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