A Power Sword is a Power Weapon that has been shaped into a sword of varying lengths and
designs crafted from one of any number of different materials, though usually Adamantium.
When its power cell is activated, often by touching a control located on the hilt, the blade
is sheathed in a lethal corona of disruptive energy. This energy field allows the blade to
carve through flesh, bone and most forms of armor plate alike, making a Power Sword a highly
effective close combat weapon.
Melee: Attacks with this trait can be used during close combat without penalty.
Parry: Every ability that grants a fighter a Parry adds one use to a pool that refreshes each time this fighter initiates close combat or is declared as a close combat target, and empties at the end of the Fight action. Parry uses can be spent from this pool to force an Engaged enemy fighter to re-roll one successful close combat hit. However, if an attacker is outside a fighter's vision arc they must spend two Parry uses to force the enemy fighter to re-roll a successful hit.
Power: The weapon is surrounded by a crackling power field. Attacks made by Power weapons cannot be parried except by weapons that have both the Power and Parry traits, energy-based shields, or via the Parry Master skill. In addition, if the hit roll for a Power weapon is a natural 6, that hit automatically wounds.