Weapons

Even the most trivial of encounters in the Realms of Terror permit one be armed, and armed well.

Weapons in The Domains of Dread

A weapon is any held equipment dealing damage when used directly or with ammunition. Every weapon species belongs to a weapon family and type. From species the weapon inherits most of its values: base damage die, damage type(s) and weight. A weapon's family determines which weapon focus feat is required to specialize with that weapon. A character who focuses in piercing (short) will be as effective with daggers, for example, as they would spears, since they are both piercing (short) weapons. Weapon types determines whether a character is proficient in that weapon based off of their class and/or feat proficiencies. Characters who attempt to wield weapons they are not proficient in suffer -2 to AB before any modifiers.

Melee Weapons

Heavy Weapons

Heavy weapons are necessarily two-handed for all races, and confer -2 to AB before any modifiers if wielded by a race of Small size. They use Str to determine attack and damage matrixes at a rate 1.25x and 1.5x base values respectively (min +1).

Medium Weapons

Medium weapons may be one- or two-handed for races of Medium size, but are always two-handed for races of Small size. They use Str to determine attack and damage matrixes at their regular base values. Dual wielding medium weapons incurs a penalty of -6 AB to the main hand and -10 AB to the off-hand before any modifiers.

Light Weapons

Light weapons are one-handed for all races. They use Dex to determine attack and damage matrixes at their regular base values. Dual wielding light weapons incurs an attack penalty of -2 AB to the main hand and -6 AB to the off-hand.

Tiny Weapons

Tiny weapons are one-handed for all races. They use Dex to determine attack and damage matrixes at their regular base values. Tiny weapons explode their base damage die on confirmed critical hits, using the explosion die listed with their threat range. It is additive, not multiplicative, in final damage calculations. Dual wielding tiny weapons incurs an attack penalty of -2 AB to the main hand and -2 AB to the off-hand.

Ranged Weapons

For ranged weapons, weight only controls its base encumbrance when held or in the inventory. All bows are single slot to allow for the equip of quivers in the off-hand, a type new to The Domains of Dread. Quivers may confer benefits to the weapon being loosened as arrows might and are required for a bow to be usable in combat.

By default, equipping a shield with a crossbow of any type incurs an attack penalty of -2 AB before any modifiers.

