Weapons Remastered, Revised
T
he goal of this remaster is to increase the
variety in weapons for the Fifth Edition of
Dungeons and Dragons. I feel that the current
list of arms is lacking in the following ways:
lack of variety in the feel of weapons when used
to attack, lack of utility options from different
weapon options, and the existence of so-called
“strictly better” armament that results in the near universal
picking of certain weapons.
To counteract this, I will be presenting the following
weapon list in two parts, much as it appears in the Player’s
Handbook (PHB). First is a list of all the possible traits a
weapon can have. There are many more options here than are
included in the PHB, and not all of the traits from the base
weapon list remain unchanged. Second is the list of weapons
themselves.
Changes I have made include altered damage dice and
damage type options, as well as weight in some instances.
This section also includes a few new options of gear not
previously included in the PHB. Shields are also included
here, as I expand on the anemic single option offered in the
PHB.
It is important to bear in mind the design philosophy I am
approaching this task with. The first thing I will say is that I
want to somewhat adhere to the principles of Fifth Edition.
This is to say, I would like to keep weapon properties as
relatively straightforward and intuitive as possible.
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For instance, if a weapon allows an additional action to occur
on hit, it will be an action that is already in the system such as
a shove or opportunity attack, or will provide a static bonus or
key off of the player character’s (or monster’s) stat modifier or
proficiency bonus. This keeps it intuitive to check a character
sheet and see where the numbers for an ability or effect come
from.
Secondly, I believe that, as a whole, non-magical weapons
leave a lot to be desired in terms of power, and an overall
increase in versatility and damage is not unwarranted. I do,
however, believe this applies mostly to the martial weapons,
which by all accounts do not represent nearly a large enough
improvement over simple weapons. My go-to example is the
statistically identical spear and trident in the PHB, despite a
trident weighing more and being considerably more difficult
to wield in-game. As such, martial weapons will tend to be
more effective, and I firmly believe that this is perfectly
reasonable.
Addendum: this work has been modified from its original
version. Properties have been altered and more weapons have
been added. The gunpowder and winged properties, the
sections on ammunition, offensive adventuring gear, and siege
engines were all added later, as were many weapons. The
commentaries are almost entirely the work of the first author,
but some mechanical descriptions have been edited or
changed, and pages explaining the reasoning behind some
features have been removed. The original can be found here.
Introduction
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Weapon Properties
Ammunition
You can use a weapon that has the Ammunition property to
make a ranged attack only if you have Ammunition to fire from
the weapon. Each time you attack with the weapon, you
expend one piece of ammunition. Drawing the ammunition
from a quiver, case, or other container is part of the attack
(you need a free hand to load a one-handed weapon). At the
end of the battle, you can recover half your expended
ammunition by taking a minute to search the battlefield.
Ensnaring
The weapon features chain, rope, or other parts that can aid
in entanglement. When you hit with an ensnaring weapon
attack, you may use your bonus action to attempt to grapple
the target, disarm them, or shove them prone, using your
weapon attack modifier in place of Strength (Athletics). If you
grapple a target with an ensnaring weapon, the grapple is
automatically broken if you make another attack roll with that
weapon.
Finesse
The weapon lends itself to dexterous combat due to features
that make aiming the weapon for precise strikes far easier.
When making an attack with a finesse weapon, you use your
choice of your Strength or Dexterity modifier for the attack
and damage rolls. You must use the same modifier for both
rolls.
Finisher
The weapon is particularly useful for making the most of
advantageous situations or an enemy at your mercy. When the
weapon is used to attack a prone creature, roll an additional
weapon damage die on a hit.
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Gunpowder
The weapon utilizes volatile chemical powder as a propellant
to fire projectiles or to create explosions. Weapons with this
property cannot be used in overly damp conditions or
underwater. When used, a gunpowder weapon expels a bright
flash of light, a puff of smoke, and an explosion of sound that
can be heard by all creatures within 300 feet. Each time you
attack with a gunpowder weapon, you expend one pinch of
powder and a single bullet. It takes an action to reload a
gunpowder weapon, and you must have one hand to hold the
weapon and the other to reload during that action.
Heavy
These weapons are larger and heavier than most, lending
them unique advantages and challenges. Small creatures
makes attacks with heavy weapons at disadvantage, and heavy
weapons cannot be used to make more than one attack per
turn unless the wielder has a Strength score of 13 or higher. A
Heavy weapon takes a bonus action to draw or stow.
A heavy weapon allows you to make an attack relying more
on raw strength instead of accuracy. When an attack is made
with a heavy weapon that you're proficient in, you can forego
adding your proficiency bonus to the attack roll. If the attack
hits, you add that proficiency bonus to the damage roll. You
must decide to do this before making the attack roll. Finally,
any attempts to disarm wielders of heavy weapons are made
at disadvantage.
Light
A light weapon is small and easy to handle. When you take the
Attack action and attack with a light melee weapon that you’re
holding in one hand, you can use a bonus action to attack with
a different light melee weapon that you’re holding in the other
hand. You don’t add your ability modifier to the damage of the
bonus attack, unless that modifier is negative.
Loading
Because of the time required to load this weapon, you can fire
only one piece of Ammunition from it when you use an action,
Bonus Action, or reaction to fire it, regardless of the number
of attacks you can normally make.
Nonlethal
The weapon is designed to incapacitate or is otherwise
capable of delivering a hit that does not kill the target.
Damage dealt with this weapon that reduces the target to zero
hit points can immediately put the target in the unconscious
state instead of killing them. They are considered stable in
this state. All weapons may still be used to deal nonlethal
strikes, but deal 1+STR bludgeoning damage instead of their
typical value.
Parry
The weapon has some weapon catching or deflecting feature,
