Weapons

Weapons generally deal one of three physical damage types: Slashing, Piercing, or Crushing. Some weapons can deal more than one type, chosen when used.

Weapon damage is expressed as a base damage step. Training, weapon mastery, magic, size, craftsmanship, and special materials can alter that step. A character sheet entry might look like:

> Longsword (trained) +2H D10+1 S (+1 damage vs large opponents)

Weapon Table

Weapon	Group	Hands	Damage	Type	Range	Traits	Attack Bonus	Damage Bonus	Damage Steps	AP	Deflect Bonus	Reload	Notes	Weight
Battle axe / Masakari	Axe	1H	D8	S	-	-	0	0	0	0	0	-	+1 damage vs smaller opponents; +1 damage vs wood	-
Battle sword / No dachi	Heavy blade	2H	D12	S	-	Heavy	0	0	0	0	0	-	+1 damage vs large opponents	8 lb
Blowgun	Specific	1H	D2	P	20/40/60	Ranged	0	0	0	0	0	-	-1 damage vs armoured opponents	-
Brass knuckles	Close	1H	D3	C	-	Close	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
Broadsword	Heavy blade	1H	2D4	S	-	Versatile	0	0	0	0	0	-	May be used in two hands for +1 damage step	-
Cat o nine tails	Articulated	1H	D6	P	-	Flexible	0	0	0	0	0	-	-2 damage vs armoured opponents	-
Cestus	Close	1H	D4	C/P	-	Close	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
Chain	Articulated	2H	D6	C	-	Flexible	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
Club / Cudgel	Crushing	1H	D6	C	-	Simple	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
Crossbow	Crossbow	2H	D6	P	40/80/160/240	Ranged, Reload	+1	0	0	+2	0	move	+2 AP; +1 to hit; reload as a move action	-
Heavy crossbow	Crossbow	2H	D10	P	50/100/200/300	Ranged, Reload	+1	0	0	+2	0	primary	+2 AP; +1 to hit; reload as a primary action	-
Cutlass / Basket-hilted long knife	Short blade	1H	D6	S	-	Defensive	0	0	0	0	+1	-	+1 deflect	-
Dagger	Short blade	1H	D4	S/P	10/20/30	Close, Thrown	0	0	0	0	0	-	-1 damage vs larger opponents	-
Estoc	Heavy blade	2H	D10	P	-	Two-handed	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
Falchion	Heavy blade	1H	2D4	S	-	Heavy	0	0	0	0	0	-	Technically a knife; useful where sword laws apply	-
Fighting fan	Monk	1H	D2	P/S	-	Distracting	0	0	0	0	0	-	Distracting when dual wielding fans	-
Flail	Articulated	1H	D8	C	-	Flexible	0	0	0	0	0	-	-2 on deflect attempts by both wielder and target; -1 to hit	-
Gauntlet	Close	1H	D3	C	-	Close	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
Garrotte	Close	2H	D6	P	-	Grapple	0	0	0	0	0	-	-2 damage vs armour; target must be distracted or surprised; damage is continuous	-
Great axe / Ono	Axe	2H	D12	S	-	Heavy	0	0	0	0	0	-	+1 damage vs small opponents	-
Great club / Planson / Tetsubo	Crushing	2H	D12	C	-	Heavy	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
Handaxe	Axe	1H	D6	S	10/20/30	Thrown	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
Large hammer	Hammer/Pick	1H	D6	C	-	Armour piercing	0	0	0	+1	0	-	+1 AP	-
Iron claw	Monk	1H	D4	S	-	Disarm	0	0	0	0	0	-	+1H on disarm attempts	-
Kama	Monk	1H	D6	P	-	Paired	0	0	0	0	0	-	Can be chain paired	-
