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! Weapon !! Damage !! # of Hands !! Break Chance !! Attack Form
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! Weapon !! [[Damage (hit points)|Damage]] !! # of Hands !! [[Critical Hits & Fumbles#Fumbles|Break Chance]] !! Attack Form
 
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| [[Ankus (weapon)|ankus]] || 2-5 || one || 1 in 8 || hand-to-hand
 
| [[Ankus (weapon)|ankus]] || 2-5 || one || 1 in 8 || hand-to-hand
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| [[Dart (weapon)|dart]] || 1-3 || one || 1 in 6 || hand-to-hand, hurled
 
| [[Dart (weapon)|dart]] || 1-3 || one || 1 in 6 || hand-to-hand, hurled
 
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| flail || 2-7 || both || 1 in 8 || hand-to-hand
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| [[Flail (weapon)|flail]] || 2-7 || both || 1 in 8 || hand-to-hand
 
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| flail (horse) || 2-5 || one || 1 in 6 || hand-to-hand
 
| flail (horse) || 2-5 || one || 1 in 6 || hand-to-hand
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| glaive || 1-6 || both || 1 in 10 || hand-to-hand
 
| glaive || 1-6 || both || 1 in 10 || hand-to-hand
 
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| godentag || 2-8 || one || 1 in 4 || hand-to-hand
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| [[Godentag (weapon)|godentag]] || 2-8 || one || 1 in 4 || hand-to-hand
 
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| guisarme || 2-8 || both || 1 in 6 || hand-to-hand
 
| guisarme || 2-8 || both || 1 in 6 || hand-to-hand
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| halberd || 1-10 || both || 1 in 5 || hand-to-hand
 
| halberd || 1-10 || both || 1 in 5 || hand-to-hand
 
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| hammer (short) || 1-3 || one || 1 in 6 || hand-to-hand, hurled
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| [[Short Hammer (weapon)|hammer (short)]] || 1-3 || one || 1 in 6 || hand-to-hand, hurled
 
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| hand axe || 1-6 || one || 1 in 6 || hand-to-hand, hurled
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| [[Hand Axe (weapon)|hand axe]] || 1-6 || one || 1 in 6 || hand-to-hand, hurled
 
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| [[Javelin (weapon)|javelin]] || 1-6 || one || 1 in 6 || hurled
 
| [[Javelin (weapon)|javelin]] || 1-6 || one || 1 in 6 || hurled
 
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| jo stick || 1-4 || both || 1 in 10 || hand-to-hand
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| [[Jo Stick (weapon)|jo stick]] || 1-4 || both || 1 in 10 || hand-to-hand
 
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| lance || 1-6 || one || 1 in 3 || mounted
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| [[Lance (weapon)|lance]] || 1-6 || one || 1 in 3 || mounted
 
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| mace || 2-7 || one || 1 in 6 || hand-to-hand
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| [[Mace (weapon)|mace]] || 2-7 || one || 1 in 6 || hand-to-hand
 
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| [[Maul (weapon)|maul]] || 1-10 || both || 1 in 6 || hand-to-hand
 
| [[Maul (weapon)|maul]] || 1-10 || both || 1 in 6 || hand-to-hand
 
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| morning star || 2-8 || both || 1 in 8 || hand-to-hand
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| [[Morning Star (weapon)|morning star]] || 2-8 || both || 1 in 8 || hand-to-hand
 
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| [[Pike weapon|pike]] || 1-8 || both || 1 in 8 || hand-to-hand
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| pike || 1-8 || both || 1 in 8 || hand-to-hand
 
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| quarterstaff || 1-6 || both || 1 in 6 || hand-to-hand
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| [[Quarterstaff (weapon)|quarterstaff]] || 1-6 || both || 1 in 6 || hand-to-hand
 
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| scimitar || 1-8 || one || 1 in 6 || hand-to-hand
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| [[Scimitar (weapon)|scimitar]] || 1-8 || one || 1 in 6 || hand-to-hand
 
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| sling || 1-4 || both || 1 in 6 || hurled
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| [[Sling (weapon)|sling]] || 1-4 || both || 1 in 6 || hurled
 
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| [[Spear (weapon)|spear]] || 1-6 || both || 1 in 4 || hand-to-hand, hurled
 
| [[Spear (weapon)|spear]] || 1-6 || both || 1 in 4 || hand-to-hand, hurled
 
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| staff sling || 1-4 || both || 1 in 6 || hurled
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| [[Staff Sling (weapon)|staff sling]] || 1-4 || both || 1 in 6 || hurled
 
