Dead Man's Tale

Dead Man's Tale
Attributes
Season	22
Type	Scout Rifle
Slot	Kinetic
Ammo	Primary
Rarity	Exotic
Damage Type	Kinetic
Foundry	?????
Archetype	?????
Description	"Long, short, they all end the same way." - Katabasis
Statistics
Impact	100
Range	60
Stability	30
Handling	50
Reload Speed	50
Rounds Per Minute	120
Magazine	14
Zoom	18
Inventory Size	55
Aim Assistance	60
Airborne Effectiveness	17
Recoil	89
Bounce Intensity	11

Weapon Shaping
	Weapon Pattern Completing Deepsight Resonance extractions on this weapon will unlock its Pattern.
	Deepsight Resonance Extractions required to unlock: 1

Acquisition
	Presage Exotic Quest

Dead Man's Tale PvP Stats

Dead Man's Tale is a Exotic Scout Rifle.

Perks - Curated Roll

Intrinsic

• Cranial Spike - Chaining precision hits grants bonus damage and quickens reload speed.

Sight / Barrel

• Corkscrew Rifling - Balanced barrel.
  • Slightly increases Range and Stability.
  • Slightly increases Handling Speed.

Magazine / Battery

• Accurized Rounds - This weapon can fire longer distances.
  • Increases Range.

Trait 1

• Killing Wind - Final blows grant increased mobility, weapon range, and handling for a short duration.

Trait 2

• Hand-Laid Stock — This weapon is optimized for recoil control.
  • Increases stability.

Perks - Random Rolls

Intrinsic

• Cranial Spike - Chaining precision hits grants bonus damage and quickens reload speed.
• Cranial Spike II - Chaining precision hits grants bonus target acquisition and range.
• Cranial Spike III - Chaining precision hits grants bonus target acquisition and range.
• Cranial Spike IV - Chaining precision hits grants bonus target acquisition and range.

Possible Sight / Barrel

• Corkscrew Rifling - Balanced barrel.
  • Slightly increases Range and Stability.
  • Slightly increases Handling Speed.
• Arrowhead Brake - Lightly vented barrel.
  • Greatly controls Recoil.
  • Increases Handling Speed.
• Polygonal Rifling - Barrel optimized for recoil reduction.
  • Increases Stability.
• Chambered Compensator - Stable barrel attachment.
  • Increases Stability.
  • Improves Recoil Direction.
  • Slightly decreases Handling Speed.
• Smallbore - Dual strength barrel.
  • Increases Range.
  • Increases Stability.
• Full Bore - Barrel optimized for distance.
  • Greatly increases Range.
  • Decreases Stability.
  • Slightly decreases Handling Speed.
• Extended Barrel - Weighty barrel extension.
  • Increases range
  • Decreases handling speed
  • Moderately controls recoil
• Fluted Barrel - Ultra-light barrel.
  • Greatly increases Handling Speed.
  • Slightly increases Stability.
• Hammer-Forged Rifling - Durable ranged barrel.
  • Increases Range.

Possible Magazine / Battery

• Accurized Rounds - This weapon can fire longer distances.
  • Increases Range.
• Steady Rounds - This magazine is optimized for recoil control.
  • Greatly increases Stability.
  • Slightly decreases Range.
• Flared Magwell - Optimized for fast reloading.
  • Slightly increases Stability.
  • Greatly increases Reload Speed.
• Armor-Piercing Rounds - Rounds cause extra damage to shields and overpenetrate targets.
  • Slightly increases Range.
• High-Caliber Rounds - Shots from this weapon knock the target back farther.
  • Slightly increases Range.
• Ricochet Rounds - Rounds ricochet off hard surfaces.
  • Increases Stability.
  • Slightly increases Range.
• Light Mag — Improved reload and range.
  • Increases reload speed
  • Slightly increases range

