Quinques

## What are quinques?

A quinque is a weapon manufactured from a ghoul's kakuhou used by CCG ghoul investigators. Quinque emits electrical signals that stimulate the kakuhou to release and control it. They can be made into some type of melee or ranged weapon, but most retain a few characteristics from the original kagune. In contrast to kagune, quinque cannot change shape nor store or absorb Rc cells other than what was harvested from the ghoul it was made from.

### RC Types

Quinques can be one of four RC types; Ukaku, Rinkaku, Bikaku, and Koukaku.

Quinques created from chimaera ghouls, on the other hand, can have two RC types however they’re noted to be rare and rather difficult to manufacture (if created IRP !roll 100, anything below 30 is a success.)

As previously stated, the RC type of the kakuhou sac used to create a quinque will most likely influence the sort of weapon the quinque becomes. Because Ukaku kagunes fire shards, Ukaku sacs are frequently converted into guns, but Koukaku sacs are frequently made into shields due to their durable nature.

### Quinque Ratings

* Quinques are classified into ratings ranging from C to SSS in addition to RC type (C being the lowest and SSS being the highest).
* The rating of a quinque greatly influences its durability/robustness, as well as its firing rate/cooldown. Lower-rated quinques, on the other hand, should not be overlooked, since even 'weaker' quinques can slice through higher-rated kagunes in the right hands.
* Potency and potency of qualities such as electrokinesis and pyrokinesis will likewise scale with the quinque's rating. Refer to the Trait document  for more information!

→ The quinque rate wielded by investigators is limited depending on what rank they are.

   ie. they are allowed wield quinques corresponding to at most a rank above them (Rank 2 investigators may wield quinques up until A/A+ rate, but not S rate - Rank 1 investigators may wield quinques up until S/S+ rate, but not SS rate)

### Your starting quinque

* Investigators may start off with a single custom B-rated quinque, of any RC type they wish. The quinque can have up to two modes, with the exception of boosters which can have 3 modes.
* Investigators may choose to apply for one trait on their quinque if they so wish. However, a 450 word RP sample is required, showing how the quinque would be used. Investigators with the Iron Man trait may choose to apply for two traits, though the 450 word sample is still required.
* Booster traits and/or traits won via giveaways may be applied to a starting quinque, but not if it’s already been used IRP.

**NOTE**: Investigators may start off with multiple quinques if they’ve rolled for a canon quinque via boosting, or if they’ve chosen a kakuhou sac for their bumping reward instead of the rep/rc

**NOTE 2**: Though our server offers a pre-made template to apply for a custom quinque, any format/template may be used as long as all the required information is included! We kindly ask that the quinque app be posted separately from your OC app in the submissions channels.

* Investigators start off with one custom B-rated quinque.
* Can be any RC type
* Can have two modes - boosters can have 3
* Can apply for 1 trait - investigators with iron man can choose to apply for 2 traits - either way, 450 word rp/fight sample needed
* Booster traits and traits won from giveaways may be applied to your starting quinque, but may not be applied if you have already used your quinque irp

## Upgrading quinques

* Quinques may be upgraded using a kakuhou sac of the same rating (eg. A-rated quinque + A-rated sac = S rated quinque)
* Kakuhou sac must be of the same RC type as the quinque
* Traits may be added onto a quinque if the sac used to upgrade it has the desired trait. (!roll 100, if under 50 it is successful.)
* During upgrading, the quinque may undergo changes in physical appearance. The weapon type, however, may not be completely changed, unless it’s a mode change (ie. a shield may not be made into a sword, unless a sword mode is added)
* If a quinque has traits, the sac used to upgrade the quinque must also have those traits

## How to get more quinques

More quinques can be obtained by killing or defeating ghoul OCs and NPCs! In the case of a squad defeating a single ghoul, only one quinque may be made from that ghoul. The kakuhou sac is awarded to the person that dealt the killing blow, but may be given/gifted to another investigator if the whole squad agrees to do so.

Quinques made from the kakuhou sacs of NPCs and OCs cannot have traits the ghoul didn’t originally have. As such, booster traits and giveaway traits cannot be applied to quinques made from these sacs.

**NOTE**: Kakuhou sacs obtained from boosting and/or bumping (if the kakuhou sac reward is chosen instead of the rep/rc reward) follow the same creation rules as starting quinque.

(ie. they can be of any rc type, can have traits applied for, and may have booster traits and giveaway traits applied onto them). Investigators with iron man may not apply for two traits however, as that is valid only for the starting quinque

* Killing/defeating OCs or NPCs
* Quinques made from kakuhou sacs of NPCs or OCs cannot have traits the ghoul didn’t originally have
* As such, booster traits and giveaway traits may not be applied to quinques made from kakuhou sacs of NPCs or OCs

## Kakuja Quinques

Kakuja quinques are strong weapons that cannot transform into K-Armor. In terms of damage output and damage resistance, kakuja quinques are far more potent than their traditional quinque counterpart. However, Kakuja quinques are hard to come by considering how difficult it is to kill a Kakuja. Even so, these are super weapons that, if developed, have the power to change the course of a conflict.