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| [[Bastard Sword (weapon)|sword (bastard)]] || 2-8 || one || 1 in 5 || hand-to-hand
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| sword (bastard) || 2-8 || one || 1 in 5 || hand-to-hand
 
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| [[Broad Sword (weapon)|sword (broad)]] || 2-8 || one || 1 in 4 || hand-to-hand
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| sword (broad) || 2-8 || one || 1 in 4 || hand-to-hand
 
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| [[Long Sword (weapon)|sword (long)]] || 1-8 || one || 1 in 6 || hand-to-hand
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| sword (long) || 1-8 || one || 1 in 6 || hand-to-hand
 
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| [[Short Sword (weapon)|sword (short)]] || 1-6 || one || 1 in 6 || hand-to-hand
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| sword (short) || 1-6 || one || 1 in 6 || hand-to-hand
 
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| [[Two-handed Sword (weapon)|sword (two-handed)]] || 1-10 || both || 1 in 5 || hand-to-hand
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| sword (two-handed) || 1-10 || both || 1 in 5 || hand-to-hand
 
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| trident || 2-7 || both || 1 in 6 || hand-to-hand, hurled  
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| [[Trident (weapon)|trident]] || 2-7 || both || 1 in 6 || hand-to-hand, hurled  
 
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| warhammer || 1-6 || one || 1 in 6 || hand-to-hand, hurled
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| [[Warhammer (weapon)|warhammer]] || 1-6 || one || 1 in 6 || hand-to-hand, hurled
 
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'''The Weapons List''' presents the array of weapons available to [[Player Characters|player characters]] as [[Weapon Proficiencies|proficiencies]], detailing their potential for different types of damage, the number of hands required for use, their resilience against breaking, and whether they function in [[Melee|melee]] combat or as [[Missile Weapons|missiles]].
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Among the various [[Character Class|character classes]], [[Assassin Combat Abilities|assassins]], [[Fighter Combat Abilities|fighters]], [[Paladin Combat Abilities|paladins]], and [[Ranger Combat Abilities|rangers]] face no restrictions on their choice of weapons. However, other classes are limited in their selection, with only the options listed below available to them.
  
Weapons are available to [[Player Characters|player characters]] as [[Weapon Proficiencies|proficiencies]], chosen from the list shown.  [[Assassin Combat Abilities|Assassins]], [[Fighter Combat Abilities|fighters]], [[Paladin Combat Abilities|paladins]] and [[Ranger Combat Abilities|rangers]] have no restrictions as to which weapons they can choose to use, but other [[Character Class|character classes]] are limited as follows:
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:* [[Bard Combat Abilities|Bard]]: club, dagger, dart, javelin, quarterstaff, scimitar, sling, spear, sword (broad or short)
  
::[[Bard Combat Abilities|Bard]]: club, dagger, dart, javelin, quarterstaff, scimitar, sling, spear, sword (broad or short)
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:* [[Cleric Combat Abilities|Cleric]]: bola, bo stick, club, flail, godentag, jo stick, mace, morning star, quarterstaff, sling, staff sling, warhammer
  
::[[Cleric Combat Abilities|Cleric]]: bola, bo stick, club, flail, godentag, jo stick, mace, morning star, quarterstaff, sling, staff sling, warhammer
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:* [[Druid Combat Abilities|Druid]]: bola, club, dagger, dart, javelin, quarterstaff, scimitar, sling, staff sling, spear, trident, warhammer
  
::[[Druid Combat Abilities|Druid]]: bola, club, dagger, dart, javelin, quarterstaff, scimitar, sling, staff sling, spear, trident, warhammer
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:* [[Illusionist Combat Abilities|Illusionist]] or [[Mage Combat Abilities|Mage]]: ankus, club, dagger, dart, quarterstaff
  
::[[Illusionist Combat Abilities|Illusionist]] or [[Mage Combat Abilities|Mage]]: ankus, club, dagger, dart, quarterstaff
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:* [[Monk Combat Abilities|Monk]]: bo stick, club, corseque, crossbow, dagger, glaive, guisarme, halberd, hand axe, javelin, jo stick, pike, quarterstaff, spear
  
::[[Monk Combat Abilities|Monk]]: bo stick, club, corseque, crossbow, dagger, glaive, guisarme, halberd, hand axe, javelin, jo stick, pike, quarterstaff, spear
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:* [[Thief Combat Abilities|Thief]]: ankus, bola, bo stick, club, dagger, dart, godentag, jo stick, quarterstaff, scimitar, sling, staff sling, sword (bastard), sword (broad, long or short)
  
::[[Thief Combat Abilities|Thief]]: ankus, bola, bo stick, club, dagger, dart, godentag, jo stick, quarterstaff, scimitar, sling, staff sling, sword (bastard), sword (broad, long or short)
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== Weapon Notes ==
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For weapons listed on the table that lack direct links, refer to [[Pole Arm (weapon)|pole arms]], which encompass glaives, guisarmes, halberds, and pikes, as well as [[Sword (weapon)|swords]], which include the specific examples shown.
  