Weapon Species and Families

Weapon	Family	Type	Weight	Handedness	Base Damage	Threat Range	Favored Classes	Additional Notes
Dagger	Piercing (Short)	Simple	Tiny	One-handed	1d4 piercing	19-20 / x3 + 1d8 piercing
Spear	Piercing (Short)	Simple	Medium	One-handed	1d6 piercing	20 / x2
Katar	Piercing (Short)	Exotic	Medium	One-handed	1d6 piercing	20 / x2
Pick, Hand	Piercing (Short)	Simple	Light	One-handed	1d4 piercing	19-20 / x2	Ascetic
Rapier	Piercing (Short)	Martial	Medium	One-handed	1d6 piercing	18-20 / x2		Always has finesse as a weapon modifier.
Sword, Short	Piercing (Short)	Martial	Medium	One-handed	1d6 piercing	19-20 / x2
Pike	Piercing (Long)	Simple	Heavy	Two-handed	1d8 piercing	20 / x3
Trident	Piercing (Long)	Martial	Heavy	Two-handed	1d8 piercing	20 / x3
Pick, War	Piercing (Long)	Martial	Medium	One-handed	1d6 piercing	20 / x3
Halberd	Piercing (Long)	Exotic	Heavy	Two-handed	1d4 piercing, 1d4 slashing	20 / x3		Only the piercing weapon die is upgraded by feats or other features.
Rope Dart	Piercing (Long)	Exotic	Medium	One-handed	1d6 piercing	20 / x2	Ascetic
Ravensbeak	Piercing (Long)	Exotic	Heavy	Two-handed	1d8 piercing	20 / x3
Club	Bludgeoning (Short)	Simple	Medium	One-handed	1d6 bludgeoning	20 / x2
Mace	Bludgeoning (Short)	Simple	Light	One-handed	1d4 bludgeoning	19-20 / x2
Mace, War	Bludgeoning (Short)	Martial	Medium	Two-handed	1d6 bludgeoning	20 / x3
Flail, Light	Bludgeoning (Short)	Simple	Medium	One-handed	1d6 bludgeoning	20 / x2
Hammer, Light	Bludgeoning (Short)	Simple	Light	One-handed	1d4 bludgeoning	19-20 / x2
Hammer, War	Bludgeoning (Short)	Martial	Medium	One-handed	1d6 bludgeoning	20 / x2
Cestus	Bludgeoning (Short)	Simple	Medium	One-handed	1d6 bludgeoning	20 / x2	Ascetic
Greatclub	Bludgeoning (Long)	Simple	Heavy	Two-handed	1d8 bludgeoning	20 / x3
Quarterstaff	Bludgeoning (Long)	Simple	Medium	Two-handed	1d8 bludgeoning	19-20 / x2
Battle Staff	Bludgeoning (Long)	Exotic*	Medium	Two-handed	1d6 bludgeoning	18-20 / x2	Ascetic	Requires favored class to be proficient. Counts as dual wielding.
Flail, Heavy	Bludgeoning (Long)	Simple	Heavy	Two-handed	1d8 bludgeoning	19-20 / x2	Ascetic
Hammer, Sledge	Bludgeoning (Long)	Simple	Heavy	Two-handed	1d8 bludgeoning	20 / x3
Mace, Great	Bludgeoning (Long)	Martial	Heavy	Two-handed	1d8 bludgeoning	20 / x3
Meteor Hammer	Bludgeoning (Long)	Exotic	Medium	Two-handed	1d8 bludgeoning	19-20 / x2	Ascetic
Catchpole	Bludgeoning (Long)	Exotic	Heavy	Two-handed	1d8 subdual	20 / x3		Cannot deal lethal damage.
Sickle	Slashing (Short)	Simple	Medium	One-handed	1d6 slashing	20 / x2
Axe, Hand	Slashing (Short)	Simple	Light	One-handed	1d4 slashing	19-20 / x2
Axe, War	Slashing (Short)	Martial	Medium	One-handed	1d6 slashing	20 / x2
Scimitar	Slashing (Short)	Martial	Medium	One-handed	1d6 slashing	20 / x2
Sword, Long	Slashing (Short)	Martial	Medium	One-handed	1d6 slashing	20 / x2
Sword, Bastard	Slashing (Short)	Exotic	Medium	One/Two-handed	1d6/1d8 slashing	20 / x2 or 20 / x3		May be wielded one-handedly or two-handedly.
Whip	Slashing (Short)	Exotic	Light	One-handed	1d4 slashing	20 / x2	Inquisitor	Applies +2 to checks made to disarm.
Kukri	Slashing (Short)	Exotic	Light	One-handed	1d4 slashing	19-20 / x2
War Cleaver	Slashing (Long)	Martial	Heavy	Two-handed	1d8 slashing	19-20 / x2
Greataxe	Slashing (Long)	Martial	Heavy	Two-handed	1d8 slashing	20 / x3
Greatsword	Slashing (Long)	Martial	Heavy	Two-handed	1d8 slashing	20 / x3
Scythe	Slashing (Long)	Simple	Heavy	Two-handed	1d6 slashing	19-20 / x3	Ascetic
Glaive	Slashing (Long)	Martial	Heavy	Two-handed	1d8 slashing	20 / x3
Maul Axe	Slashing (Long)	Exotic	Heavy	Two-handed	1d4 slashing, 1d4 piercing	20 / x3		Only the slashing weapon die is upgraded by feats or other features.
Claws	Slashing (Long)	Exotic	Medium	One-handed	1d6 slashing	20 / x3	Ascetic
Rock	Thrown (Light)	Simple	Light	One-handed	1d4 bludgeoning	19-20 / x2
Shuriken	Thrown (Light)	Exotic	Tiny	One-handed	1d2 piercing	19-20 / x3 + 1d4 piercing	Ascetic	Adds extra attack per flurry.
Dart	Thrown (Light)	Simple	Light	One-handed	1d4 piercing	19-20 / x2
Chakram	Thrown (Light)	Martial	Light	One-handed	1d4 slashing	19-20 / x2	Ascetic
Bola	Thrown (Light)	Exotic	Light	One-handed	1d4 subdual	19-20 / x2	Inquisitor	Slows target by 15% movement speed for 1d3 rounds. Cannot deal lethal damage.
Axe, Throwing	Thrown (Heavy)	Martial	Medium	One-handed	1d6 slashing	20 / x2		May be used as a melee weapon.
Javelin	Thrown (Heavy)	Martial	Medium	One-handed	1d6 piercing	20 / x2		May be used as a melee weapon.
Harpoon	Thrown (Heavy)	Martial	Heavy	Two-handed	1d8 piercing	20 / x2
Shot	Thrown (Heavy)	Exotic	Medium	One-handed	1d6 bludgeoning	20 / x2
Boulder	Thrown (Heavy)	Exotic*	Heavy	Two-handed	1d8 bludgeoning	19-20 / x3	Berserker	Requires favored class to be proficient.
Bow, Short	Ranged (Light)	Martial	Medium	Two-handed	1d6 piercing	20 / x2		Uses arrows for ammunition. Requires quiver in off-hand.
Crossbow, Light	Ranged (Light)	Martial	Medium	One-handed	1d6 piercing	20 / x2		Uses bolts for ammunition.
Sling	Ranged (Light)	Simple	Light	One-handed	1d4 bludgeoning	19-20 / x2		Uses sling bullets for ammunition.
Bow, Long	Ranged (Heavy)	Martial	Heavy	Two-handed	1d8 piercing	20 / x3		Uses arrows for ammunition. Requires quiver in off-hand. Always has mighty as a weapon modifier.
Crossbow, Heavy	Ranged (Heavy)	Martial	Heavy	Two-handed	1d8 piercing	20 / x3		Uses bolts for ammunition. Always has mighty as a weapon modifier.
Gonne	Ranged (Heavy)	Exotic	Heavy	Two-handed	4d4 bludgeoning, 2d4 fire	19-20 / x2	Artificer	Uses firearm bullets for ammunition.