allowing it to be used to parry incoming attacks. When you are
attacked by a melee weapon attack from a target you can see,
you can use your reaction to attempt to parry the attack, if you
are wielding a parrying weapon. This parry adds +3 to your
AC for that single attack, and must be declared before the
result of the attack is known.
Prone Fighting
When you are prone and make a melee attack with this
weapon, you do not suffer disadvantage for being prone.
Range
The weapon can be used to make attacks at a range beyond
melee. A weapon that can be used to make a ranged attack
has a range in parentheses after the ammunition or thrown
property. The range lists two numbers. The first is the
weapon's normal range in feet, and the second indicates the
weapon's long range. When attacking a target beyond normal
range, you have disadvantage on the attack roll. You can't
attack a target beyond the weapon's long range.
Reach
The weapon has an extended length to it. This weapon adds 5
feet to your reach when you attack with it, as well as when
determining your reach for opportunity attacks with it.
Special
The weapon has some entirely unique property to it. These
are detailed in the weapon section for the individual weapons
they apply to.
Status
A weapon that is particularly potent in maximizing its unique
damage type. When a roll on an attack with a status weapon
exceeds the AC of the target by 5 or more, it will inflict an
additional status effect based upon the type of damage dealt.
A critical hit will guarantee a status effect as well.
Slashing weapons can inflict gaping wounds and profuse
bleeding. Inflicting this status will cause the target to take
additional slashing damage equal to your proficiency bonus.
Objects, Constructs, and Elementals are immune to this
damage, as may other creatures at the discretion of your DM.
Bludgeoning weapons can hit with a singularly bone-
shaking blow, dazing the target. Inflicting this status causes
the target's next attack roll to be made with disadvantage. You
cannot inflict status with the bonus action attack granted by
the Polearm Master feat.
Piercing weapons reward precise or focused attacks,
punching holes in defenses or otherwise leaving a target more
vulnerable. Inflicting piercing status allows the next attack roll
against the target to be made with advantage.
Improvised weapons may inflict status depending on their
damage type and the discretion of your DM.
Sundering
The weapon features qualities that crush, pierce, or penetrate
armor, making it more effective against targets that employ
such defenses. When you attack a target wearing a
breastplate, half plate, heavy armor, or that has natural armor,
you gain a +2 to the attack roll.
Sweeping
These weapons strike in broad, sweeping motions. When you
make an attack with a sweeping weapon that deals slashing
damage, you may use a bonus action to deal the weapon's
damage die in damage against a second target within your
reach that is adjacent to the first, provided that your attack roll
would also hit that target.
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Additionally, when an attack you make with a sweeping
weapon that dealt slashing damage reduces a creature to 0 hit
points, any remaining damage applies to a target adjacent to
the first if it is within your reach. If that target is also reduced
to 0 hit points, repeat this process, carrying over the
remaining damage until there are no valid targets, or until the
damage carried over fails to reduce an undamaged creature to
0 hit points.
Thrown
If a weapon has the thrown property, you can throw the
weapon to make a ranged attack. If the weapon is a melee
weapon, you use the same ability modifier for that Attack roll
and damage roll that you would use for a melee attack with
the weapon. You may add an amount of 5 times your Strength
modifier to the base range of a thrown weapon, unless your
Strength score is negative. You may not exceed the maximum
range of a thrown weapon with this bonus to range.
Two-Handed
The weapon is large or cumbersome to the point of requiring
two hands to fight with effectively. The weapon must be held
in two hands to make an attack or to properly wield it.
Versatile
The weapon can be wielded in either a one-handed or two-
handed stance. This weapon can be used with one or two
hands. A damage value in parentheses appears with the
property–the damage when the weapon is used with two
hands.
Wind-up
The weapon can be used to spend time preparing an attack to
be even more effective. On your turn you can take the attack
action to begin winding up your weapon, spinning a flail to
gain momentum or setting a pike. On the next attack you
make with the weapon you can add an additional weapon die
to that attack if it hits. A weapon can only add one such
damage die in this way. If no attack is made by the end of the
wielder’s next turn it is no longer wound up. The wielder can
spend an attack action to keep the weapon wound up for a
subsequent round. A weapon that is wound up can be used to
make an opportunity attack when an enemy enters its range.
Winged
These weapons have specially-shaped heads that halt the
movement of their target toward the user of the weapon, and
can also be used to catch shields and weapons. When you
deal piercing damage against a creature no greater than one
size larger than you with a winged weapon, that creature is
grappled. While grappled in this way, that creature cannot
move toward you. If you make another attack roll or move
away from the target, the grapple ends as you remove
weapon's head from the target's body. The target may also
break the grapple, by moving away from you. When grappling
a creature in this way, you may use one of your attacks to
attempt to shove the target prone, using your weapon attack
modifier in place of Strength (Athletics).
You may also replace one of your attacks with an attempt to
disarm a target, using your weapon attack modifier in place of
Strength (Athletics). This special attack also breaks grapples
with a winged weapon.
PROPERTIES
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Weapon Charts
Now that we have the properties squared away, it is time to
apply them to weapons. Some weapons remain largely the
same, while others are quite different. There are also some
additional weapons added, though I’ve tried to keep that to a
minimum, only adding those that I feel lack an equivalent
already on the chart (a katana would really not need to have a
mechanical difference from a longsword, for instance).
I have also included shields in this list, as I feel they are
something that is wielded more than worn. This does not
change them to being weapons, just that I think that is where
they should be talked about. Proficiency with them is still
required to use them. Also, some weapons have multiple
damage types listed. In this instance, the player indicates
which damage type they are using when making an attack,
such as stabbing vs. slashing with a shortsword. We’ll start
with simple weapons.

