Greetings all!

A few announcements today related to the ACC that are of particular relevance to weapons used in the upcoming tournament...

As you all are undoubtedly aware, only characters with 4 or fewer weapons will be added to the tournament itself. Note that we consider "Throwing Knives" to be a single weapon, while "Dual Blasters" is two weapons. Grenades or sets of items are considered to have enough to engage in a meaningful use of the item, but excessive reliance on them (e.g., throwing a dozen grenades in a single combat) is not only unrealistic but poorly written story.. This is taken directly from the Fading Light Begeren ACC Rules and related to the number of weapons in the "Weapon Loadout" slot. As #1 alludes to, "Preferred Weapons" has been changed to "Weapon Loadout." The the ACC is no longer allowing the use of any previously awarded weapons or custom items from the ACC itself. It is possible the ACC may award items again in the future, but somewhat unlikely. This has no effect on items awarded by a past Herald or Grand Master. Just as importantly as #1, we are adding additional effects to sacramental weapons, that will shortly be added to the Wiki. This is, in some ways, a preliminary list of abilities of these weapons, so it could be updated. This is to encourage the use of these weapons in combat... If someone so chooses. The Wiki entries for these items will be updated to reflect these changes soon-ish.

Silver Sash: Cortosis is woven into the sash itself; however, this does not deactivate lightsabers, just effectively deflects them (yes, I know this upsets some of you purists in terms of the way cortosis works ;) )

Diamond Sword: Equivalent to a Sith Sword for purposes of lightsaber combat and blaster bolt deflection. Incredibly sharp (diamond, duh! ;) )

Emerald Dagger: Incredible sharp, able to shatter nearly any non-lightsaber/blades treated with Sith Alchemy/sacramentals mentioned as impervious

Ruby Scepter: Impervious to non-lightsaber/alchemical blades.

Amethys Kukri: Deflects blasters, disruptors.

Sapphire Blade: Hard to damage (not impervious - would break under repeated strikes), dissipates blasters.

In addition, the Express Guide for character sheets has been revamped (actually, this happened a couple months ago) to a Character Creation Guide, and as always, all character sheets are subject to the Character Sheet Approval Guidelines.

That's it for now!

Telaris “Mav” Cantor

Combat Master