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        Master Weapons Tables 

        For Campaigns of all 
        Historical Periods and 
        Technologies 

        Version 1.0 
        
        Steve Chrisomalis 


Weapon  Cost  Wt.     Size  Type   SF   Damage  Period 
     (gp)                                    S/M     L 
Axes 
  2-handed axe  15  10  L7  S   9sl   1-10   2-16   DM 
  adze-axe   2   5   S2   S/P   4fa   2-5    1-4    MR 
  battle axe  5  7   M5   S   7av   1-8   1-10   AMROE 
  francisca   8   8   M5   S    7av    1-8    1-8    D 
  gavelock   10   8   M4   S/P   6av   2-7   1-6    MR 
  hand axe   1   5   M3   S   4fa   1-6   1-4   ADMROE 
  mace-axe   12   9   M4   B/S   8sl   2-8   2-7    MR 
  sapper's axe  5  10  M5   B/S   9sl   2-9   2-8   MR 
  stone axe   .5   6   M3   B/S   6av   1-6   1-4    P 
  sword-axe   20   12   L6   S   10sl   2-9    2-13 MR 
  wagoner's axe 4   7   M4   S/P   6av   1-6   1-8   R 
Bow 
  alborium   55    3    M5    -    7av    -    -    AD 
  arrow, flight 1/40  *  S1  P  -   1-6   1-6   ADMROE 
  arrow, sheaf  1/20 *  S1   P   -   1-8   1-8    DMRO 
  arrow, pile   1/20 *  S1   P   -    1-6    1-6    MR 
  arrow, stone  -   *  S1    P    -    1-4    1-4    P 
  comp. short bow  75  2  M3   -   6av   -   -   AMROE 
  comp. long bow  100  3   L6   -   7av   -   -   MROE 
  long bow   75   3    L6    -    7av    -    -    DMR 
  short bow   30   2   M3   -   7av   -    -    PADMRO 
Clubs, Maces and Flails 
  ankus   3   4   M4    P/B    6av    1-4    1-4    OE 
  baculus   3   8   M5   B    8sl    1-8    1-6    DMR 
  bulawa   7    8    M4    B    7av    1-6    1-6    E 
  buzdygam   10   11   M5   B   8sl    2-8    2-7    E 
  club   -   3   M3   B    4fa    1-6    1-3    PDMROE 
  cumberjung  10   10   M5   B   7av   1-6   2-7   DME 
  dabus   15   12   M5   B/P   7av   1-8    2-7    ADM 
  footman's flail  15  15  L6  B  7av  2-7   2-8   MRE 
  footman's mace  8  10  M4  B  7av  2-7  1-6   ADMROE 
  gibet    6    8    M4    B    6av    2-7    2-5    R 
  great club  10   10   L6   B   8sl   1-8   2-9   DMR 
  horseman's flail  8  5  M5  B  6av   2-5   2-5   MRE 
  horseman's mace  5  6  M3  B  6av  1-6  1-4   ADMROE 
  mace-axe   12   9   M4   B/S   8sl   2-8   2-7    MR 
  morning star  10  12  M4  B/P   7av   2-8   2-7   MR 
  war club   2   6   M4   B/S   7av   2-7   2-5    MRO 
Crossbows 
  arbalest   200   15   M5    -    10sl    -    -    R 
   quarrel .3    *    S1    P    -    1-8    1-10    R 
  cho-ku-no   50   12    M5    -    6av    -    -    O 
  hand crossbow 150   3   S2   -    5av    -    -    E 
    quarrel 1    *    S0    P    -    1-3    1-2     E 
  heavy crossbow  50   14   M5   -   10sl   -   -   MR 
   quarrel .2   *    S1    P    -    2-9    2-11    MR 
  light crossbow  35   7   M3   -   7av   -   -   MROE 
   quarrel .1   *   S1    P    -    2-7    2-9    MROE 
  pellet bow   25   5   M4   -   7av   -    -    DMROE 
   quarrel 1/20   *   S0   B   -   1-4    1-4    DMROE 
Daggers 
  anlas   2    1    S1    P    2fa    1-3    1-4    DM 
  bebut   3   2    S2    P/S    2fa    1-4    1-3    E 
  bone dagger   .1   1   S1   P   2fa   1-2   1-2    P 
  cinquedea   3   2   S2   P    3fa    1-4    1-4    R 