Simple Melee Weapons

Name Cost Damage Weight Properties
Boar Spear 5 gp 1d6 piercing 5 lb. Versatile (1d8), winged
Club 1 sp 1d4 bludgeoning 2 lbs. Light, nonlethal
Cestus 1 gp 1d4 bludgeoning ½ lbs. Light, special, status
Dagger 2 gp 1d4 piercing 1 lb. Finesse, finisher, light, prone fighting, thrown (20/60)
Goedendag 5 sp 1d4 bludgeoning/piercing 3 lbs. Finisher, sundering
Greatclub 5 sp 2d4 bludgeoning 10 lb. Heavy, status, two-handed
Handaxe 3 gp 1d6 slashing 2 lb. Light, thrown (20/75)
Javelin 5 sp 1d6 piercing 2 lb. Thrown (30/120)
Light Hammer 2 sp 1d4 bludgeoning 2 lb. Light, status, thrown (20/60)
Mace 5 gp 1d6 bludgeoning 4 lb. Sundering
Quarterstaff 2 sp 1d6 bludgeoning 4 lb. Nonlethal, versatile (2d4)
Sickle 1 gp 1d4 slashing 2 lb. Light, status
Short Spear 1 gp 1d6 piercing 3 lb. Finisher, thrown (20/60)
Spear 1 gp 1d8 piercing 4 lb. Reach, two-handed

Simple Ranged Weapons

Name Cost Damage Weight Properties
1d4 Finesse, thrown
Dart 5 cp ¼ lb.
piercing (20/60)
Ammunition
Light 25 1d8
5 lb. (80/320), loading,
Crossbow gp piercing
two-handed
Ammunition
25 1d6
Shortbow 2 lb. (100/150), two
gp piercing
handed
1d4 Ammunition
Sling 1 sp ¼ lb.
bludgeoning (30/120)

