April 4th, 2010

Weapons

Weapons come in three different sizes, small, medium, and large. Small weapons are always wielded using one hand, medium weapons may be wielded using one or two hands, and large weapons are always wielded using two hands (see Damage for more information).

When a weapon attack critically fails, or a weapon succesfully parries an attack, or is parried, or blocked, the weapon has to take a durability check to see if it can shrug off the damage, or be damaged (or broken if it was already damaged). Weapon durability check uses the following formula:

Weapon durability check: D6 > 1 + Critical Failure Modifier

Weapon Special Rules

Conduit

Allows the wielder to re-roll failed spell to-hit checks.

Crushing

Halves target creature's physical resistance on a roll of 5+.

Durable

Allows the weapon to re-roll failed durability checks.

Flailing

Ignores target creature's block or parry modifier on a roll of 5+.

Piercing

Ignores target creature's physical resistance on a roll of 6+

Polearm

Allows the wielder to perform melee attacks against creatures within two spaces instead of creatures within one space.

Slashing

Doubles weapon's base damage on a roll of 5+ against creatures that have lower physical resistance value than the attacker's uncapped damage modifier divided by 2.

Slow

Slow weapons must be rearmed before they can be used again. This can be done by resting while having a slow weapon equipped.

Melee Weapons

Melee weapons are weapons that can be used in close combat. All melee weapons can be thrown but they count as rocks unless they are specified as thrown. Melee weapons use strength modifier for to-hit and damage. Small weapons, and medium weapons that are used two-handedly, can use agility modifier instead of strength modifier for to-hit and damage, depending which is better.

Dagger

Talon

Sword

Claw

Hatchet

Axe

Club

Mace

Hammer

Flail

Staff

Spear

Mangler

Chopper

Crusher

Digger

Ranged Weapons

Ranged weapons can be used to shoot at range. Ranged weapons require ammunition, or projectiles, in order to work. Projectile damage is added to the damage of the weapon. Ranged weapons use agility modifier for to-hit and damage.

Branch

Bow

Recurve

Crossbow

Repeater

Thrown Weapons

Thrown weapons are weapons that can only be used by throwing them. Thrown weapons are not equipped like other weapons, and instead of equipping them, they are thrown directly from the backpack. Unless specified otherwise, thrown weapons use agility modifier for to-hit and strength modifier for damage.

Rock

This rock looks fancier and rests more fittingly in your palm than many other rocks.