  dagger   2   1   S2   P   2fa   1-4    1-3    ADMROE 
  dirk    1    1    S2    P    2fa    1-3    1-3    DM 
  dudgeon   .5   1   S2   P    2fa    1-3    1-2    DM 
  jambiya   4   1   S1   P/S    3fa    1-4    1-4    E 
  katar    3    1    S1    P    2fa    2-4    1-3    E 
  kidney dagger 3   .5   S1   P   2fa   1-4   1-4    R 
  mail breaker  3   2   S2   P   3fa   1-4   1-3    MR 
  main-gauche   3   2   S2   P/S   2fa   1-4   1-3   R 
  misericorde   2   1   S1   P   2fa   1-4    1-2    R 
  parrying dagger  5  1   S2   P   2fa   1-3   1-3   R 
  poniard   3   .5   S2   P    2fa    1-4    1-3    MR 
  rondel   3   .5    S2    P    2fa    1-3    1-3    R 
  scramasax   1.5   2   S2   P   2fa   1-4    1-3    D 
  stiletto   .8   .5   S1   P   2fa   1-3    1-2    MR 
  stone dagger  .2   1   S1   P   2fa   1-3   1-3    P 
Knives 
  batardeau   .5   .5   S1   P   2fa   1-3   1-2    MR 
  cuchillo   2   .5   S1   P    2fa    1-2    1-2    R 
  cultel   3   .5   S1   P/S    2fa    1-3    1-3    R 
  skene dhu   .8   .5   S1   P   2fa   1-3   1-2    DM 
  knife  .5   .5   S1   P/S   2fa   1-3   1-2   ADMROE 
  bone knife  .3   .5   S1   P/S   2fa   1-2   1-2   P 
  stone knife  1/20  .5  S1  P/S   2fa   1-2   1-2   P 
  throwing knife  5  4  M3  S/P  8sl   2-8   2-7   MRO 
Lances 
  light lance  6   5   L7   P   6av   1-6   1-8   ADMR 
  medium lance  10  10  L8  P  7av   2-7   2-12   ADMR 
  heavy lance  15  15  L9   P   10sl   2-9   3-18   MR 
  jousting lance  20  20  L9  B  10sl   0-2   0-1   MR   
   bourdonass  30   20   L9   B    10sl    0    0    R 
Miscellaneous: Melee 
  armlet   2   1   S1    B    2fa    1-3    1-2    DMR  
  bagh nakh   .4    1    S2    S    2fa    -    -    E 
  caltrop   1/6   *    S1    P    -    1    1-2    DMR 
  cestus   1    2    S2    B    2fa    1-4    1-3    A 
  chain   .5   3    L3    B    5av    2-5    1-4    OE    
  chijikiri   6   6   M3   P/B   7av   1-6    1-8    O 
  gunsen   4   1   S2    B/P    2fa    1-3    1-2    O 
  jitte   .5    2    S2    P    2fa    1-4    1-2    O 
  kama   2    2    S2    P/S    4fa    1-6    1-4    O 
  kau sin ke   3   4   M4   B   6av    1-8    1-6    O    
  kawanaga   1   1   S2   P/B   7av    1-3    1-2    O 
  kusari-gama   4   3   M4   P/S   6av   1-6   1-4   O 
  machete   8   5   M3    S    6av    1-8    1-8    PR 
  mancatcher   30   8   L7   -    7av    -    -    ROE 
  sai    1    2    S1    B    2fa    1-4     1-2     O 
  sang kauw   5   10   L6   P/S   7av   1-8   1-6    O 
  swordbreaker  5   2   S1    -    4fa    -    -    MR 
  three-piece rod  2  3   M5   B   7av   1-6   1-4   O 
Miscellaneous: Missile 
  amentum   2    2    S2    -    8sl    -    -    PADM 
  blowgun    1    1    L4    -    5av    -    -    POE 
   barbed dart   .1   *   S0   P   -   1-3   1-2   POE 
    needle  1/50    *    S0    P    -    1    -    POE 
  bolas   .5    2    M3    B    8sl    1-3    1-2    P 
  boomerang   .5   2   S1    B    4fa    1-4    1-4  P 
  cerbotana    2    1    M3    -    6av    -    -    M 
   barbed dart   .5   *   S0   P   -   1-4    1-3    M 
  chakram   .8   1   S2   S    4fa    1-4    1-3    OE 
  lasso    .5    3    M3    -    10sl    -     -     P 