WEAPON TABLES
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Martial Melee Weapons
Name Cost Damage Weight Properties
Battleaxe 10 gp 1d8 slashing 4 lb. Status, sweeping, versatile (1d10)
Estoc 20 gp 1d8 piercing 2 lb. Finesse, parry, sundering
Flail 10 gp 1d8 bludgeoning/piercing 2 lb. Ensnaring, wind-up
Garotte Wire 5 gp 1d6 slashing ¼ lb. Finesse, light, special, two-handed
Glaive 20 gp 1d10 slashing 6 lb. Heavy, reach, sweeping, two-handed
Greataxe 30 gp 1d12 slashing 9 lb. Heavy, finisher, status, two-handed
Greatsword 50 gp 2d6 piercing/slashing 7 lb. Heavy, status, sweeping, two-handed
Guisarme 5 gp 1d10 piercing 8 lb. Ensnaring, heavy, reach, two-handed
Halberd 20 gp 1d10 piercing/slashing 7 lb. Heavy, reach, status, two handed
Lance 10 gp 1d12 piercing 6 lb. Reach, special, status
Longsword 15 gp 1d8 piercing/slashing 3 lb. Parry, status, versatile (1d10)
Lucerne 20 gp 1d10 bludgeoning/piercing 7 lb. Heavy, reach, sundering, two-handed
Maul 10 gp 2d6 bludgeoning 12 lb. Heavy, status, sundering, two-handed
Morningstar 15 gp 1d8 bludgeoning/piercing 4 lb. Status, finisher
Parrying Dagger 3 gp 1d4 piercing 1 lb. Finesse, finisher, light, parry, prone fighting
Pike 5 gp 1d10 piercing 13 lb. Heavy, reach, two-handed, wind-up
Pollaxe 35 gp 1d10 slashing 10 lb. Special, status, two-handed
Rapier 25 gp 1d8 piercing 2 lb. Finesse, parry, status
Ranseur 25 gp 1d10 piercing/slashing 8 lb. Heavy, reach, winged
Sabre 25 gp 1d8 slashing 2lb. Finesse, parry, status
Scimitar 20 gp 1d6 slashing 3 lb. Light, finesse, status
Shortsword 10 gp 1d6 piercing/slashing 2 lb. Light, finesse, finisher
Trident 5 gp 2d4 piercing 4 lb. Ensnaring, finisher, versatile (1d10)
War Pick 5 gp 1d8 piercing 2 lb. Status, sundering, versatile (1d10)
Warhammer 15 gp 1d8 bludgeoning 3 lb. Finisher, sundering, versatile (1d10)
Whip 2 gp 1d4 slashing 3 lb. Ensnaring, finesse, reach

Martial Ranged Weapons

Name Cost Damage Weight Properties
Arquebus 500 gp 2d8 piercing 10 lb. Gunpowder (40/120), heavy, loading, sundering, two-handed
Blowgun 10 gp 1 piercing 1 lb. Ammunition (25/100), loading, special
Hand Crossbow 75 gp 1d6 piercing 3 lb. Ammunition (30/120), light, loading, prone fighting
Heavy Crossbow 50 gp 1d10 piercing 12 lb. Ammunition (100/300), heavy, loading, status, sundering, two-handed
Longbow 75 gp 1d10 piercing 2 lb. Ammunition (200/600), heavy, status, two-handed
Matchlock handgun 250 gp 2d6 piercing 3 lb. Gunpowder (30/90), loading, sundering
Net 1 gp - 3 lb. Special, thrown (5/15)
Recurve bow 50 gp 1d8 piercing 3 lb. Ammunition (150/300), two-handed

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 Shields
Name Cost +AC Weight Properties
Buckler 12 gp +1 2 lb. Light, parry
Shield 10 gp +2 6 lb. -
Tower Shield 50 gp +2 20 lb. Special

Ammunition
Name Cost Weight Weapon Properties
20
Bodkin arrow 1 oz. Bow Sundering
cp
Blowgun
2 cp 1 oz. Blowgun -
needle
Broadhead 20 Slashing damage,
1 oz. Bow
arrow cp status
30
Bullet 3 oz. Gun -
cp
Field arrow 5 cp 1 oz. Bow -
1/5
Sling bullet 1 oz. Sling -
cp
10
Grapeshot 8 oz. Gun Special
gp
Quarrel 5 cp 1 oz. Crossbow -

