Equipment Rules

Melee Weapons

Weapon	TL	Swing Damage	Thrust Damage	Reach	Parry	Cost	Weight	ST	Skill	Ref	Notes
Axe	0	sw+2 cut	–	1	0U	5 sp	4	11	Axe/Mace	B271
Axe, Great	1	sw+3 cut	–	1, 2*	0U	10 sp	8	12‡	Two-Handed Axe/Mace	B274
Axe, Long	2	sw+3 cut	–	1, 2*	0U	7.5 sp	6	11‡	Two-Handed Axe/Mace	LT58
Axe, Small	0	sw+1 cut	–	1	0U	4.5 sp	3	10	Axe/Mace	LT54
Axe, Throwing	0	sw+2 cut	–	1	0U	6 sp	4	11	Axe/Mace	B271	Can be thrown, see Muscle- Powered Ranged Weapon Table (p. B275).
Axe, Throwing, Small	0	sw+1 cut	–	1	0U	5 sp	3	10	Axe/Mace	LT64	Can be thrown, see Muscle-Powered Ranged Weapon Table (p. B275).
Baton	0	sw cr	thr cr	1	0	2 sp	1	6	Shortsword	B273
Baton, Short	0	sw-1 cr	thr cr	C, 1 / C	-1	3 sp	0.5	5	Knife	LT54
Beak, Sharp	–	–	thr-1 pi+	C	No	–	–	–	Brawling or DX	B271	Brawling (p. 182) improves damage
Bill	3	sw+3 cut	thr+3 imp / thr-1 cut	2,3*/1-3*/1-3*	0U	12.5 sp	8	11‡ / 11† / 11†		LT55
Bill, Dueling	3	sw+2 cut	thr+3 imp / thr-1 cut	1,2*	0U / 0 / 0U	10 sp	6	9†		LT55
Blackjack or Sap	1	–	thr cr	C	0	2 sp	1	7	Brawling or DX	B271	Brawling (p. 182) improves damage
Bola Perdida	0	sw cr	–	1	-2U	1 sp	1	6	Flail	LT55	Can be thrown, see Muscle- Powered Ranged Weapon Table (p. B275); Attempts to parry bolas are at -2, and fencing weapons (“F” parry) cannot parry at all!  Attempts to block flails are at -1.
Bolas	0	sw+1 cr	–	1	-2U	2 sp	2	7	Flail	LT55	Can be thrown, see Muscle- Powered Ranged Weapon Table (p. B275); Attempts to parry bolas are at -2, and fencing weapons (“F” parry) cannot parry at all!  Attempts to block flails are at -1.
Cestus	2	–	thr cr	C	0	5 sp	1	–	Boxing, Brawling, Karate, or DX	B271	Gives the hand (only) DR 4 and is mutually exclusive with other gloves; Boxing (p. 182), Brawling (p. 182) and Karate (p. 203) improve damage.
Club, Light	0	sw+1 cr	thr+1 cr	1	0	0.5 sp	3	10	Broadsword	B271
Cutlass	4	sw cut	thr+1 imp	1	0	50 sp	2	8	Shortsword	LT56	Has a metal hilt that provides DR 4, cumulative with glove DR – although the hilt is too cramped to accommodate metal gauntlets.
Dagger	1	–	thr-1 imp	C	-1	2 sp	0.25	5	Knife	B272	Can be thrown, see Muscle- Powered Ranged Weapon Table (p. B275).
Estoc	3	thr+2 imp	sw+1 cr	1	0	50 sp	3	10	Broadsword	LT56	Reduce penalty for targeting chinks in armor (p. B400) by -2
Flail	2	sw+4 cr	–	1, 2*	0U	10 sp	8	13†	Two-Handed Flail	B274	Attempts to parry flails are at -4, and fencing weapons (“F” parry) cannot parry at all! Attempts to block flails are at -2.
Garrote	0	spec.	spec.	C	No	0.2 sp	neg.	–	Garrote	B272	A piece of rope used to strangle; see Garrotes (p. 405).
Glaive	1	sw+3 cut	thr+3 imp	2, 3* / 1-3*	0U	10 sp	8	11‡ / 11†	Polearm	B272
Glaive, Dueling	3	sw+2 cut	thr + 3 imp	1,2*	0U/ 0	8 sp	6	9†		LT56
Halberd	3	sw+5 cut / sw+4 imp	thr+3 imp	2, 3* / 1-3*	0U	15 sp	12	13‡ / 12†	Polearm	B272	When impaling May get stuck; see Picks (p. B405).
Halberd, Dueling	3	sw+4 cut / sw+3 imp	thr+3 imp	1,2*	0U / 0U / 0	12 sp	10	12† / 12† / 11†	Polearm	LT56	When impaling May get stuck; see Picks (p. B405).
Hatchet	0	sw cut	–	1	0	4 sp	2	8	Axe/Mace	B271	Can be thrown, see Muscle- Powered Ranged Weapon Table (p. B275).
Javelin	1	–	thr+1 imp	1	0	3 sp	2	6	Spear	B273	Can be thrown, see Muscle- Powered Ranged Weapon Table (p. B275).
