The 2011 Avatar Press miniseries Caligula begins with Emperor Caligula and his cronies raping the protagonist's family to death as part of their drunken revelry, then follows the protagonist's infiltration of the Emperor's inner circle in a plot to assassinate him. ** SinisterScythe: The tenaculum, a small sickle rather than the usual scythe. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: 'The Origin' claims that Caligula was a vampire who eventually became Jack the Ripper. ** PowerfulPick: The gurlet lets you attack on both sides, but is very slow. ** ImprovisedWeapon: Bricks, rocks, really big rocks and a torch. ** HeroesPreferSwords: ] so does Caligula. Even better, they tend to cluster and take out tougher enemies first, letting you use area-hit weapons or the torch with greater efficiency.
** EverythingsLouderWithBagpipes: The Zampogna (an Italian bagpipe) turns enemies against each other and makes you immune to their weapons (except rats and gladiators). ** BladeOnAStick: Among the available weapons are a javelin and a xyston. ** AutomaticCrossbows: The crossbow shoots as fast as Caligula can stab someone and doesn't need to reload. Its finally happened - Ive LONG LIVED a game whose title is basically already LONG LIVE something something.
** AnimateDead: One of the more useful weapons is Necromancy, the ability to turn dead bodies into skeleton warriors. ** AnAxeToGrind: The axe is a slow but devastating weapon, while the hatchet is a PrecisionGuidedBoomerang.
