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Weapons

I really like Second Edition, but I feel that they did some slightly odd things with a lot of the weapons. It's not a big deal, really, but I thought I'd sit down and re-balance them.

Here is where I put the guidelines for weapon revision.

General Revisions

Bow: A weapon with the Bow tag deals Strength + arrow damage, as usual. Bows do not have a maximum Strength bonus attached to them.

Overwhelm Tag: A weapon with the Overwhelm tag increases its minimum damage by 1 pt.

Piercing Tag: The Piercing tag is provided by weapons that are particularly good at either hitting a narrow point of armor, or bypassing it (very thin or focused weapons, generally) as opposed to just anything huge.

Slow Tag: A ranged weapon with the Slow tag (S) requires a Miscellaneous action to reload or access new ammunition.

Exceptional Weapons: Fine weapons do not exist. Exceptional weapons provide only two +1 bonuses. A bonus placed in Damage increases Damage by 2. Perfect weapons provide two +1 bonuses and a +2 bonus, which may be placed in Speed to reduce Speed by 1 or may increase Damage by 4.

Natural Attacks

||Name ||Speed||Accuracy||Damage||Defense||Rate||Tags|| Minimum || Cost|| || Fist || 5 || +1 || +0B || +1 || 2 || N || - || - || || Kick || 5 || +0 || +3B || -- || 2 || - || - || - || || Clinch || 6 || +0 || +0B || -- || 1 || C, N, P|| - || - || || Claws || 5 || +1 || +2L || +0 || 2 || N || - || - || || Bite || 6 || +1 || +3L || -- || 2 || C, N|| - || - ||

Note: Only characters with natural weapons may use the Claw or Bite attacks. Special creatures with more powerful natural weapons supplant these attacks, which are designed only as a baseline.

Melee Weapons

Swords ||Name ||Speed||Accuracy||Damage||Defense||Rate||Tags|| Minimum || Cost|| ||Knife || 5 || +0 || +0L || +0 || 3 || - || Str * || - || ||Shortsword|| 5 || +1 || +2L || +1 || 2 || - || Str * || * || ||Straight Sword || 5 || +2 || +4L || +1 || 2 || - || Str **|| ** || ||Slashing Sword || 4 || +2 || +2L || +0 || 2 || - || Str **|| ** || ||Chopping Sword || 5 || +2 || +6L || +0 || 2 || - || Str **|| ** || ||Rapier || 5 || +1 || +2L || +1 || 2 || P || Str * || ** || ||Greatsword|| 6 || +2 || +8L || +1 || 2 ||O, R, 2|| Str *** || ***||

Blunt Weapons ||Name ||Speed||Accuracy||Damage||Defense||Rate||Tags|| Minimums || Cost|| ||Club || 5 || +1 || +3B || +1 || 2 || - || Str * || * || ||Mace || 5 || +2 || +4L || +1 || 2 || - || Str ** || ** || ||Hammer || 5 || +1 || +4L || +0 || 2 || P || Str ** || ** || ||Staff || 6 || +1 || +6B || +2 || 2 || - || Str ** || * || ||Sledge || 6 || +2 || +8L || +0 || 1 ||O, P, R, 2|| Str *** || *** ||

Axes and Polearms ||Name ||Speed||Accuracy||Damage||Defense||Rate||Tags|| Minimums || Cost|| ||Hatchet || 5 || +1 || +4L || +0 || 2 || - || Str ** || * || ||Battleaxe || 5 || +1 || +6L || +1 || 2 || - || Str ** || ** || ||Greataxe || 6 || +2 || +10L || +0 || 2 ||O, R, 2|| Str *** || ***|| ||Short Spear|| 6 || +1 || +4L || +2 || 2 || R, 2 || Str ** || * || ||Spear || 6 || +1 || +6L || +1 || 1 || P, R, 2, Note|| Str ** || ** ||

