Weapons

Weapons are a subclass of the artifact class (in the anthropological sense of "made objects" not in the D&D sense of "superpowerful things"). They are usually made up of components (pommel and blade, bow and string, haft and shodding, etc). These components are combined to make a single object which has various attributes.

This page is basically an idea document for those who have suggestions for what these derived attributes should be.

• Requirements for use
  • necessary proficiencies or proficiency levels
  • necessary traits
• Abilities which are facilitated by using the weapon
• Combat styles associated with the weapon (may be another way to say proficiencies or abilities)
• Handle-ability (may be associated with some others such as speed or combat styles
• Speed with which weapon can be used
  • may be a speed associated with the weapon, which might then be modified by proficiencies and traits
  • may be a function of proficiencies and traits, which might be modified by the weapon (in which case, the weapon may need a trait which determines the modification)
• Damage
  • types of damage?:
    • Elemental: fire, cold, electrical, ...
    • Physical: blunt, cutting, piercing
    • Character: mind, body, soul
    • Other: traits versus statistics or vitality versus energy)
  • amount of blunt damage done
  • amount of piercing damage done
  • amount of cutting damage done
  • whether any of these are affected by attributes or skills
  • whether any elemental damage is done as well
  • whether any non-body damage is done (to mind or soul)
  • whether attribute damage can be done ???
  • whether critical hits can cause damage to a primary statistic
• Parrying
  • parries blunt damage
  • parries piercing damage
  • parries cutting damage
• Absorbs damage (is this different from parrying? Is it different than how other objects absorb damage?) (AlexisLi?: 2 stats here: chance to hit and damage absorption)
• Ranges for Ranged, Melee and Close combat
• Class
  • Swords
  • Hafted weapons (maces, axes, hammers, mattocks and picks)
  • Staves
  • Thrown weapons
  • Polearms
  • Missile weapons
  • Entangling weapons (nets, bolas and whips)
  • Rocks
  • Cesti
  • Garottes
  • Shields

See also

• Artifacts
• The Forge
• Proficiencies
• Weaponsmith Template

— Scotus - 14 Oct 2000
— GedTheGreysHain - 19 Oct 2000 [Tweaked links to point to existing topics]