Kick	–	–	thr cr	C, 1	No	–	–	–	Brawling-2, Karate-2, or DX-2	B271	Brawling (p. 182), Claws (p. 42) and Karate (p. 203) improve damage; if you miss, roll vs. DX to avoid falling.
Kick w. Boots	–	–	thr+1 cr	C, 1	No	–	–	–	Brawling-2, Karate-2, or DX-2	B271	Brawling (p. 182), and Karate (p. 203) improve damage; if you miss, roll vs. DX to avoid falling.
Knife, Large	0	sw-2 cut	thr imp	C, 1 / C	-1	4 sp	1	6	Knife	B272	Can be thrown, see Muscle- Powered Ranged Weapon Table (p. B275).
Knife, Long	1	sw-1 cut	thr imp	C, 1	0	12 sp	1.5	7	Knife	LT56
Knife, Small	0	sw-3 cut	thr-1 imp	C, 1 / C	-1	3 sp	0.5	5	Knife	B272	Can be thrown, see Muscle- Powered Ranged Weapon Table (p. B275).
Knobbed Club	0	sw+1 cr	–	1	0	2 sp	2	8	Axe/Mace	LT58
Knuckles, Bare	–	–	thr-1 cr	C	0	–	–	–	Boxing, Brawling, Karate, or DX	B271	Boxing (p. 182), Brawling (p. 182), Claws (p. 42) and Karate (p. 203) improve damage
Knuckles, Brass	1	–	thr cr	C	0	1 sp	0.25	–	Boxing, Brawling, Karate, or DX	B271	Boxing (p. 182), Brawling (p. 182) and Karate (p. 203) improve damage.
Lance	2	–	thr+3 imp	4	No	6 sp	6	12	Lance	B272	Damage increases in a mounted charge; see Cavalry Weapons (p. 397).
Mace	2	sw+3 cr	–	1	0U	5 sp	5	12	Axe/Mace	B271	Can be thrown, see Muscle- Powered Ranged Weapon Table (p. B275).
Mace, Small	2	sw+2 cr	–	1	0U	3.5 sp	3	10	Axe/Mace	B271	Can be thrown, see Muscle- Powered Ranged Weapon Table (p. B275).
Maul	0	sw+4 cr	–	1, 2*	0U	8 sp	12	13‡	Two-Handed Axe/Mace	B274
Morningstar	3	sw+3 cr	–	1	0U	8 sp	6	12	Flail	B272	Attempts to parry flails are at -4, and fencing weapons (“F” parry) cannot parry at all! Attempts to block flails are at -2.
Myrmex	1	–	thr cr	C	0	2 sp	0.25	–	Boxing, Brawling, Karate, or DX	B271	Gives the hand (only) DR 1 and is mutually exclusive with other gloves; Boxing (p. 182), Brawling (p. 182) and Karate (p. 203) improve damage.
Oar	0	sw+3 cr	–	1,2*	0U	4 sp	8	12‡		LT60
Pick	3	sw+1 imp	–	1	0U	7 sp	3	10	Axe/Mace	B271	May get stuck; see Picks (p. B405).
Pike	2	–	thr+3 imp	4, 5*	0U / 0	8 sp	13	12†	Spear	LT60
Poleaxe	3	sw+4 cut / sw+4 cr	–	2, 3*	0U	12 sp	10	12‡	Polearm	B272
Rondel Dagger	3	–	thr imp	C	-1	4 sp	1	6	Knife/Main-Gauche	LT56	Reduce penalty for targeting chinks in armor (p. B400) by -2.
Round Mace	0	sw+2 cr	–	1	0U	3.5 sp	5	12	Axe/Mace	LT58	Can be thrown, see Muscle- Powered Ranged Weapon Table (p. B275).
Round Mace, Small	0	sw+1 cr	–	1	0U	2.5 sp	3	10	Axe/Mace	LT58	Can be thrown, see Muscle- Powered Ranged Weapon Table (p. B275).
Scythe	1	sw+2 cut / sw imp	–	1	0U	1.5 sp	5	11‡	Two-Handed Axe/Mace	B274	If using tip (impaling damage), May get stuck; see Picks (p. B405).
Shield Bash	0	–	thr cr	1	No	var	var.	–	Shield	B273
Shield Bash w. Spike	1	–	thr+1 cr	1	No	2 sp	5	–	Shield	B273
Sickle	1	sw cut/sw imp	thr-2 cut	1	0 / 0U / 0U	4 sp	2	8	Axe/Mace	LT62	When used to impale, may get stuck; see Picks (p. B405); When used to thrust, hook enables the rules under Hook (p. LT54), and may also damage the victim.
