Weapon Descriptions

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Each of the weapons listed in the weapon tables are described on the pages linked below below.

Unarmed Attacks

Unarmed Attack	Price	Damage	Bulk	Hands	Group	Weapon Traits
Fist	—	1d4 B	—	1	Brawling	Agile, finesse, nonlethal, unarmed

Simple Melee Weapons

Simple Weapons	Price	Damage	Bulk	Hands	Group	Weapon Traits
Club	0	1d6 B	1	1	Club	Thrown 10 ft.
Dagger	2 sp	1d4 P	L	1	Knife	Agile, finesse, thrown 10 ft., versatile S
Gauntlet	2 sp	1d4 B	L	1	Brawling	Agile, free-hand
Light mace	4 sp	1d4 B	L	1	Club	Agile, finesse, shove
Longspear	5 sp	1d8 P	2	2	Spear	Reach
Mace	1 gp	1d6 B	1	1	Club	Shove
Morningstar	1 gp	1d6 B	1	1	Club	Versatile P
Sickle	2 sp	1d4 S	L	1	Knife	Agile, finesse, trip
Spear	1 sp	1d6 P	1	1	Spear	Monk, thrown 20 ft.
Spiked gauntlet	3 sp	1d4 P	L	1	Brawling	Agile, free-hand
Staff	0	1d4 B	1	1	Club	Monk, two-hand d8

Uncommon Simple Weapons	Price	Damage	Bulk	Hands	Group	Weapon Traits
Clan dagger	2 gp	1d4 P	L	1	Knife	Agile, dwarf, parry, versatile B
Katar	3 sp	1d4 P	L	1	Knife	Agile, deadly d6, monk

Martial Melee Weapons

Martial Weapons	Price	Damage	Bulk	Hands	Group	Weapon Traits
Bastard sword	4 gp	1d8 S	1	1	Sword	Two-hand d12
Battle axe	1 gp	1d8 S	1	1	Axe	Sweep
Bo staff	2 sp	1d8 B	2	2	Club	Monk, parry, reach, trip
Falchion	3 gp	1d10 S	2	2	Sword	Forceful, sweep
Flail	8 sp	1d6 B	1	1	Flail	Disarm, sweep, trip
Glaive	1 gp	1d8 S	2	2	Polearm	Deadly d8, forceful, reach
Greataxe	2 gp	1d12 S	2	2	Axe	Sweep
Greatclub	1 gp	1d10 B	2	2	Club	Backswing, shove
Greatpick	1 gp	1d10 P	2	2	Pick	Fatal d12
Greatsword	2 gp	1d12 S	2	2	Sword	Versatile P
Guisarme	2 gp	1d10 S	2	2	Polearm	Reach, trip
Halberd	2 gp	1d10 P	2	2	Polearm	Reach, versatile S
Hatchet	4 sp	1d6 S	L	1	Axe	Agile, sweep, thrown 10 ft.
Lance	1 gp	1d8 P	2	2	Spear	Deadly d8, jousting d6, reach
Light hammer	3 sp	1d6 B	L	1	Hammer	Agile, thrown 20 ft.
Light pick	4 sp	1d4 P	L	1	Pick	Agile, fatal d8
Longsword	1 gp	1d8 S	1	1	Sword	Versatile P
Main-gauche	5 sp	1d4 P	L	1	Knife	Agile, disarm, finesse, parry, versatile S
Maul	3 gp	1d12 B	2	2	Hammer	Shove
Pick	7 sp	1d6 P	1	1	Pick	Fatal d10
Ranseur	2 gp	1d10 P	2	2	Polearm	Disarm, reach
Rapier	2 gp	1d6 P	1	1	Sword	Deadly d8, disarm, finesse
Sap	1 sp	1d6 B	L	1	Club	Agile, nonlethal
Scimitar	1 gp	1d6 S	1	1	Sword	Forceful, sweep
Scythe	2 gp	1d10 S	2	2	Polearm	Deadly d10, trip
Shield bash	—	1d4 B	—	1	Shield	—
Shield boss	5 sp	1d6 B	—	1	Shield	Attached to shield
Shield spikes	5 sp	1d6 P	—	1	Shield	Attached to shield
Shortsword	9 sp	1d6 P	L	1	Sword	Agile, finesse, versatile S
Starknife	2 gp	1d4 P	L	1	Knife	Agile, deadly d6, finesse, thrown 20 ft., versatile S
Sword cane	5 gp	1d6 P	1	1	Sword	Agile, concealable, finesse
Trident	1 gp	1d8 P	1	1	Spear	Thrown 20 ft.
War flail	2 gp	1d10 B	2	2	Flail	Disarm, sweep, trip
Warhammer	1 gp	1d8 B	1	1	Hammer	Shove
Whip	1 sp	1d4 S	1	1	Flail	Disarm, finesse, nonlethal, reach, trip