== Weapon Notes ==
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In addition to the linked entries found on the weapons table, the following supplementary notes are provided:
Apart from links that can be found on the weapons table, these additional notes are included:
 
  
::'''battle axe''': includes the military fork. Breaks will affect the handle 9 times out of 10.
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:* '''battle axe''': includes the military fork. Breaks will affect the handle 9 times out of 10.
  
::'''bola''': designed to take down humanoid creatures up to 350 lbs. in weight. If the thrower successfully hits AC 0, the balls and rope of the bola will wrap around the creature's body. The creature must make saving throw versus petrification or else the bola will trap the arms against the torso and the creature will be helpless. Otherwise, the creature has had the legs wrapped by the bola and will be able work free in 2-5 rounds. All other hits will simply cause damage.
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:* '''bola''': designed to take down humanoid creatures up to 350 lbs. in weight. If the thrower successfully hits AC 0, the balls and rope of the bola will wrap around the creature's body. The creature must make saving throw versus petrification or else the bola will trap the arms against the torso and the creature will be helpless. Otherwise, the creature has had the legs wrapped by the bola and will be able work free in 2-5 rounds. All other hits will simply cause damage.
  
::'''corseque''': includes the spetum.
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:* '''corseque''': includes the spetum.
  
::'''flail (horse)''': includes the horseman’s mace and the horseman’s pick.
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:* '''flail (horse)''': includes the horseman’s mace and the horseman’s pick.
  
::'''glaive''': includes the couteaux de Breche, fauchard and partisan.
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:* '''glaive''': includes the couteaux de Breche, fauchard and partisan.
  
::'''guisarme''': includes the bardiche, bill, bill-guisarme, bill-hook, chauves souris, glaive-guisarme, guisarme-voulge, lochaber axe, lucerne hammer, ranseur, ransom, rhonca, roncie, runka, scorpion and voulge.
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:* '''guisarme''': includes the bardiche, bill, bill-guisarme, bill-hook, chauves souris, glaive-guisarme, guisarme-voulge, lochaber axe, lucerne hammer, ranseur, ransom, rhonca, roncie, runka, scorpion and voulge.
  
::'''lance''': indicates the damage done when used from a light horse. When using the lance on a medium warhorse, add 1 point to the damage. When used from a heavy warhorse (including the paladin's warhorse), add +2. When the lance is used in charging, damage is doubled. The lance is too heavy or cumbersome to use as a hand-to-hand weapon; it must be balanced upon a carriage attached to the horse's harness.
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:* '''lance''': indicates the damage done when used from a light horse. When using the lance on a medium warhorse, add 1 point to the damage. When used from a heavy warhorse (including the paladin's warhorse), add +2. When the lance is used in charging, damage is doubled. The lance is too heavy or cumbersome to use as a hand-to-hand weapon; it must be balanced upon a carriage attached to the horse's harness.
  
::'''mace''': includes the holy water sprinkler.
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:* '''mace''': includes the holy water sprinkler.
  
::'''pike''': includes the bec de corbin, Bohemian ear-spoon and fauchard-fork.
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:* '''pike''': includes the bec de corbin, Bohemian ear-spoon and fauchard-fork.
  
::'''scimitar''': includes the cutlass, sabre, sickle-sword and tulwar.
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:* '''scimitar''': includes the cutlass, sabre, sickle-sword and tulwar.
  
::'''short axe''': includes the pick axe.
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:* '''short axe''': includes the pick axe.
  
  
 
See [[Combat]]
 
See [[Combat]]