Offensive adventuring gear

Included in this section are the other options that PCs might employ to deal damage. Each of these possesses their own properties
and traits, which occupy too much space here. They have instead been listed to clarify which properties they gain under this set of
homebrew rules. Unchanged items have been omitted. The full set of rules for these items can be found on pages 148-153 on the
Players' Handbook and on pages 255 and 268 of the Dungeon Masters' Guide.
Your dungeon master may determine that some items don't exist in the setting you are using—such as alchemist's fire, bombs, or
cannon—or may function differently. Historical cannon, for example, took extensive time to load and clean, to the point they could
only be used a few times per day. All siege engines are objects, and are immune to psychic and poison damage. All siege engines add
their attack bonus to their damage rolls.
Offensive Gear
Name Cost Weight Range Target Properties & Damage
Acid 25 gp 1 lb. melee, 20 ft 1 creature or object 2d6 acid damage
Alchemist's Fire 50 gp 1 lb. 20 ft 1 creature or object 1d4 fire/turn, DC10 DEX check to end
Bomb 150 gp 1 lb. 60 ft 1 point 5ft radius, DC12 DEX save, 3d6 fire, Gunpowder
Caltrops 1 gp 2 lb. - 5ft square DC15 DEX save or 1 piercing damage and -10 movement
Hunting Trap 5 gp 25 lb. 0 ft 1 creature 1d4 piercing, Sundering, status

Siege Engines
Name AC HP Attack Bonus Range Damage To-load To-aim To-fire Properties
Ballista 15 50 +6 120/480 ft 3d10 piercing 1 action 1 action 1 action Status, sundering
Cannon 19 75 +6 600/2400 ft 8d10 bludgeoning 1 action 1 action 1 action Gunpowder, status, sundering
Mangonel 15 100 +5 200/800 ft 5d10 bludgeoning 2 actions 2 actions 1 action Status,sundering
Trebuchet 15 150 +5 300/1,200 8d10 bludgeoning 2 actions 2 actions 1 action Status, sundering

