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Weapons
Just about anything could be used as a weapon, but in general we're just going to consider weapons that were designed to attack people, usually by hitting them or firing something at them. Weapons that fire bullets, bolts, arrows, stones, and needles are generally considered to always have what they need, for simplicity's sake.
The weapons listed here are generally from western cultures, weapons from eastern cultures are also welcome and can generally just use the appropriate western equivalent to determine the number of dice rolled.
Whereas defenses and attributes generally begin with a base of two dice, attacks do not. They start at zero and add dice based on the weapon or spell being used plus any modifiers.
Melee Weapons
Melee weapons are weapons used between one to two meters of a person. If an opponent gets beyond that range they are generally ineffective.
| Name | Offense 1) | Encumbrance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Battle Axe | S*3 | 1 | A long-handled axe generally swung two-handed. |
| Club | B | 1 | A thick wooden stick generally swung one-handed. |
| Dagger | P + Po? | 1 | A thin one-handed blade made for piercing. Assassins and thieves sometimes coat it with poison. |
| Fist | B | 0 | |
| Great Sword | S*5 | 2 | This huge sword is generally swung two-handed. |
| Handaxe | S*2 | 1 | A short-handled axe generally swung one-handed. |
| Knife | P or S | 1 | This weapon has a serrated edge and can be stabbed or hacked. |
| Longsword | S*3 | 1 | This is a long straight sword for slashing one-handed. |
| Mace | B*2 | 1 | This is a handle tipped with a very heavy blunt metal piece. |
| Morningstar | B*2 or P | 1 | This is a handle tipped with a very heavy blunt metal piece with spikes. |
| Quarterstaff | B | 1 | A staff made out of thick, heavy wood sometimes tipped with metal, wielded two-handed. |
| Pick | P | 1 | This is a short-handled weapon like a hammer but a sharp end instead of a blunt one. |
| Rapier | S*2 | 1 | A short sword made for slashing one-handed. |
| Scimitar | S*3 | 1 | A long sword with a curved blade made for slashing one-handed. |
| Scythe | S*2 | 1 | A long-handled curved blade swung two-handed. Often used by farmers in their fields. |
| Shortsword | P*2 | 1 | A short sword made for piercing one-handed. |
| Sickle | S | 1 | A short-handled curved blade swung one-handed. Often used by farmers in their fields. |
| Spear | P*2 | 1 | A versatile long-handled weapon tipped with either a sharp metal tip or a sharp obsidian tip. Can be used two-handed as a pole-arm (to keep a melee weapon at bay), two-handed as a melee weapon, or one-handed as a throwing weapon. |
| Trident | P*3 | 1 | A long-handled fork with three to five sharp piercing tines wielded two-handed. |
| Warhammer | B*2 | 1 | A short-handled heavy hammer wielded one-handed. |
Pole-Arms
Pole-arms are longer weapons which are generally ineffective at melee range (1-2 meters) but can be used effectively at 3-4 meters to keep someone with a melee weapon (including using bite, claws, or fists) from having an attack.
The following special rules apply to combat involving pole-arms:
- A character wielding a melee weapon never attacks before a character wielding a pole-arm UNLESS that melee weapon has already hit the character wielding the pole-arm.
- A character wielding a melee weapon cannot attack a character wielding a pole-arm if he took damage from the character wielding the pole-arm during that round.
- A character wielding a pole-arm cannot attack a character wielding a melee weapon if he took damage from that character's melee weapon the previous round or the current round.
| Name | Offense 2) | Encumbrance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halberd | P*4 or S*4 | 2 | A very long-handled two-handed weapon tipped with a spike and axe blade. |
| Lance | P*4 | 2 | A very long one-handed weapon used mounted to stab into an opponent, often someone else with a lance. |
| Lucern Hammer | P*3 or B*3 | 2 | A very long-handled two-handed weapon tipped with a spike and hammer. |
| Spear | P*2 | 1 | A versatile long-handled weapon tipped with either a sharp metal tip or a sharp obsidian tip. Can be used two-handed as a pole-arm (to keep a melee weapon at bay), two-handed as a melee weapon, or one-handed as a throwing weapon. |
Ranged Weapons
Ranged weapons normally loose a missile (with the exception of the whip) and are generally ineffective inside of 3 meters (except crossbows and guns).
