Enc: -	IS:	Aura: -	XP: varies	GP: varies
-	-	-	-	DMG

Hornblade is a magical weapon that originally appears as a sickle-like
blade resembling some sort of animal horn, ranging in size from
that of a knife to somewhat less than the length of a short sword.

Even a close visual and manual inspection is 90% unlikely to reveal it as
anything other than a piece of horn of 1/2’ to 1 1/4’ in length, set in
some sort of handle or grip. (If magic is detected for, a hornblade will
radiate a faint dweomer of the enchantment sort.) However, if the
proper pressure is applied in the correct place, a curved blade of
great strength and sharpness will spring out. The small versions
(knife-sized and dagger-sized) are usually enchanted to + 1 or + 2,
and the largest version (scimitar-sized) commonly has a bonus of + 2
or + 3. A hornblade of one of the smaller versions can be thrown, and
its bonus applies for both “to hit” and damage determination. A member
of any character class permitted to use sickle-like weapons may
use a hornblade. The magic of the weapon enables its possessor to
employ it as if it were a weapon of known type, providing that the possessor
has proficiency with a weapon in the appropriate category
(knife, dagger, or scimitar). The hornblade is retractable between
uses. The experience-point value and gold piece sale value of a
hornblade depend upon its size and the amount of its magical bonus:
 
 

Dice	Result	X.P. Value	G.P. Sale Value
01-20	Knife-sized, +1	500	1,500
21-35	Knife-sized, +2	1,000	3,000
36-50	Dagger-sized, +1	750	2,000
51-70	Dagger-sized, +2	1,500	4,000
71-90	Scimitar-sized, +2	2,000	6,000
91-00	Scimitar-sized, +3	3,000	9,000