Fantasized Adventures

Section A

Glossary of Weapons

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GLOSSARY OF WEAPONS

The following explanations tell a little about the weapons used in "Fantasized Adventures".  If you want more information on these weapons try your local library where you will find many informative books on them.  This glossary is divided into sections corresponding with those found in Section E.  There are many other weapons that could be used.  Most will be very similar to those found on this list.  If you would like to use one talk with your Worldmaster about it.  If it can be used or not will be up to him.  If the Worldmaster does allow it he will determine the strength and dexterity requirements for it.  Injury done should also be very similar to those already listed.  Remember that these rules are only a framework for you to use.  Worldmasters, please feel free to modify the weapons used to fit your conception of what a fantasy world should be like.  Add or delete from those listed as you see fit.

 

BOWS -- A weapon consisting of a curved flexible wood or other material fitted with a string between the ends.  This string is often made from several thin strips of leather woven together.  There are four types bows listed in these rules.

 

Arrow -- The projectiles used with a bow.  They are made from a lightweight wood.  One end has been sharpened or has a metal tip fitted to it.  Fletching is added to the opposite end to provide for stability when shot.  Some arrows are fitted with silver tips to fight lycanthropes and undead creatures.

 

Composite Bow -- It averages four to five feet in length.  The main body of this bow is made from many strips of wood, horn or bone laminated together for strength.  This bow is double recurved and has a greater range than other bows.

 

Long Bow -- The largest bow available for use in the game.  It is six feet from tip to tip.  This bow is based on the English long bow.

 

Horse Bow -- This is a short bow measuring only three feet from tip to tip.  It is designed to be used while mounted on a riding animal.

 

Recurve Bow -- This bow is curved outward at the ends giving it greater range than the horse bow.  It also is designed to be used while mounted on a riding animal.

 

CROSSBOWS -- A bow limb set transversely on a wooded stock.  There are two main types of crossbows.  Both of these can be cocked by hand.  They do greater injury than bows but have a shorter range.

 

Bolt -- The projectile used with crossbows.  It is a short, straight wooden shaft with a sharpened tip.  They are sometimes made with iron, steel or silver tips. 

 

Light Crossbow -- A lightweight crossbow that can be cocked by hand.

 

Heavy Crossbow -- A larger crossbow that has a stirrup to place a foot to hold the bow when cocking it.  This is necessary as two hands are required to draw this crossbow. 

 

POLE ARMS -- These are weapons based on a long pole of seasoned wood.  These weapons include spears and other similar types of weapons.  Pole arms require two hands to use except when being thrown.

 

Boar Spear -- This is a five-foot spear with an eighteen-inch crossbar set just below the blade.  The blade itself is nine inches long.  This crossbar is to keep a boar from driving itself up the spear to get to its attacker. 

 

Javelin -- A short three foot long throwing spear.  It has a six-inch double-edged blade. 

 

Lance -- This pole arm is a special twelve-foot long spear-like weapon designed to be used while on a riding animal.  A blunted version of this weapon is used in a sport called jousting.  Normally only the nobility participates in this sport.

 

Naginata -- This is a six foot long pole with an eight inch curved blade on the end.  The naginata is from ancient Japan.  It not intended to be thrown in combat.

 

Pike -- A fourteen-foot long wooden shaft with an eight to ten inch double-edged blade.  This weapon is not usable indoors due to its great length.  The pike is normally used in mass troop formations.

 

PoleAxe -- This pole weapon is eight feet long fitted with an axe blade on the end.  There are many different versions of this weapon.  The poleaxe is very difficult to use when indoors.

 

Quarter Staff -- This is a well-seasoned six-foot staff of either ash or oak.  Sometimes the ends are capped with either iron or steel. 

 

Spear -- This weapon comes in two lengths, six or ten feet.  They will have a six to eight inch double-edged blade.  The six-foot version is the preferred weapon of use of the Warn race.  The ten-foot version is difficult to use indoors.

 

Trident -- This is a five foot long shaft with a three bladed prong on the end.  The middle prong is eight inches long, while the ones on either side are six inches long.  The Roman gladiators used the trident.

 

ONE-HANDED EDGED WEAPONS -- This group contains all the swords and axes.  This list in not all-inclusive.  Talk to your Worldmaster if you would like to use one that is not listed.  The statistics for use will be similar to those listed in Section E.