| Name | Offense 3) | Range | Encumbrance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blowgun | Po | Short | 1 | A hollow reed blown with a puff of air which releases a barbed thorn, generally coated in poison and wielded one-handed. |
| Bola | Special | Short | 1 | A capturing device generally with three leather strings that tie around the legs of a creature and bring them down. A successful Dexterity vs Personal attack will determine if the opponent loses their next turn. |
| Boomerang | S | Short | 1 | A sharp curved stick thrown one-handed. If it misses, it returns to the wielder to be thrown again. |
| Dart | P + Po? | Short | Special | A small thrown weapon with a heavy piercing tip wielded one-handed. All darts cost only one encumbrance altogether. |
| Flail | B*2 or P | Short | 1 | A flail is has a chain with a handle on one end (for wielding it one-handed) and a heavy ball, often spiked, on the other end. |
| Glaive | S*3 | Short | 1 | A heavy one-handed bladed star sent spinning at opponents. Sure, it's mechanics don't really work, but it's cool. |
| Handcrossbow | P + Po? | Short | 1 | A small one-handed crossbow often used by thieves and assassins because it is easily concealed. The quarrels are usually poisoned. |
| Heavy Crossbow | P*3 | Long | 1 | A heavy two-handed crossbow. Because of the difficulty in loading the weapon, it can only be fired every other round. |
| Javelin | P*2 | Medium | 1 | A long handled thrown weapon with a sharp tip on both ends. It's essentially a spear specially made for throwing, but unusable as a melee weapon or pole-arm. |
| Lasso | Special | Short | 1 | A rope tied into a loop with a slipknot, generally wielded from horseback. A successful Dexterity vs Personal attack will determine if the opponent loses their next turn. |
| Light Crossbow | P*2 | Medium | 1 | A two-handed crossbow much lighter and easier to load than the heavy crossbow, but it also does less damage. |
| Longbow | P*3 | Long | 2 | A two-handed bow for shooting long range. |
| Net | Special | Short | 1 | A capturing device constructed of a metal net with several heavy ends. A successful Dexterity vs Personal attack will determine if the opponent is captured. A captured opponent does not have any actions until they are freed, usually with a successful Dexterity Skill Check by themselves or others trying to free them. |
| Shuriken | P | Short | Special | A one-handed thrown weapon shaped more or less like a star with sharpened edges. All shurikens cost only one encumbrance altogether. |
| Shortbow | P*2 | Medium | 1 | A two-handed bow for shooting short range. |
| Sling | B*2 | Medium | 1 | A long one-handed leather string with an end for placing stones or iron pellets. The leather string is swung repeatedly and the stone or pellet is loosed at its target. |
| Slingshot | B | Short | 1 | A forked piece of wood with a tightly bound leather string between the two prongs. A stone or pellet is pulled back in the leather string and loosed at the target. |
| Spear | P*2 | Short | 1 | A versatile long-handled weapon tipped with either a sharp metal tip or a sharp obsidian tip. Can be used two-handed as a pole-arm (to keep a melee weapon at bay), two-handed as a melee weapon, or one-handed as a throwing weapon. |
| Throwing Axe | S*2 | Short | 1 | A short-handled axe weighted properly for throwing one-handed. |
| Throwing Dagger | P*2 + Po? | Short | 1 | A dagger weighted properly for throwing one-handed. |
| Throwing Hammer | B*2 | Short | 1 | A hammer weighted properly for throwing one-handed. |
| Throwing Knife | P + Po? | Short | Special | A knife weighted properly for throwing one-handed. Unlike knives made for wielding, the throwing knife is generally just a smaller dagger which is more easily concealed. All throwing knives cost only one encumbrance altogether. |
| Whip | S | Short | 1 | A long leather string with a handle. It is whipped in such a way as to strike with such force and speed that it will slice open skin and crack loudly (from breaking the sound barrier). |
Modern Ranged Weapons
The following are shown for comparisons with modern day weapons. The GM is welcome to introduce these into their campaign if they so choose but should probably give a reason why they exist or have some notion that these are some ancient alternative.
| Name | Offense 4) | Range | Encumbrance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pistol | P*4 | Long | 1 |
| Rifle | P*4 | Extra-Long | 1 |
| Shotgun | P*5 | Medium | 1 |
Ranges
Short-ranged weapons have a maximum range of 10 meters, less in the case of a whip or flail.
Medium-ranged weapons have a maximum range of 50 meters.
Long-ranged weapons have a maximum range of 200 meters.
Extra-long ranged weapons have an effective maximum range of 500 meters 5).
Ranged weapons can hit a range in a range group one higher than the one in which they are slotted with a penalty of two dice unless they have some skill or add-on, like a scope, that negates that.
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