Knife	Short blade	1H	D4	S/P	10/20/40	Close, Thrown	0	0	0	0	0	-	-1 damage vs larger opponents	-
Kukri	Short blade	1H	D6	S	-	-	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
Kusarigama	Articulated	1H	D4	P/C	10 ft reach	Reach, Flexible	0	0	0	0	0	-	Chained sickle and metal ball	-
Longbow	Bow	2H	D6	P	30/70/140/210	Ranged	0	0	0	-1	0	-	-1 damage vs larger opponents; -1 AP; composite adds +10 range	-
Longsword	Heavy blade	1H	D8	S	-	Versatile	0	0	0	0	0	-	+1 damage vs larger opponents; may be used in two hands for +1 damage step	3 lb
Mace	Crushing	1H	D6+1	C	-	-	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
Main gauche	Short blade	1H	D4	P	-	Defensive	0	0	0	0	+1	-	+1 deflect	-
Monkeyclaw	Monk	1H	D4	C/S	-	Close	0	0	0	0	0	-	Can rake for 1 slashing damage and bleed 1	-
Morningstar	Crushing	1H	2D4	P	-	-	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
Nunchaku	Monk	1H	D4	C	-	Flexible	0	0	0	0	0	-	-1 on enemy deflect attempts	-
Pick	Hammer/Pick	1H	D6	P	-	Armour piercing	0	0	0	+1	0	-	+1 AP	-
Pitchfork / Shortspear / Nage Yari	Spear	1H	D6+1	P	10/20/30	Thrown	0	0	0	-1	0	-	-1 AP	-
Polearm	Polearm	2H	D10	Varies	Reach	Brace	0	0	0	0	0	-	Opponents moving into you provoke threat	-
Punch dagger	Close	1H	D4	P/S	-	Close	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
Rapier	Short blade	1H	D6	P	-	Defensive	0	0	0	0	+1	-	+1 deflect	-
Sai	Monk	1H	D4	P	-	Defensive	0	0	0	0	+1	-	+1 deflect	-
Sap	Close	1H	D3	C	-	Non-lethal	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
Scimitar	Heavy blade	1H	D6	S	-	Curved	0	0	0	0	0	-	+1 damage vs larger opponents	-
Short bow	Bow	2H	D6	P	20/50/100/150	Ranged	0	0	0	-1	0	-	-1 damage vs larger opponents; -1 AP; composite adds +10 range	-
Smallsword / Longknife	Short blade	1H	D6	P/S	-	Close	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
Shovel	Singular	2H	D6	S	-	Tool	0	0	0	-1	0	-	-1 AP	-
Shuriken	Monk	1H	D3	P	15/30/45	Thrown	0	0	0	0	0	-	Double threat at close range	-
Sling	Singular	1H	D4	C	20/40/80/120	Ranged	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
Sickle	Short blade	1H	D6	P	-	-	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
Sledge hammer / Great hammer / Dai Tsuchi / Maul	Hammer/Pick	2H	2D4	C	-	Heavy	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
Spear / Pilum / Trident / Yari	Spear	1H	D8	P	20/40/60	Thrown, Brace	0	0	0	0	0	-	+1 damage vs unarmoured; opponents moving into you provoke threat	-
Staff	Singular	2H	D6	C	-	Defensive	0	0	0	-1	+1	-	-1 AP; +1 deflect	-
Tonfa	Monk	1H	D6	C	-	Defensive	0	0	0	0	+1	-	+1 deflect	-
Three-piece staff	Articulated	2H	D6	C	-	Flexible	0	0	0	0	0	-	-1 on target deflect attempts	-
Unarmed	Close	1H	D3	C	-	Natural, Close	0	0	0	0	0	-	Avowed unarmed attacks gain +1 damage step from class, then gain another +1 damage step if Unarmed is selected as a trained weapon; -1 damage versus armoured targets	-
Warhammer	Hammer/Pick	1H	D6	C/P	-	Armour piercing	0	0	0	+1	0	-	+1 AP	-
Whip	Articulated	1H	D2	C	-	Flexible	0	0	0	0	0	-	On hit, target makes an AGL save or becomes impaired	-

