Submission: Melee weapon enhancers

Main Gauche - WWS would love to be paired with those in some ventrue stickman deck.

To boost melee weapons, you have to do it in both direct and idirect way.

Pawn shop still don't address main problem - getting them in first place. And you usually will be better with Ascendence.

Something to adress melee weapons directly:

Ancient Graveyard
Event
Transient
Any vampire may search his or her library for melee weapon as a +2 stealth action (pay cost as normal, shuffle, it's equip action). Vampires with capacity above 6 may burn 1 blood after this action in successful to untap. Put 1 counter after equiping weapon thanks to it, if 5 = burn this card.

Yeah, my wording is bit rusty but you get the idea

www.vekn.net/forum/30-expansion-sets-a-card-ideas/63804-melee-weapon-enhancers#65748

My submission topic.

Name: Silent Approach
Cardtype: Combat
Cost: No cost.
Capacity: Not applicable.
Discipline: Quietus
Clan: none
Maneuver, only usable to go to close range.
As above, and/or this vampire can equip with a melee weapon from your hand (pay costs and fullfill requirements as normal).

The tricky part is that as written, you can only equip with the melee weapon if the opponent maneuvered to long. Perhaps try this:

Only usable before range is determined {on the first round?}
This vampire equips with a melee weapon from your hand (paying cost as normal).
As above, and this vampire gains an optional maneuver {only usable to maneuver to close range}.

The text in brackets is meant as options for the designer.

You guys should be careful when making discipliness and costless cards for melee weapons. Allies can become overpowered easily with these suggestions.

Name: Shadow Blade
Cardtype: Combat
Cost: No cost.
Capacity: Not applicable.
Discipline: Obfuscate
Clan: none
Maneuver, only usable to go to close range.
As above, and/or this vampire choice of melee weapon strikes can't be restricted this combat.

Also:

Name: Invisible Blade
Cardtype: Combat
Cost: No cost.
Capacity: Not applicable.
Discipline: Celerity
Clan: none
Dodge.
This vampire burn 1 blood to gain 2 additional strikes, only usable to strike with melee weapons.

No Quarter
Cardtype: Combat
Cost: No cost.
Capacity: Not applicable.
Discipline: Celerity
Clan: none
Only usable at close range, and if this minion has a melee weapon.
Opposing minion cannot dodge this round.
As above, and opposing minion cannot end combat as a strike.

Oooh back to an Archetype idea:

Fencer
Master
Archetype
If this minion has a melee weapon and range is close for this round, they may make a Strike: Dodge and an additional strike, only usable to strike with a melee weapon. This minion reduces the cost of melee weapons they equip by 1 blood or pool.

or maybe something similar. I was thinking of a Stutter-Step type thing built in, but then we get to the usual problem of moving parts screwing up things. Might be worth building some brawler vampires that don't rely on things like Agg.


Another sideways thought...

Improvised Shield
Combat
Celerity
Only usable by a minion with a retainer or item of non-location equipment.
[cel] Burn an item of non-location equipment on this minion to reduce the damage from a ranged attack to 0.
[CEL] As [cel] but you may also choose a retainer on this minion.