Martial Arts Weapons

||Name ||Speed||Accuracy||Damage||Defense||Rate||Tags|| Minimums || Cost|| ||War Fans || 5 || +0 || +2L || +2 || 2 || M || Str *, MA * || * || ||Seven-Section Staff || 5 || +0 || +6B || +2 || 3 || M || Str *, MA ** || ** || ||Hook Sword || 5 || +0 || +4L || +2 || 2 ||D,M || Str *, MA ** || ** || ||Sai || 5 || +0 || +2L || +2 || 2 ||D, M|| Str *, MA * || * || ||Spiked Gauntlet || 5 || +1 || +2L || +1 || 2 || M || Str *, MA * || * || ||Spiked Harness || 6 || +1 || +2L || -- || 1 || M, P, C || Str *, MA * || * ||

Thrown Weapons

||Name ||Speed||Accuracy||Damage||Rate ||Range ||Tags|| Minimum || Cost|| ||Axe (Thrown) || 5 || +1 || +4L || 2 || 10 || - || Str ** || * || ||Chakram || 4 || +0 || +1L || 2 || 15 || - || Str * || * || ||Club (Thrown) || 5 || +0 || +3B || 2 || 10 || - || Str * || - || ||Javelin || 5 || +0 || +4L || 2 || 20 || P || Str ** || * || ||Knife || 5 || +0 || +2L || 2 || 10 || - || Str * || - || ||Needle || 5 || +0 || 1L || 3 || 10 || P || Str * || * || ||Sling || 5 || -1 || +2L || 2 || 50 || - || Str * || * || ||War Boomerang || 5 || +0 || +3L || 1 || 25 || (special) || Str ** || ** ||

If a war boomerang misses its target, it returns on a successful reflexive Thrown roll.

Archery Weapons

||Name ||Speed||Accuracy||Damage||Rate ||Range ||Tags|| Minimums || Cost|| ||Self Bow || 6 || +0 || Arrow|| 1 || 100 || 2, B || Str ** || * || ||Long Bow || 6 || +1 || Arrow|| 2 || 150 || 2, B || Str *** || ** || ||Composite Bow || 6 || +1 || Arrow|| 2 || 250 || 2, B || Str ** || *** ||

|| Crossbow || 6 || +0 || 4L || 1 || 100 || 2, P, S || Str ** || ** || || Flame Piece || 5 || +0 || 6L || 1 || 8 || F, P, S || Str * || * || || Firewand || 6 || +0 || 12L || 1 || 10 || F, P, S || Str * || ** ||

Armors

Armors can have the X tag, meaning that they can be concealed under heavy clothing, or the xx Tag, meaning they can be concealed under any clothes.

|| Name || Soak || Hardness || Mobility || Fatigue || Cost || Type || Tags || || Breastplate || 4L/2B || 0 || -0 || 1 || ** || Light || x || || Buff Jacket || 4L/4B || 0 || -1 || 2 || * || Light || - || || Chain Shirt || 3L/1B || 0 || -0 || 1 || ** || Light || xx || || Chain Hauberk || 6L/6B || 1 || -1 || 2 || ** || Medium || - || || Lamellar || 6L/4B || 1 || -1 || 1 || ** || Medium || - || || Reinforced Buff Jacket || 6L/6B || 1 || -2 || 1 || ** || Medium || - || || Articulated Plate || 9L/9B || 1 || -2 || 2 || *** || Heavy || - || || Plate-And-Chain || 9L/11B|| 2 || -3 || 2 || *** || Heavy || - || || Reinforced Breastplate || 9L/7B || 1 || -2 || 1 || *** || Heavy || - || || Chain Swathing ||10L/12B|| 4 || -4 || 4 || *** || Superheavy || - || || Superheavy Plate ||10L/10B|| 2 || -3 || 3 || *** || Superheavy || - ||

Artifacts

Artifact weapons and armor can be found here, to avoid overfilling the page.