Dexterous dagger

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Dexterous dagger is a script for daggers, particularly for thrown weapon usage in mind. The script was released by GM Elbrion in 2005.

Analyze

You analyze the mithril dagger and sense that the item is largely free from merchant alteration restrictions, but the creator has stated that "There do not seem to be any specific limitations."

The creator has also provided the following information:

This is a Dexterous Dagger.
Alteration Restrictions: None.
Trapped Verbs: PINCH, POINT, RUB, SPIN, TOSS, WAVE

You can tell that the dagger is as light as it can get.

Usage

Verb First Third
PINCH You casually trim the ends of your fingernails with the tip of your mithril dagger. Vanah casually trims the ends of her finger nails with the tip of a mithril dagger.
POINT You quickly draw your arm up behind your head and mime throwing your mithril dagger at an imaginary target. Vanah quickly draws her arm up behind her head and mimes throwing a mithril dagger at an imaginary target.
POINT, target You quickly draw your arm up behind your head and mime throwing your mithril dagger at a seal. Vanah quickly draws her arm up behind her head and mimes throwing a mithril dagger at a seal.
RUB You carefully rub the length of your mithril dagger on the hem of your jacket, polishing the blade to a mirror-like sheen. Vanah carefully rubs the length of her mithril dagger on the hem of her jacket, polishing the blade to a mirror-like sheen.
SPIN You quickly flip your mithril dagger around in your hand and grip it by the tip, ready to throw. Vanah quickly flips a mithril dagger around in her hand and grips it by the tip, ready to throw.
TOSS, success With a deft flick of your wrist, you send your mithril dagger spinning high into the air in front of you. It flips end-over-end almost too fast for your eyes to follow, the blade glinting brightly in the moonlight. You quickly snatch the dagger out of the air as it falls, gripping it perfectly by its tip, ready to throw. With a deft flick of her wrist, Vanah sends a mithril dagger spinning high into the air in front of her. It flips end-over-end almost too fast for your eyes to follow, the blade glinting brightly in the moonlight. Vanah quickly snatches the dagger out of the air as it falls, gripping it perfectly by the tip, ready to throw.
TOSS, failure With a deft flick of your wrist, you send your mithril dagger spinning high into the air in front of you. It flips end-over-end almost too fast for your eyes to follow, the blade glinting brightly in the moonlight. You try to snatch the dagger out of the air as it falls, but your attempt is clumsy at best and the blade buries itself painfully into your right hand! With a deft flick of her wrist, Vanah sends a mithril dagger spinning high into the air in front of her. It flips end-over-end almost too fast for your eyes to follow, the blade glinting brightly in the moonlight. Vanah tries to snatch the dagger out of the air as it falls, but her attempt is clumsy at best and the blade buries itself into Vanah's right hand!
WAVE You quickly slash your mithril dagger in a wide arc in front of you. The blade whistles as it slices through the air. Vanah quickly slashes a mithril dagger in a wide arc in front of her. The blade whistles as it slices through the air.
Dexterous dagger Information
Type Fluff
Item Classification Weapon
Item(s) Applied to Dagger
Alterable Yes
Light/Deep
Item Verbs
PINCH POINT RUB SPIN
TOSS WAVE