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''For the spell present in [[0.30]], see [[Blade Hands (spell)]].''
{{flavour|A jagged cluster of blades, almost impossible to grasp without injury. Causes long, needle-thin blades to grow from the wearer's body, allowing them to perform rapid auxiliary melee attacks and even parry blows. Having so many fragments of metal inside one's body reduces the effectiveness of body armour, but Shapeshifting skill mitigates this effect as well as increases the damage dealt.}}

[[File:blade talisman.png]] A '''blade talisman''' is a [[talisman]] that gives you '''Blade Hands''', greatly increasing your [[Auxiliary attack]]s.

==Useful Info==
When e'''V'''oked, a blade talisman grants Blade Form, which lasts until you end the form. Entering or exiting a form takes 5 turns.

Blade Hands has the following effects:

'''Combat Bonuses'''
*'''[[Unarmed Combat]]:''' 3 base damage (no bonus)
*'''Blade [[Auxiliary attack]]:''' Gain two aux attacks which have a 60% chance to attack independently with each melee attack you perform. Has a base damage of 10 (17 skill) to 16 (25 skill).
*'''[[Parrying]]:''' Gain temporary [[SH]] on turns you perform a melee attack. Scales with shapeshifting skill, from 6 SH at 17 skill to 12 SH at 25 skill.
*Reduces base [[AC]] of [[body armour]]; multiplies body armour AC by -50% to -20%
**Does not impact [[enchantment]], but does impact AC gained from [[Armour skill]]. Stacks multiplicatively with [[Deformed]] / [[Pseudopods]].

'''Restrictions'''
*'''[[Transformation#Useful Info|Melded Gear]]:''' Blade Form melds no equipment and suppresses no mutations, unlike most other forms.

It has a minimum [[Shapeshifting]] skill of 17, below which you get an [[Talisman#Skill|HP penalty]], your armor is reduced further and your blade auxes do less damage. It has a maximum skill of 25, where skill has no further impact.

==Strategy==
Blade form benefits greatly from [[slay]]ing bonuses.

==History==
*Prior to [[0.34]], Blade Form was a 12-skill form which replaced the user's hands with long needles, greatly increasing unarmed damage (and enabling stabbing) but melding weapons and the offhand slot, as well as suppressing the [[claws]] mutation.
*Prior to [[0.33]], the initial AC penalty at lower shapeshifting levels was 100% of base AC.
*Introduced in [[0.31]] in the transformation overhaul. Previously implemented as a spell, [[Blade Hands (spell)|Blade Hands]].
:The previous spell had 22 base damage, cut [[hydra]] heads, had a spellcasting penalty, and didn't have an AC penalty. (However, since it was a spell, heavy armour made it harder to cast).

==References==
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