Weapons

Weapons, Armor, & Gear

Adventurer is not a safe occupation. Sooner or later you’ll find yourself cornered by rampaging darkspawn. When that happens, you’ll want a good weapon in your hand. It’s also important that you be trained in the weapon’s use. If you’re not, you’d be better off trying harsh language.

Weapon Training

As discussed in Pony Creation, weapons are broken down into weapon groups, in which you receive training through your class. If you are trained in a weapon group, you can use any weapon in that group that you are strong enough to wield (see Weapon Details, following). If you are untrained in a weapon group, however, you take a downgrade penalty on attack rolls and inflict half damage (rounded down) when using a weapon from that group. If it’s a missile weapon, the range is cut in half as well.

Weapon Details

The Weapons table summarizes the game statistics for the most common weapons in Thedastria. They are broken down by weapon group and the governing ability is noted in parentheses. The first entry, for example, is Axes Group (Body). When you attack with a weapon from this group, it’s a Special Skill: Axes test.
The following details are provided for each weapon:

Cost

The weapon’s price in silver bits.

Damage

This is the weapon’s damage die. When you hit an enemy, you inflict this amount of damage plus the roll of your Body die if you are trained in the weapon group. If you are untrained, damage is halved (rounded down). Weapons from the Bows Group roll Mind instead of Body.

Minimum Body

Some weapons are heavy and/or difficult to wield. You must have the minimum Body listed to use a weapon effectively. If you don’t, the weapon only inflicts 1d6–1 damage.

Weapons Table

Axes Group

Weapon	Damge	Min. Body	Cost
Battle Axe	2d6	D6	1400
Throwing Axe	1d6	D6	1000
Two-hoofed Axe	3d6	D10	2000

Bludgeons Group

Weapon	Damge	Min. Body	Cost
Mace	2d6	D6	1200
Maul	1d6	D6	1400
Two-hoofed Maul	2d6	D10	1900

Bows Group

Weapon	Damge	Min. Mind	Cost
Crossbow	2d6	D6	2000
Long Bow	1d6	D6	1500
Short Bow	1d6	D4	900

Bucking Group

Weapon	Damge	Min. Body	Cost
Hoof	1d3	-	-
Improvised Weapon	1d6	-	-
Fighting Horseshoe	1d3	-	400

Dueling Group

Weapon	Damge	Min. Body	Cost
Rapier	1d6	D4	1800
Sabot Gauche	1d6	-	1100
Spiked Buckler	1d6	D4	1500

Heavy Blades Group

Weapon	Damge	Min. Body	Cost
Bastard Sword	2d6	D8	2000
Longsword	2d6	D6	1800
Two-hoofed Sword	3d6	D10	2300

Lances Group

Lance weapons are meant to be used while mounted. When used on hoof, they count as improvised weapons.

Weapon	Damge	Min. Body	Cost
Heavy Lance	2d6	D10	2000
Jousting Lance	1d6	D4	600
Light Lance	1d6	D6	1200

Light Blades Group

Weapon	Damge	Min. Body	Cost
Dagger	1d6	-	900
Shortsword	1d6	D4	1400
Throwing Knife	1d6	-	1000

Pole Weapons Group

All pole weapons are two-hoofed weapons.

Weapon	Damge	Min. Body	Cost
Glaive	2d6	D6	2300
Halberd	2d6	D10	2500
Military Fork	2d6	D8	1800

Spears Group

Weapon	Damge	Min. Body	Cost
Short Spear	1d6	D4	1200
Throwing Spear	1d6	D4	1200
Two-hoofed Spear	2d6	D6	2000

Staves Group

Weapon	Damge	Min. Body	Cost
Club	1d6	-	100
Morningstar	1d6	D6	1100
Quarterstaff	1d6	-	300

Ammunition

Weapon	Cost
Arrows (20)	200
Bolts (20)	300

Ranged Weapons

You can make ranged attacks with ranged weapons. These are weapons you either shoot at or throw at opponents. Due to the nature of ranged combat, these weapons require a few more details. Like, if you’re trying to hit something extremely far away, you will need to downgrade your attack die.
You will also need to reload these weapons to use again. Only the crossbow will take a major action to reload; everything else uses a minor action. These times can be lessened with certain talents.

Weapon Descriptions

Descriptions of the various weapons follow. Sometimes a weapon may represent a category of similar weapons. This is noted in the text.

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