Spear	0	–	thr+2 imp / thr+3 imp	1* / 1, 2*	0	4 sp	4	9 / 9†	Spear	B273	Can be used one handed or two handed; can be thrown, see Muscle- Powered Ranged Weapon Table (p. 275)
Spear, Heavy	1	–	thr+4 imp / thr+3 cut	2,3* / 3	0U	9 sp	6	11†	Spear	LT62	Cutting damage is tip slash
Spear, Long	2	–	thr+2 imp / thr+3 imp	2, 3*	0U / 0	6 sp	5	10 / 10†	Spear	LT62	Can be used one handed or two handed; can be thrown, see Muscle- Powered Ranged Weapon Table (p. 275)
Spear, Short	1	–	thr+1 imp/thr cut	1	0	3 sp	2	6	Spear	LT62	Cutting damage is tip slash
Staff, Long	0	sw+2 cr	thr+2 cr	2,3	2	1.5 sp	5	10†	Spear	LT61
Staff, Quarterstaff	0	–	thr+2 cr	1, 2	2	1 sp	4	7†	Staff	B273
Staff, Quarterstaff	0	sw+2 cr	thr+1 cr	1, 2 / 2	0	1 sp	4	9†	Two-Handed Sword	B274
Staff, Short	0	sw cr	thr cr	1	0F	2 sp	1	6	Smallsword	B273
Stake, Wooden	0	–	thr(0.5) imp	C	-1	0.4 sp	0.5	5	Knife	B272	Can be thrown, see Muscle- Powered Ranged Weapon Table (p. B275).
Stiletto	3	–	thr-1 imp	C	1	2 sp	0.25	5	Knife/Main-Gauche	LT56	Reduce penalty for targeting chinks in armor (p. B400) by -2.
Striker	–	var.	var.	var.	var.	–	–	–	Brawling or DX	B271	See p. 88.
Sword, Bastard	3	sw+1 cut / sw+2 cut	thr+1 cr / thr+2 cr	1, 2 / 2	0U/ 0	65 sp	5	11 / 10†	Broadsword / Two-Handed Sword	B271	Can be used one handed or two handed.
Sword, Broad	2	sw+1 cut	thr+1 cr	1	0	50 sp	3	10	Broadsword	B271
Sword, Cutlass	4	sw cut	thr imp	1	0	30 sp	2	8	Shortsword	B273	Hilt counts as brass knuckles in close combat.
Sword, Great	3	sw+3 cut	thr+2 cr	1, 2 / 2	0	80 sp	7	12†	Two-Handed Sword	B274
Sword, Rapier	4	–	thr+1 imp	1, 2	0F	50 sp	2.75	9	Rapier	B273
Sword, Rapier, Edged	4	sw cut	thr+1 imp	1,2	0F	100 sp	3	10	Rapier	LT61
Sword, Rapier, Edged, Light	4	sw-1 cut	thr+1 imp	1	0F	70 sp	2.25	8	Rapier	LT61
Sword, Rapier, Light	4	–	thr+1 imp	1	0F	40 sp	2	8	Rapier	LT61
Sword, Saber	4	sw-1 cut	thr+1 imp	1	0F	70 sp	2	8	Saber	LT61
Sword, Short	2	sw cut	thr imp	1	0	40 sp	2	8	Shortsword	B273
Sword, Small	4	–	thr+1 imp	1	0F	40 sp	1.5	5	Smallsword	B273
Sword, Thrusting Bastard	3	sw+1 cut / sw+2 cut	thr+2 imp / thr+3 imp	1, 2 / 2	0U / 0	75 sp	5	11 / 10†	Broadsword / Two-Handed Sword	B271	Can be used one handed or two handed.
Sword, Thrusting Broadsword	2	sw+1 cut	thr+2 imp	1	0	60 sp	3	10	Broadsword	B271
Sword, Thrusting Greatsword	3	sw+3 cut	thr+3 imp	1, 2 / 2	0	90 sp	7	12†	Two-Handed Sword	B274
Teeth, Blunt	–	–	thr-1 cr	C	No	–	–	–	Brawling or DX	B271	Brawling (p. 182) improves damage
Teeth, Fangs	–	–	thr-1 imp	C	No	–	–	–	Brawling or DX	B271	Brawling (p. 182) improves damage
Teeth, Sharp	–	–	thr-1 cut	C	No	–	–	–	Brawling or DX	B271	Brawling (p. 182) improves damage
Trident	2	–	thr + 3(0.5) imp / thr + 4 (0.5) imp	1* / 1, 2*	0U / 0	8 sp	5	11 / 10†	Spear	LT64	-2 to hit; Can be used one or two handed; can strike to disarm (p. B401) without -2 to hit for using a non-fencing weapon; Target at -1 to Dodge, +1 to Block or Parry.
Warhammer	3	sw+3 imp	–	1, 2*	0U	10 sp	7	12‡	Two-Handed Axe/Mace	B274	May get stuck; see Picks (p. B405).
Whip	1	sw-2(0.5) cr	–	1-7*	-2U	2 sp	2	var.	Whip	B274	Specify maximum reach (up to 7 yards) when bought. Cost and weight are per yard. ST is 5, +1 per yard. Many special rules apply; be sure to see Whips (p. 406).
Whip, Light	1	sw-5(0.5) cr	–	1-7*	-2U	2 sp	0.5	var.	Whip	LT64	Specify maximum reach (up to 7 yards) when bought. Cost and weight are per yard. ST is 5, +1 per yard. Many special rules apply; be sure to see Whips (p. 406).