 

Bastard Sword -- This is the largest of the one-handed swords.  It is sometimes referred to as a hand-and-a-half sword due to its long hilt.

 

Battle-Axe -- This axe has one cutting edge with a spike on the other side for balance.  This is the preferred weapon of the dwarven race.

 

Broad Sword -- This sword has a wide double-edged blade.

 

Cane Sword -- This is a wooden cane with a concealed twenty-four inch blade inside.

 

Cutlass -- This sword has a wide, slightly curved blade.  This is a short sword that was designed for use aboard ship.  It is the preferred weapon of the buccaneer adventurer occupation.

 

Double Axe -- This axe is similar to the battle-axe but it has a second cutting edge instead of a spike.  Dwarves also favor the use of this weapon.

 

Falchion -- This sword has very wide slightly curved blade.  The vartith race prefers this sword to other types. 

 

Foil -- This sword has a long narrow blade designed to cause puncture wounds.  The foil is used in the sport of fencing.

 

Francisca -- This axe has a small head on a long handle.  It is weighted so it can be used either held in the hand or as a thrown weapon.  Vikings prefer this weapon as a thrown weapon.

 

Gladius -- This is a short bladed double-edged sword.  This is the sword preferred by the Handvari race.

 

Hatchet -- This axe has a small blade on an eighteen-inch handle.  It is normally used as a camp tool, though it can be used as a weapon.  This weapon is also called a hand axe.

 

Katana -- This is a Japanese long sword that is slightly curved.  It is only edged on one side.  This is a preferred weapon of the samurai adventurer occupation.

 

Longsword -- This is a sword with a long and narrow blade.  The blade is double edged.  The elven races prefer this sword to the other types.

 

Maskari -- This is the Japanese version of the battle-axe.  It is lighter than the European style battle-axes.  It also requires more dexterity to use properly.

 

Ninjato -- This is a short, straight bladed Japanese sword.  It is only edged on one side.  The ninja adventurer occupation prefers this sword to other types.

 

Rapier -- This sword is designed for thrusting to cause puncture wounds.  It has a long thin blade.  To use this sword properly requires the individual to have a high dexterity.  The swashbuckler adventurer occupation prefers this sword to other types.

 

Saber -- This sword has a slightly curved single edged blade.  It was designed to be used from the back of a riding animal.  The nomad adventurer occupation prefers this sword to other types.

 

Scimitar -- This is a sword with a slightly curved, single edged blade.  The scimitar originated in the deserts of the Middle East.  The Urgha race prefers this sword to other types.

 

Sica -- This is a sword with short blade.  The sword is double edged.  The Handvari race prefers to use this blade to the longer ones.

 

Wakizaski -- This is a Japanese short sword.  It has a slightly curved, single edged blade.  The samurai adventurer occupation uses this sword in conjunction with the katana. 

 

ONE- HANDED CRUSHING WEAPONS -- This list in not all-inclusive.  Talk to your Worldmaster if you would like to use one that is not listed.  The statistics for use will be similar to those listed in Section E.

 

Ball and Chain -- This is a large metal ball with spikes protruding from it.  It is attached to a four-foot long chain.

 

Club -- Any thick branch or other blunt wooded weapon is considered a club.

 

Dwarven Hammer -- This hammer has a large rectangular head.  This weapon is very similar to a small sledgehammer of today.  This is the favored crushing weapon of the dwarven race.

 

Flail -- This weapon has a wooden handle attached to a chain.  Half way up the chain it splits into three chains with a spiked ball attached at the other end of these chains.

 

Gnomish Mace -- This weapon is a spiked metal ball attached at the end of a fourteen-inch wooden or metal handle.  The gnomish race prefers this weapon to other types.

 

Horseman's Mace -- This mace is similar to the gnomish mace but is longer and heavier.  It is designed to be used while mounted on a riding animal.

 

Morning Star -- This weapon is similar to the flail but has only one spiked metal ball attached to it.

 

War Hammer -- This is a larger version of the dwarven hammer.

