Bayonet

Get Right To The Point

"See that blade on the end of the musket? If you're on the wrong side of it, that's liable to be the last time you're wrong about anything."

— Captain Aiden Strictor, Lenin City Watch

The bayonet is a compact blade designed to serve two purposes. Carried as a practical fighting knife when detached, it can also be fixed to the muzzle of a compatible firearm, transforming the weapon into a serviceable spear for close-quarters combat. This simple innovation allows soldiers to continue fighting after firing a volley, eliminating the need to draw a separate melee weapon when enemy lines close.
Bayonets are most commonly issued to professional armies, militias, city watches, and naval forces equipped with muskets or rifles. Military training places considerable emphasis on bayonet drills, teaching soldiers to thrust, brace, and maneuver in formation. A disciplined line of infantry armed with fixed bayonets presents a formidable obstacle, capable of holding ground even after expending its ammunition.
Though primarily a military tool, the bayonet also serves as a dependable utility knife. Soldiers use it to cut rope, prepare food, clear brush, and perform countless camp tasks between battles. Many veterans come to value a well-balanced bayonet as much for its everyday usefulness as for its effectiveness in combat.
Most bayonets feature a straight, double-edged or single-edged blade mounted to a locking mechanism designed to fit securely beneath or around a firearm's barrel. Military examples favor durability and ease of maintenance over ornamentation, while ceremonial versions carried by elite guards or officers may feature polished steel, engraved fittings, or decorative grips bearing the insignia of their regiment.
Although firearms have transformed warfare, they have not eliminated the brutal reality of hand-to-hand combat. Battles often collapse into confusion where smoke obscures vision, ammunition runs low, and opposing lines meet at arm's length. In those moments, the bayonet reminds every soldier that even the most advanced weapon may ultimately be called upon to serve as little more than a sharpened piece of steel fixed to the end of a sturdy pole.

Bayonet

Martial Melee Weapon

A blade designed to be fixed beneath the barrel of a firearm, allowing the weapon to serve as a spear in close combat.

Damage	Properties	Mastery	Weight	Cost
1d6 Piercing	Special	Push	1 lb.	5 gp

Fixed Bayonet. As a Utilize action, you can attach the bayonet to a musket or another two-handed firearm designed to accept it, or remove the bayonet from that firearm. The DM determines whether a firearm can accept a bayonet.
While attached, the bayonet has the Two-Handed property, and you can make melee attacks with it while holding the firearm in two hands. These attacks don’t expend ammunition, and the firearm’s Loading property doesn’t limit the number of attacks you can make with the bayonet.
An attack with the bayonet uses the bayonet’s weapon profile, proficiency, and mastery property. A ranged attack with the firearm uses the firearm’s weapon profile, proficiency, and mastery property. The bayonet and firearm are separate weapons for the purposes of proficiency, Weapon Mastery, and magical properties.
You can use the bayonet’s Push mastery property only if the bayonet is one of the weapon kinds for which you can use a mastery property.
Detached Bayonet. While detached, the bayonet is treated as a dagger for all rules purposes, including its weapon category, damage, properties, proficiency, and mastery property. Consequently, using its Nick mastery property requires the ability to use the mastery property of daggers.