Possible Trait 1

• Outlaw - Precision kills greatly decrease reload time.
• Fourth Time's the Charm - Rapidly landing precision hits will return two rounds to the magazine.
• Compulsive Reloader - Grants increased reload speed when close to full magazine.
• Killing Wind - Final blows grant increased mobility, weapon range, and handling for a short duration.
• Moving Target - Increased movement speed and target acquisition when moving while aiming down sights.
• Vorpal Weapon - Increased damage against bosses, vehicles, and Guardians with their Super active.
• Rapid Hit - Rapid precision hits temporarily increase stability and reload speed.
• Shoot to Loot - Shooting an ammo brick picks it up and automatically reloads all of your equipped weapons from reserves.

Possible Trait 2

• Hand-Laid Stock — This weapon is optimized for recoil control.
  • Increases stability.
• Short-Action Stock - This weapon is especially easy to grip.
  • Greatly increases Handling Speed.
• Composite Stock - This weapon has a versatile dual-purpose stock.
  • Slightly increases Stability.
  • Slightly increases Handling Speed.
• Fitted Stock - This stock makes the weapon stable but heavy.
  • Increases Stability.
  • Improves recoil direction.
  • Slightly decreases Handling Speed.

Possible Catalyst Trait

• 35px Dark-Forged Trigger - Removes hipfire accuracy penalties and increases rate of fire from hip. Stacks of Cranial Spike increase hip rate of fire further.

How to Obtain

Detailed explanation on how to acquire Dead Man's Tale

Lore

"Long, short, they all end the same way." - Katabasis

Gaelin-4's war beast leads us through balmy Venusian jungle. Our rifles low, our Ghosts high in the canopy like sentry drones.

"My vehicle is old. Needs maintenance. Been running too long without cutting the engine," I say.

Gaelin sends me a sideways look. "That shipwright still around? She used to make cider in the autumn. I swear, she kept us like a pack of strays."

I sigh. "No, I mean this thing." I run my hand over my body. "Besides, you know I can't go back there." I straighten the leather wrap around my Tex-foundry rifle.

"You know I literally tune myself, right?" asks the Exo Hunter.

"Why? You're immortal."

"And you're not?"

"I know, but I'm… slower. I feel slower."

"Uh huh."

"Just not like what I used to feel like. Not… spry. Not up here either." I tap my helmet.

"Tragedy. I feel for you. Have Gilgamesh tune you then."

I chuckle. "Yeah… he'd love that."

"You two having issues again?"

I shake my head in a stiff, narrow lie. "You think we come back the same every time?"

"I do. Straight from the manufacturer ," Gaelin-4 says.

"Sometimes I get the feeling… something's different."

Gaelin stops and squints at me.

I dip my head and let my hood fall forward. "Nothing I can put my finger on, just little things. Adjustments."

"You think he's changing you?" Gaelin's voice sounds more serious than surprised.

I wait too long to answer. It's not because I don't know my answer, but because I want to feel like I still doubt it. I raise my head. Gaelin meets my eyes and looks up to the canopy.

He leans his shoulder into me and drops his voice to a whisper. "My Clip's a good one, but you need to realize Ghosts don't know anything. Nobody does. They're just like us. They get curious. They question. If you think something's coming unwound, you need to sit down and talk it out."

"Wait… did Clip change yo—"

"Please," Gaelin scoffs. "You're paranoid." He turns to keep walking and calls back, "Life changes you. Same with them. I'm the only one that stays the same."

Gaelin raises a fist and we stop. His war beast sniffs the air and turns us east. We continue walking.

"What'd you name the beast?"

"Castus."

"You've been reading too many of the Spider's books ."

"Some of 'em are good."

I laugh. "Aren't you the man that said anything you got tying you down can be made into a noose?"

"Yeah, some time ago."

"You've been taking a lot of jobs with him ? Those Fallen?"

"You're one to talk, Emperor's lackey . Some of those Eliksni aren't so bad."

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Versions

• Dead Man's Tale (Season 22)
• Dead Man's Tale (Season 13)

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