Polearms

Weapon	Group	Hands	Damage	Type	Traits	Attack Bonus	Damage Bonus	Damage Steps	AP	Deflect Bonus	Reload	Notes
Bardiche	Polearm	2H	D12	S	Reach	0	0	0	0	0	-	Big axe blade on a haft
Bec de Corbin	Polearm	2H	D12	P/C	Reach, Brace	0	0	0	0	0	-	Lucerne-style hammer with a curved spike
Bill	Polearm	2H	D10	S	Reach	0	0	0	0	0	-	-
Glaive / Naginata	Polearm	2H	D12	S	Reach	0	0	0	0	0	-	-
Glaive-Guisarme	Polearm	2H	D12	S	Reach, Hook	0	0	0	0	0	-	Mounted opponents must save or be dismounted
Guisarme	Polearm	2H	D10	S/P	Reach	0	0	0	0	0	-	-
Halberd	Polearm	2H	D12	S/P	Reach	0	0	0	0	0	-	-
Lucerne hammer	Polearm	2H	D10	C/P	Reach, Armour piercing	0	0	0	+1	0	-	+1 AP
Ranseur	Polearm	2H	2D4	P	Reach	0	0	0	0	0	-	+1P

Other Two-Handed Weapons

Weapon

Group

Hands

Damage

Type

Traits

Attack Bonus

Damage Bonus

Damage Steps

AP

Deflect Bonus

Reload

Notes

Scythe

Singular

2H

2D4

S/P

Tool

0

0

0

0

0

-

-

Pickaxe

Hammer/Pick

2H

D8

P

Armour piercing, Tool

0

0

0

+2

0

-

+2 AP

Pike / Longspear

Spear

2H

D10

P

Reach, Brace

0

0

0

0

0

-

Roll damage twice and take the better result against charging opponents you are set for; +1 damage vs unarmoured

Arcane Weapons

Weapon

Group

Hands

Damage

Type

Range

Traits

Attack Bonus

Damage Bonus

Damage Steps

AP

Deflect Bonus

Reload

Notes

Wand

Wand

1H

D4

C

40/80/120

Arcane, Ranged

+2

0

0

0

0

-

+2 to hit

Weapon Groups

Group	Examples
Articulated	Chain, whip, heavy flail, light flail, three-section staff, scourge
Axe	Battleaxe, glaive, great axe, halberd, hand axe
Bow	Longbow, short bow
Close	Gauntlet, shield attacks, natural/unarmed attacks, punching dagger, garrotte, sap
Crossbow	Hand crossbow, light crossbow, heavy crossbow
Crushing / Impact	Great club, heavy club, heavy mace, morningstar
Heavy blade	Bastard sword, broadsword, falchion, greatsword, longsword, scimitar
Monk	Tonfa, nunchaku, sai, three-section staff, bo staff, shuriken
Polearm	Glaive, guisarme, halberd, lajatang, long spear, Lucerne hammer, mancatcher, ranseur
Short blade	Dagger, knife, kukri, machete, rapier, sickle, short sword, smallsword
Singular	Blowgun, net, bolas, sling, staff, scythe
Spear	Harpoon, javelin, lance, long spear, ranseur, short spear, spear
Hammer/Pick	Heavy pick, great hammer, light hammer, light pick, Lucerne hammer, maul, military pick, warhammer
Wand	Wand

Range Bands

Many ranged weapons list four bands. For example, a short bow with 20/50/100/150 has no penalty at 0-20 feet, -1 to hit at 21-50 feet, -3 to hit at 51-100 feet, and -5 to hit at 101-150 feet. Beyond the final band the target cannot normally be hit.

Thrown weapon damage bonuses are reduced by 1 per range category.

Material Notes

• Wooden weapons do -1 damage step, and any AR against them is increased by 2.
• Solid silver weapons can matter against some enemies, but normal targets have +1 AR against them.
• Improvised weapons usually deal around D3 damage depending on material.
• Ancient or magical weapons may be fragile, difficult to wield, or able to harm creatures that mundane weapons cannot.

Weapon Damage

If you strike a telling blow and deal damage against an armoured opponent, your weapon degrades one level. If you deflect an attack with your weapon by rolling a 20, your weapon also degrades one level.

Once a weapon reaches Damaged, its damage step is reduced by one. It reduces again at Broken. At Ruined, it can no longer attack, but can still be used to deflect and can still be repaired.

Condition progression:

Condition Order	Condition
1	Peerless
2	Masterwork
3	Crafted
4	Standard
5	Scratched
6	Dinged
7	Battered
8	Damaged
9	Broken
10	Ruined
11	Destroyed
12	Disintegrated

Untrained Weapons

If a weapon is not part of your class weapon training, you are untrained with it. Attacks with untrained weapons are at -1 to hit and provoke threat when used.

Some classes grant limited weapon selections. For example, a Zealot might choose two trained weapons from a limited list; those choices get +1 to hit and increase base damage by 1 step.