  net    5    10    M5    -     10sl    -     -     PA 
  rock    -    1    S1    B    2fa    1-3    1-2     P 
  shuriken   .3   *   S0   P    2fa    1-4    1-4    O 
  sling   .5   1    S1    -    6av    -    -    PADMRE 
  sling stone  -   1   S0   B   -   1-4   1-4   PADMRE 
Picks/Hammers 
  adze   .3   4   S2    S/P    4fa    2-5    1-4    PA 
  footman's pick  8  6   M5   P   7av   2-7   2-8   MR 
  horseman's pick  7  4  M5   P   5av   2-5   1-4   MR 
  maul   4   10    L5    B    8sl    2-8    1-10    MR 
  war hammer   2   6   M5   B   4fa   2-5   1-4   ADMR 
Polearms 
  awl pike  5  12   L8   P   13sl   1-6   1-12   AMROE 
  bardiche   7   12   L8   S   9sl   2-8    2-12    ME 
  beaked axe   8   8   L7   S/P   8sl   1-6   1-8   MR 
  bec de corbin 8  10   L8   P/B   9sl   1-6   1-6   M 
  bill   7   15   L7   P/S   10sl   2-8    1-10    DMR 
  bill-guisarme 7  15  L8  P/S  10sl   2-8   1-10   MR 
  corsesca   10   10   L8   P   8sl    1-6    2-9    R 
  crowbill   5   8   L8   S    7av    1-6    2-7    DM 
  falx   8   12   L7    P/S    9sl    2-8    2-8    MR 
  fauchard   5   7   L8    S    8sl    1-6    1-8    M 
  glaive   6   8   L8    S    8sl    1-6    1-10    ME 
  glaive-guisarme  10  10  L9  P/S  9sl  2-8  2-12  MR 
  godendac   9   13   L7   P/S   9sl   1-8   1-10   DM 
  guisarme   5   8   L7    S    8sl    2-8    1-8    M 
  halberd  10  15   L7   P/S   9sl   1-10   2-12   MRE 
  half-pike   5   8   L7   P   10sl   1-6    1-8    MR 
  hippe   11   15   L7   P/S    11vsl2-12    2-12    R 
  jeddart axe  10  15  L9   S   10sl   1-10   1-10   R 
  korseke   6   10   L7    P    7av    3-8    3-8    R 
  lajatang   7   6   L7   S   6av    1-10    1-10    O 
  langdebeve   7   7   L8   P   8sl    1-8    1-6    M 
  linstock   20   10   L8   P   10sl   1-6   1-10    R 
  lucern hammer 7  15   L8   P/B   9sl   2-8   1-6   M 
  military fork 5   7   L7   P   7av   1-8   2-8    MR 
  nagimaki   6   6   M5    S    6av    1-6    1-8    O 
  naginata   8   10   L7   S   7av    1-8    1-10    O 
Polearms 
  oxtongue   5   6   L7   P    7av    1-6    2-7    DM 
  partisan   10   8   L7   P    9sl    1-6    2-7    R 
  poleaxe   8   10   L8   P/B   8sl   1-8    1-8    MR 
  ranseur   6   7    L7    P    8sl    2-8    2-8    R 
  spetum   5   7    L7    P    8sl    2-7    2-12    R 
  spontoon   7   6   L7    P    7av    1-6    2-8    M 
  tetsubo   4   8    L7    B    7av    1-8    1-8    O 
  voulge   5   12   L8    S    10sl    2-8    2-8    R 
Spears & Javelins 
  angon   1    2    M3    P    3fa    2-5    1-4    MR 
  boar-spear   7   8   M5   P   8sl   1-8    1-8    DM 
  bone harpoon  1   5   L7   P   7av   1-6   1-10    P 
  brandistock   15   5   M5   P   7av   1-6   1-6    R 
  dart   .5   .5   S1   P   2fa   1-3    1-2    ADMROE 
  framea   1   3    M5    P    5av    2-7    2-7    AD 
  genetaire   5   2   M4   P    4fa    1-8    2-8    R 
  gwaefon   .5   4   M4    P    5av    1-6    1-6    D 
  harpoon   20   6   L7   P   7av    2-8    2-12    PA 
  javelin   .5   2   M4   P   4fa   1-6   1-6   ADMROE 
  long spear  5  8   L7   P   8sl   2-12   3-18   ADOE 
  pilum    1    3    M4    P    5av    1-6    1-6    A 
  spear   .8   5   M5   P   6av   1-6    1-8    ADMROE 