 

TWO-HANDED EDGED WEAPONS -- Due to the size of these weapons you must be at least five feet in height to use them.  As two hands are required to use these weapons a shield cannot be used with them.  This list in not all-inclusive.  Talk to your Worldmaster if you would like to use one that is not listed.  The statistics for use will be similar to those listed in Section E.

 

Bisacuta -- This weapon is similar to a pick used for breaking ground when digging.  It is designed for puncturing the heavier armors made of metal.

 

Claymore -- This is a Scottish two-handed sword.  It has a large knob on the end of the hilt that can be used to make a crushing blow.

 

Flamberge -- This French two-handed sword has a serrated blade.  It was designed to break the heavier metal armors.

 

Great Axe -- This is a very large double-bladed axe.  The viking occupation prefers to use this weapon to other types.

 

No-Dachi -- This is the largest of all Japanese swords.

 

Zweihander -- This is a German sword that has a six foot blade with an eighteen inch hilt.

 

TWO-HANDED CRUSHING WEAPONS -- Due to the size of these weapons you must be at least five feet in height to use them.  As two hands are required to use these weapons a shield cannot be used with them.  This list in not all-inclusive.  Talk to your Worldmaster if you would like to use one that is not listed.  The statistics for use will be similar to those listed in Section E.

 

Great Flail -- This weapon is similar to the one handed version only larger.  The handle is three feet in length with a four feet of chain attached.

 

Great Hammer -- This weapon is similar to the war hammer only larger.  It is five feet in length.

 

Great Mace -- This weapon is similar to both the gnomish mace and the horseman's mace only larger.  It is five feet in length.

 

Shillelagh -- This is a large club five feet in length.  The tip is covered in iron or steel.  This druid adventurer occupation prefers to use this weapon to other types.

 

KNIVES -- These are small bladed weapons.  They are some times referred to as daggers.  This list in not all-inclusive.  Talk to your Worldmaster if you would like to use one that is not listed.  The statistics for use will be similar to those listed in Section E.

 

Aikuchi -- This is a small straight double-edged Japanese knife with a six inch blade.  It is the favored knife of the ninja adventurer occupation.

 

Cinqueda -- this is a large medieval European dagger.  It is double edged and designed to be both a cutting and thrusting weapon.  It has a blade ten inches long.  This is the preferred knife of the forester and huntsman adventurer occupations.

 

Dirk -- This is a double-edged, straight bladed dagger with an eight inch blade.

 

Roundel -- A small narrow pointed dagger with a seven-inch blade.  This is the standard knife used.

 

Stiletto -- This is a thin bladed thrusting knife with a nine inch blade. 

 

Tanto -- Japanese knife with an eight-inch blade that is slightly curved. 

 

MISCELLANEOUS WEAPONS -- The following weapons do not fit into any of the previous categories.   This list in not all-inclusive.  Talk to your Worldmaster if you would like to use one that is not listed.

 

Blowgun -- A tube through which small darts are blown by the breath of the user.

 

Brass Knuckles -- A brass bar with finger holes in it.  When held in the hand the brass bar covers the knuckles.  This aids in doing injury when punching an opponent.

 

Cestus -- These are Roman fingerless boxing gloves.  They have small triangular metal tips over the knuckles.

 

Crossbow (One-handed) -- These little crossbows are designed to be used one-handed in the manner pistols are used today.

 

Feather Staff -- This is a wooden walking stick thirty-six inches long.  It has three sixteen inch concealed blades that push out of the end.

 

Main Gauche -- A dagger that is used like a shield.  It has two short prongs on either side of the blade.  An opponent's sword can sometimes be caught between a prong and the blade.  When a blade is trapped a twist of the wrist has a chance of breaking the opponent's sword.

 

Nun-Chuka -- This is a Japanese martial arts weapon.  It is composed of two eight-inch shafts of wood connected by a short length of chain.  This blunt weapon is used primarily to stun or knock out your opponent.

 

Shrunken -- These are thrown weapons in the shape of a star.  Each edge is razor sharp.  Members of the ninja adventurer occupation favor these as throwing weapons.

 

Sling -- This weapon is a short length of leather that is looped around a stone or iron pellet.  It is then whirled over the head.  When one end of the strap is released the projectile is directed at your opponent.

 

Weighted Net -- This is a large weave net with weights placed around the edge.  It is used to entangle and trap opponents.

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