipation is improved by 0.15 per second. Assisted neural cooling: Neural heat dissipation is improved by the psychic influence of a bonded weapon. Silver +500 None 1
    Freewielder This weapon's persona does not form bonds in the normal way. Anyone can pick it up and use it.
    • Does not bond
    Silver 0 1
    Jealous This weapon's persona becomes angry when the bonded individual uses another weapon, thus reducing their mood.
    • −15 <NAME>'s jealousy mood when a weapon other than the bonded weapon is equipped.
    Silver -600 Freewielder 1
  • Trait Analysis

    Psychic hypersensitizer

  • Stat Increase
    Psychic Sensitivity +40%
    Neural Heat Limit +32
  • Psychic sensitizer

  • Stat Increase
    Psychic Sensitivity +20%
    Neural Heat Limit +16
  • Psychic Quiet

  • Stat Increase
    Psychic Sensitivity -20%
    Neural Heat Limit -16
  • Psychic fog

  • Stat Increase
    Psychic Sensitivity -30%
    Neural Heat Limit -24
  • Kind thoughts

    +6 mood

    Calm thoughts

    +3 mood

    Mad muttering

    -3 mood

    Mad wailing

    -6 mood

    Kill-focused

    Instantly gain +20% psyfocus on killing an enemy

    Kill-happy

    +6 mood, 5 stack limit, 0.25 stack multiplier, lasts 3 days.

    Kill-sorrow

    -3 mood, 5 stack limit, 0.25 stack multiplier, lasts 3 days.

    Kill thirst

    Kill every 20 days or -4 mood

    Psy-meditative

    +10% psyfocus per time meditating

    Painless

    0x Pain multiplier vs Painstopper.

    Fast mover

    +15% Moving

    Hunger pangs

    +50% hunger rate

    Neural cooling

    +15% Neural Heat Recovery Rate

    Freewielder

    Does not bond

    Jealous

    -15 mood

    Version history

    • Royalty DLC release - Added
    • 1.1.2647 - Persona weapons no longer damage relations with the Empire when used without the necessary titles. Previously, a title of Knight or Dame was required.