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Special Properties
Blowgun
Ammunition for this weapon is made up of small, fine needles
that are especially potent when paired with a poison coating.
When applying poison to ammunition for this weapon
(blowgun needles), it can cover 10 pieces of ammunition
instead of the usual 3.
Cestus
The weapon is not held in the hand, instead being wrapped
around the wrist, held between the fingers, or covering the
knuckles. Wielding this weapon does not prevent you from
grappling or shoving an enemy, using an item, or interacting
with an object, but you cannot wield other weapons with that
hand.
Garotte Wire
Garrote Wire can only be used on a creature the same size or
smaller than the user, when the user has advantage against
that creature. On a hit the target is automatically grappled.
Until the grapple ends, the target cannot breath and begins to
choke, and the user has advantage on attack rolls against it.
Creatures that do not need to breath, such as undead,
constructs, elementals, and some plants, may be immune to a
garotte wire's choke at the discretion of the Dungeon Master.
Grapeshot
Instead of a single spherical bullet, a large number of tiny
projectiles fill a canister of grapeshot ammunition. Upon firing
a piece of grapeshot ammunition, the projectiles fly in a
straight line until they impact a creature or solid surface,
dealing the gun's normal damage. You may target a number of
creatures in that line equal to your proficiency bonus, making
new attack rolls for each creature. Regardless of how many
creatures you target, grapeshot cannot exceed the gun's
normal range.
Lance
You have disadvantage when you use a lance to attack a target
within 5 feet of you. A lance requires two hands to wield when
you aren't mounted.
Net
A Large or smaller creature hit by a net is restrained until it is
freed. A net has no effect on creatures that are formless, or
creatures that are Huge or larger. A creature can use its action
to make a DC 10 Strength check, freeing itself or another
creature within its reach on a success. Dealing 5 slashing
damage to the net (AC 10) also frees the creature without
harming it, ending the effect and destroying the net.
Pollaxe
The head of this weapon is enormously versatile, and
possesses an axe head, a hammerhead, and a large, pointed
spike. Users of a pollaxe may use bludgeoning, piercing, or
slashing damage on any single attack, deciding the damage
type before the roll is made.
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Tower Shield
To wield a tower shield, a creature must be medium or larger
and have at least 13 strength, and must have a strength score
of at least 15 or have their movement speed reduced by 10
feet, as with heavy armor. Creatures wielding this shield roll
Dexterity(Stealth) checks with disadvantage.
This enormous shield can be used for additional cover
against magical areas of effect. A creature wielding this shield
may use their reaction to hide behind their shield. This
reaction provides 3/4 cover against harmful area-of-effects
such as breath weapons or spells, so long as the effect does
not travel around corners, such as cloudkill. If the wearer of
the shield is directly between an adjacent creature and the
point of origin of the effect, the adjacent creature is given 1/2
cover from the effect. The second creature must be of equal or
smaller size to the wearer to gain this benefit.
Tower shields may also be planted in the ground as an
action. In this state they are no longer wielded and thus free
both hands of the former user, but may stand on their own to
act as 1/2 cover for an upright creature, or full cover for a
prone one.
Proficiencies
Some classes or racial features grant proficiency in additional
or alternate weapons:
Bard: Estoc, parrying dagger, sabre, buckler
Druid: Boar spear
Rogue: Estoc, garotte wire, parrying dagger, sabre, buckler
Elf weapon training: recurve bow proficiency replaces
longbow proficiency
Arquebus and wheellock handgun require the Weapon
Master feat or can be trained at half the normal time
required.
Classes with proficiency in all simple or all martial weapons
gain access to every weapon on those respective lists, as
normal.
Feats
With the addition of new weapons, many feats expand their
range of effect. Feats that list properties, rather than
individual weapons, apply as normal to the new weapons.
Polarm Master applies to boar spear, short spear, spear,
guisarme, pollaxe, ranseur, and trident.
Crossbow Expert applies the second bullet point to guns
and the third point to handgun as well as hand crossbow,
but guns still require an action to reload regardless of the
first point.
Blade Mastery applies to estoc and sabre.
Fell Handed applies to cestus, mace, and war pick.
Spear Mastery applies to boar spear, short spear, spear,
and pike.
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 Additionally, many of these weapons originate from cultures
Alternative Weapons and technology levels outside the European fantasy upon
Many weapons that existed in real life varied only slightly, which Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition is based, and may not
enough that the abstraction provided by the weapons here is be appropriate for every game. The DM is perfectly within
insufficient to differentiate them without adding more and their rights to not allow certain alternatives based on culture,
more properties, most of which would never benefit actual time period, location, or tone of the game. This list includes
play. The following table is meant to provide "reskins" for the wuxia alternate weapon names table found on page 41 of
certain weapons, expanding the arms a character might the Dungeon Master's Guide.
choose. These alternatives use the weight, properties, and This list is by no means exhaustive. Feel free to adapt the
damage of the weapon they originate from, though the type properties listed in this document in specific ways to the
may differ. Damage type changes are listed in parentheses weapons in the setting of play.
with the first letter of that type.
Default weapon Alternative
Battleaxe Fu, masakari
Cestus Bagh nakh (s), brass knuckles, push dagger (p), tekko
Club Bian, blackjack, cosh, tonfa
Dagger Bishou, kozuka, kukri, tamo, tanto
Flail Nunchaku (b), meteor hammer (b)
Glaive Bill, bisento, bardiche, falx, fauchard, guandao, naginata, sovnya, voulge, war scythe
Greatclub Peasant flail, kanabo, tetsubo
Greatsword Claymore, changdao, flamberge, nodachi, zweihander
Halberd Lochaber axe, rhomphaia, swordstaff
Handaxe Chakram, ono
Javelin Mau, uchi-ne
Lance Umayari
Light Hammer Chui
Longbow Daikyu, greatbow
Longsword Arming sword, broadsword, jian, katana
Lucerne Bec de Corbin
Pike Ahlspiess, sarissa, mao, nagaeyari
Quarterstaff Gun, bo
Ranseur Corseque, earspoon, partisan spontoon, rawcon
Scimitar Liuyedao, machete
Shield Aspis, ishlangu, pelte
Short Spear Assegai, hasta
Shortbow Hankyu
Shortsword Dandpatta, gladius, katar, wakizashi
Sickle Kama
Spear Doru, qiang, yari
Trident Cha, magariyari
Tower Shield Pavise, scutum
War Pick Fang, kuwa
Whip Cat-o-nine-tails

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