        2-handed                2-7     2-12    ADMROE 
  stone spear   .2   5   M4   P   6av   1-4   1-6    P 
        2-handed                     1-6     2-8     P 
  stone javelin 1/20  2   M4   P   4fa   1-4   1-4   P 
  trident   15   5   L6   P   7av   2-7    2-8    AEOR 
        2-handed                  2-9     3-12    AEOR 
Staves 
  bo stick   1/20   *   L5   B   3fa   1-6    1-4    O 
  couse   5   5   L6    B/P    7av    2-8    2-8    MR 
  feather staff 30  3  L6   B/P   6av   2-7   1-10   R 
  fustibal    1    1    M3    -    8sl    -    -    MR 
   stinkpot   .1   2   S1   B    -    1-3    1-3    MR 
    stone   -    2    S0    B    -    2-5    2-7    MR 
  pilgrim's staff  20  4  L6  B/P  5av  1-6   1-6   MR 
  quarterstaff  -  4  L6  B   4fa   1-6   1-6   PADMRE 
  staff sling   .2   2   M5   -   11sl   -   -    ADMR 
   stinkpot   .1   2   S1   B   -   1-3    1-3    ADMR 
   stone   -   2    S0    B    -    2-5    2-7    ADMR 
Swords 
  backsword   20   6   M5   S   6av   1-10   1-10    R 
  badelar   18   4   M5   S    6av    2-7    1-6    MR 
  baselard   8   3   S2   P    3fa    1-6    1-6    MR 
  bastard sword 25  10  M6  S   6av   1-8   1-12   MRE 
        2-handed                   2-8     2-16    MRE 
  braquemar   20   3   M3   P/S   4fa   2-8   2-8    R 
  broad sword  30   4   M5   S   5av   2-8   2-7   DMR 
  claymore   25   8   M5   S   7av    2-8    2-16    R 
  colichemade   10   4   M4   P   4fa   1-6   2-5    R 
  craquemarte   15   6   M5   S   6av   2-8   2-9   MR 
Swords 
  curtana   25   7   M5   S    6av    1-8    2-8    DM 
  cutlass   12   4   M5   S   5av    2-7    2-9    ROE 
  drusus   50   3    M5    S    3fa    2-7    2-9    A 
  dusak   15    4    M4    S    5av    2-7    1-8    E 
  espadon   70   9   M6   S   6av    1-10    2-12    R 
  estoc   19   4   M5    P    5av    1-6    1-10    MR 
  falchion   17   8   M5   S   5av    2-7    1-4    MR 
  flambard   25   8   M5   S   6av    2-9    1-8    MR 
  fleuret   35   3   M3    P    4fa    2-7    2-7    R 
  gladius   10   3   S2    P    3fa    1-6    1-8    A 
  great scimitar  60  16  L6  S  9sl   2-12   4-16   E 
  hanger   12   4   M4    S    4fa    1-6    1-8    DM 
  kama    10    5    M3    P    4fa    1-6    1-6    E 
  karabela   25   8   M5   S    6av    2-9    1-8    E 
  katana   100   6   M5   S/P   4fa   1-10   1-12    O 
        2-handed                        2-12    2-12 O 
  khopesh   15   7   M5    S    9sl    2-8    1-6    A 
  kilij   18   6   M4    P/S    5av    1-8    1-6    E 
  kledyv   25   4    M5    S    5av    2-7    2-7    D 
  konchar   18   8   M4   P    6av    1-8    1-10    E 
  long sword  15   4   M5   S   5av   1-8   1-12   MRE 
  ninja-to   20   5   M4   S/P   3fa   1-8    1-6    O 
  no-dachi  45   10   L6   S/P   8sl   1-10   1-20   O 
  rapier   15   4    M4    P    4fa    1-6    1-8    R 
  sabre   17   5   M4   S    5av    2-7    2-9    MROE 
  sapara   10   4    S2    S    5av    2-7    1-4    A 
  scimitar   15   4   M5   S    5av    1-8    1-8    E 
  shashka   12   4   M3    S    4fa    2-5    1-6    E 
  short sword  15  3  S2  P   3fa   1-6   1-8   ADMROE 
  spatha   25   4   M5    S    5av    1-8    1-12    A 
  sword-axe  20  12   L6   S   10sl   2-9   2-13   AMR 
