Dagger

The Dagger (🗡️) is a small bladed weapon (�) with a handle, wielded in one hand.

Dagger:

🗡️ Stab/Slash:- [dPower] + [(d)Sinew] + 6 [ or d6 ?] [ + bonuses ]

D.A.G.G.E.R @ 4.1.7.7.5.18 @ 4.1.7.7.5.9 = 42 | 33 | 6

D.A.G.G.E.R = (, )

A dagger deals 6 points of damage upon a successful strike.

A daggers' starting integrity is 12 (4+1+7)

... [blade DA(4+1), handle G(7)]

A masterwork ? dagger deals an extra 1 point of damage (ace on 'A') due to it's balanced design and resilient blade edge.

A magic dagger might be difficult to wield unless one's will overcomes it's own, and such a dagger might provide bonuses keyed to it's charm or sinew statistics.

Advanced attack forms (bonuses - TODO):

D. dextrous attack: +4
A. strong attack: +1
G. low or risky attack: +7
G. tricky attack: +7
E. smart/cautious attack: +5
R. wise/intuitive attack: +9

D.G.R = 4.7.9 = 20 [2] | A.E = 1.5 = 6 ( or 10.5 = 15 [6] )

Definition(s):

1. (weaponry) A stabbing weapon, similar to a sword but with a short, double-edged blade.

2. (typography) The text character �; the obelus.

3. (basketball, American football) A point scored near the end of the game (clutch time) to take or increase the scorer's team lead, so that they are likely to win.

Etymology: From Middle English daggere, daggare, dagard, probably adapted from Old French dague (1229), related to Occitan, Italian, Spanish daga, Dutch dagge, German Degen, Middle Low German dagge (�knife's point�), Old Norse daggar�r, Danish daggert, Faroese daggari, Welsh dager, dagr, Breton dac, Albanian thik� (�a knife, dagger�), thek (�to stab, to pierce with a sharp object�).

In English attested from the 1380s. The ultimate origin of the word is unclear. Grimm[1] suspects Celtic origin. Others have suggested derivation from an unattested Vulgar Latin *daca "Dacian [knife]", from the Latin adjective dācus. Chastelain (Dictionaire etymologique, 1750) thought that French dague was a derivation from German dagge, dagen, although not attested until a much later date).

The knightly dagger evolves from the 12th century. Guillaume le Breton (died 1226) uses daca in his Philippide. Other Middle Latin forms include daga, dagga, dagha, dagger, daggerius, daggerium, dagarium, dagarius, diga; the forms with -r- are late 14th century adoptions of the English word). OED points out that there is also an English verb dag (�to stab�) from which this could be a derivation, but the verb is attested only from about 1400.

Relation to Old Armenian դակու (daku, �adze, axe�) has also been suggested[4]. Alternatively, a connection from Proto-Indo-European *dʰāg-u- and cognate with Ancient Greek θήγω (thḗgō, �to sharpen, whet�).

Synonyms:

(stabbing weapon): dirk, knife
(text character): obelisk, obelus
(anything that causes pain like a dagger) barb

Derived spells:

    at daggers drawn
    bollock dagger
    Bridport dagger
    bull-dagger
    cloak-and-dagger
    dagger-axe
    dagger board
    daggerless
    daggerlike
    daggerman
    dagger moth
    dagger of lath
    dagger-sharp
    daggertooth
    double dagger
    ear dagger
    kidney dagger
    look daggers
    mutton dagger
    parrying dagger
    punch dagger
    push dagger
    Spanish dagger
    speak daggers
    stab yourself and pass the dagger
    stare daggers
    Swiss dagger

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