Uncommon Martial Weapons	Price	Damage	Bulk	Hands	Group	Weapon Traits
Dogslicer	1 sp	1d6 S	L	1	Sword	Agile, backstabber, finesse, goblin
Elven curve blade	4 gp	1d8 S	2	2	Sword	Elf, finesse, forceful
Filcher’s fork	1 gp	1d4 P	L	1	Spear	Agile, backstabber, deadly d6, finesse, halfling, thrown 20 ft.
Gnome hooked hammer	2 gp	1d6 B	1	1	Hammer	Gnome, trip, two-hand d10, versatile P
Horsechopper	9 sp	1d8 S	2	2	Polearm	Goblin, reach, trip, versatile P
Kama	1 gp	1d6 S	L	1	Knife	Agile, monk, trip
Katana	2 gp	1d6 S	1	1	Sword	Deadly d8, two-hand d10, versatile P
Khakkara	2 gp	1d6 B	1	1	Club	Monk, shove, two-hand d10, versatile P
Kukri	6 sp	1d6 S	L	1	Knife	Agile, finesse, trip
Nunchaku	2 sp	1d6 B	L	1	Club	Backswing, disarm, finesse, monk
Orc knuckle dagger	7 sp	1d6 P	L	1	Knife	Agile, disarm, orc
Sai	6 sp	1d4 P	L	1	Knife	Agile, disarm, finesse, monk, versatile B
Spiked chain	3 gp	1d8 S	1	2	Flail	Disarm, finesse, trip
Temple sword	2 gp	1d8 S	1	1	Sword	Monk, trip
Wakizashi	1 gp	1d4 S	L	1	Sword	Agile, deadly d8, finesse, versatile P

Advanced Melee Weapons

Uncommon Advanced Weapons	Price	Damage	Bulk	Hands	Group	Weapon Traits
Dwarven waraxe	3 gp	1d8 S	2	1	Axe	Dwarf, sweep, two-hand d12
Gnome flickmace	3 gp	1d6 B	1	1	Flail	Gnome, reach, sweep
Orc necksplitter	2 gp	1d8 S	1	1	Axe	Forceful, orc, sweep
Sawtooth saber	5 gp	1d6 S	L	1	Sword	Agile, finesse, twin

Ranged Weapons

Simple Weapons	Price	Damage	Range	Reload	Bulk	Hands	Group	Weapon Traits
Blowgun	1 sp	1 P	20 ft.	1	L	1	Dart	Agile, nonlethal
10 blowgun darts	5 cp	—	—	—	L	—	—	—
Crossbow	3 gp	1d8 P	120 ft.	1	1	2	Crossbow	—
10 bolts	1 sp	—	—	—	L	—	—	—
Dart	1 cp	1d4 P	20 ft.	—	L	1	Dart	Agile, thrown
Hand crossbow	3 gp	1d6 P	60 ft.	1	L	1	Crossbow	—
10 bolts	1 sp	—	—	—	L	—		—
Heavy crossbow	4 gp	1d10 P	120 ft.	2	2	2	Crossbow	—
10 bolts	1 sp	—	—	—	L	—	—	—
Javelin	1 sp	1d6 P	30 ft.	—	L	1	Dart	Thrown
Sling	0	1d6 B	50 ft.	1	L	1	Sling	Propulsive
10 sling bullets	1 cp	—	—	—	L	—	—	—

Martial Weapons	Price	Damage	Range	Reload	Bulk	Hands	Group	Weapon Traits
Alchemical bomb*	Varies	Varies	20 ft.	—	L	1	Bomb	Varies
Arbalest	12 gp	1d10 P	110 ft.	1	2	2	Crossbow	Backstabber
10 bolts	1 sp	—	—	—	L	—	—	—
Bola	5 sp	1d6 B	20 ft.	—	L	1	Sling	Nonlethal, ranged trip, thrown
Composite longbow	20 gp	1d8 P	100 ft.	0	2	1+	Bow	Deadly d10, propulsive, volley 30 ft.
10 arrows	1 sp	—	—	—	L	—	—	—
Composite shortbow	14 gp	1d6 P	60 ft.	0	1	1+	Bow	Deadly d10, propulsive
10 arrows	1 sp	—	—	—	L	—	—	—
Longbow	6 gp	1d8 P	100 ft.	0	2	1+	Bow	Deadly d10, volley 30 ft.
10 arrows	1 sp	—	—	—	L	—	—	—
Shortbow	3 gp	1d6 P	60 ft.	0	1	1+	Bow	Deadly d10
10 arrows	1 sp	—	—	—	L	—	—	—

Uncommon Martial Weapons	Price	Damage	Range	Reload	Bulk	Hands	Group	Weapon Traits
Halfling sling staff	5 gp	1d10 B	80 ft.	1	1	2	Sling	Halfling, propulsive
10 sling bullets	1 cp	—	—	—	L	—	—	—
Shuriken	1 cp	1d4 P	20 ft.	0	—	1	Dart	Agile, monk, thrown