  tuck   15    6    M5    P    5av    1-8    1-8    MR 
  tulwar   17   8    M5    S    5av    2-7    2-8    E 
  two-handed sword      50      15      L6      S       10sl    1-10    3-18    MR 
  wakizashi   50   3   M5   S/P   3fa   1-8   1-8    O 
  yatagan   15   6   M4    S    5av    1-8    1-8    E 



Periods:        P=Prehistory (ÄÄÄØ 5000 BC) 
                A=Ancient (5000 BC - 500 AD) 
                D=Dark Ages (500 AD - 1000 AD) 
                M=Medieval (1000 AD - 1400 AD) 
                R=Renaissance (1400 AD - 1700 AD) 
                O=Oriental (Medieval) 
                E=Eastern/Turkic (Medieval) 



        Missile Ranges and Rates of Fire 

Missile Type            ROF     Range (x 5 yards) 
                          Short   Med.            Long 
Adze-axe           1       2            4            6 
Amentum            1       3            6            9 
Blowgun            2/1     2            4            6 
Bolas            1       6            12            18 
Boomerang           1       4           8           12 
Bows: 
  alborium          2/1     12          22          32 
  composite long bow    
        flight         2/1     8         16         34 
        sheaf         2/1     8         16          34 
  composite short bow   2/1     10        20        36 
  long bow              
        flight        2/1     14         28         42 
        sheaf         2/1     10         20         34 
  short bow             
        flight        2/1     10         20         30 
        stone         2/1     8         16          24 
Cerbotana           2/1     1           2            3 
Chakram           2/1     4            8            12 
Club / hammer          1       2          4          6 
Crossbows: 
  arbalest          1/1     15          30          45 
  cho-ku-no         2/1     10          20          30 
  hand crossbow         1       4         8         12 
  heavy crossbow        1/2     16        32        48 
  light crossbow        1       12        24        36 
  pellet bow         1       8          16          24 
Dagger / knife         2/1     2          4          6 
Dagger (bone / stone)   2/1     2         3          4 
Dart             3       2             4             6 
Fustibal bullets         1       2         4         6 
Genetaire           1       2           5            8 
Hand / Throwing axe        1       2        4        6 
Harpoon            1       2            4            6 
Harpoon, bone          1       2          3          4 
Javelin           1       4            8            12 
Javelin, bone          1       3          6          9 
Lance, light          1       2          3           4 
Lasso            1       2             4             6 
Mace, horseman's         1       2         3         4 
Rock             2/1     2             4             6 
Shuriken           2/1     3            6            9 
Sling bullet         1       5          10          20 
Sling stone          1       4          8           16 
Spear            1       2             4             6 
Staff sling bullets       2/1     -       3-6        9 
Trident            1       2            3            4