Revision as of 16:48, 15 March 2025

Weapon Damage # of Hands Break Chance Attack Form
ankus 2-5 one 1 in 8 hand-to-hand
axe (short) 1-4 one 1 in 5 hand-to-hand, hurled
battle axe 1-8 both 1 in 8 hand-to-hand
bola 1-4 both 1 in 6 hurled
bo stick 2-5 both 1 in 8 hand-to-hand
bow (long) 1-8 both 1 in 4 fired
bow (short) 1-6 both 1 in 4 fired
club 1-6 one 1 in 4 hand-to-hand, hurled
corseque 2-7 both 1 in 8 hand-to-hand
crossbow (heavy) 3-13 both 1 in 6 fired
crossbow (light) 3-9 both 1 in 6 fired
dagger 1-4 one 1 in 6 hand-to-hand, hurled
dart 1-3 one 1 in 6 hand-to-hand, hurled
flail 2-7 both 1 in 8 hand-to-hand
flail (horse) 2-5 one 1 in 6 hand-to-hand
glaive 1-6 both 1 in 10 hand-to-hand
godentag 2-8 one 1 in 4 hand-to-hand
guisarme 2-8 both 1 in 6 hand-to-hand
halberd 1-10 both 1 in 5 hand-to-hand
hammer (short) 1-3 one 1 in 6 hand-to-hand, hurled
hand axe 1-6 one 1 in 6 hand-to-hand, hurled
javelin 1-6 one 1 in 6 hurled
jo stick 1-4 both 1 in 10 hand-to-hand
lance 1-6 one 1 in 3 mounted
mace 2-7 one 1 in 6 hand-to-hand
maul 1-10 both 1 in 6 hand-to-hand
morning star 2-8 both 1 in 8 hand-to-hand
pike 1-8 both 1 in 8 hand-to-hand
quarterstaff 1-6 both 1 in 6 hand-to-hand
scimitar 1-8 one 1 in 6 hand-to-hand
sling 1-4 both 1 in 6 hurled
spear 1-6 both 1 in 4 hand-to-hand, hurled
staff sling 1-4 both 1 in 6 hurled
sword (bastard) 2-8 one 1 in 5 hand-to-hand
sword (broad) 2-8 one 1 in 4 hand-to-hand
sword (long) 1-8 one 1 in 6 hand-to-hand
sword (short) 1-6 one 1 in 6 hand-to-hand
sword (two-handed) 1-10 both 1 in 5 hand-to-hand
trident 2-7 both 1 in 6 hand-to-hand, hurled
warhammer 1-6 one 1 in 6 hand-to-hand, hurled

The Weapons List presents the array of weapons available to player characters as proficiencies, detailing their potential for different types of damage, the number of hands required for use, their resilience against breaking, and whether they function in melee combat or as missiles.

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Among the various character classes, assassins, fighters, paladins, and rangers face no restrictions on their choice of weapons. However, other classes are limited in their selection, with only the options listed below available to them.

  • Bard: club, dagger, dart, javelin, quarterstaff, scimitar, sling, spear, sword (broad or short)
  • Cleric: bola, bo stick, club, flail, godentag, jo stick, mace, morning star, quarterstaff, sling, staff sling, warhammer
  • Druid: bola, club, dagger, dart, javelin, quarterstaff, scimitar, sling, staff sling, spear, trident, warhammer
  • Monk: bo stick, club, corseque, crossbow, dagger, glaive, guisarme, halberd, hand axe, javelin, jo stick, pike, quarterstaff, spear
  • Thief: ankus, bola, bo stick, club, dagger, dart, godentag, jo stick, quarterstaff, scimitar, sling, staff sling, sword (bastard), sword (broad, long or short)

Weapon Notes

For weapons listed on the table that lack direct links, refer to pole arms, which encompass glaives, guisarmes, halberds, and pikes, as well as swords, which include the specific examples shown.

In addition to the linked entries found on the weapons table, the following supplementary notes are provided:

  • battle axe: includes the military fork. Breaks will affect the handle 9 times out of 10.
  • bola: designed to take down humanoid creatures up to 350 lbs. in weight. If the thrower successfully hits AC 0, the balls and rope of the bola will wrap around the creature's body. The creature must make saving throw versus petrification or else the bola will trap the arms against the torso and the creature will be helpless. Otherwise, the creature has had the legs wrapped by the bola and will be able work free in 2-5 rounds. All other hits will simply cause damage.
  • corseque: includes the spetum.
  • flail (horse): includes the horseman’s mace and the horseman’s pick.
  • glaive: includes the couteaux de Breche, fauchard and partisan.
  • guisarme: includes the bardiche, bill, bill-guisarme, bill-hook, chauves souris, glaive-guisarme, guisarme-voulge, lochaber axe, lucerne hammer, ranseur, ransom, rhonca, roncie, runka, scorpion and voulge.
  • lance: indicates the damage done when used from a light horse. When using the lance on a medium warhorse, add 1 point to the damage. When used from a heavy warhorse (including the paladin's warhorse), add +2. When the lance is used in charging, damage is doubled. The lance is too heavy or cumbersome to use as a hand-to-hand weapon; it must be balanced upon a carriage attached to the horse's harness.
  • mace: includes the holy water sprinkler.
  • pike: includes the bec de corbin, Bohemian ear-spoon and fauchard-fork.
  • scimitar: includes the cutlass, sabre, sickle-sword and tulwar.
  • short axe: includes the pick axe.


See Combat