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| Mundane Melee Weapons | |
|---|---|
| Slot used: | Weapon |
| Crafting Points Required: | None |
| Coin Cost: | Free |
| Encampment Item: | No |
| Lootable: | No |
| Brief Description: | A weapon for personal combat |
Mundane Melee Weapons
These are the requirements to bring a melee weapon prop into the game.
All striking surfaces should have a minimum of 5/8 inch (1.59cm) of closed-cell foam.
All non-handle surfaces of a weapon should have a minimum of 3/8 inch (.96cm) of closed-cell foam.
| Weaponsmithing Rank Required to create | 1 Rank per 4 Craft Points used |
|---|---|
| Coin Cost to Create: | 10 per Craft Point used |
| Lootable: | Yes |
| Brief Description: | A weapon for personal combat |
All melee weapon props must have a rigid core. Cores of wood or metal are forbidden. Acceptable core materials include but are not limited to: plastic, PVC, fiberglass, and carbon fiber. The core of the weapons should be securely held within the padding by glue, tape, or some other adhesive. Padding that slides or twists on the weapons core will be rejected. Cores that rattle or bounce within the padding will be rejected.
All pommels, crossguards, quillions, basket hilts, and other hilt fittings (not to include the grip iteself) must be composed of a flexible material.
The minimum length for any melee weapon is 16 inches (40.64cm). Non-handle pommels do not count towards the overall length measurement of a weapon.
Weapons that flex more than 45 degrees will be rejected.
No swung weapon may have more than 1/3 of its length unpadded for striking. The total unpadded section of a swung weapon may not be more than 30 unpadded inches (76.2cm) total.
Illegal weapons include but are not limited to: flails, punch daggers, slings, ball & chain weapons, and blowguns. Any weapon with a flexible component or which strikes primarily with a punching motion of the arm rather than a swinging motion is forbidden.
Related Rules
Special Weapons
In addition to a weapon needing to meet standards for safety the appearance of the weapon indicates certain information. The following colors are reserved for (and required by) weapons made of special materials:
- Elven steel weapons or other items must be covered with black paint then decorated with natural looking thin white/silver veins coursing through it.
- Goblin iron (poison) weapons must be covered with green paint.
- Blightsteel (blight) weapons don't have a specific paint job at this time, and as such won't be seen at game until they do.
- Razorleaf (nature) weapons must have the blade or any striking surface covered with red paint.
- Primal weapons (or other custom specialty items) must be covered with red paint then decorated with natural looking thin black veins coursing through it.
- Weapons made of more than one exceptional material must conform to all color requirements, usually this is done by coloring each cutting edge of a sword as a different material.
While not a special materials these items deserves note.
- A master's blade must have an above average looking prop to represent it.
- Weapons with spells in them must be covered with blue paint to indicate they are magical.
Melee Weapons
Melee weapons are hand-held weapons used for close-range, personal combat.
Melee weapons are further divided into three sub-categories based on length:
- A non-martial weapon is any melee weapon under 35 inches (88.9cm) in length.
- A martial weapon is any melee weapon at least 35 inches (88.9cm) in length but no longer than 45 inches (114.3cm) in length.
- A great weapon is any melee weapon over 45 inches (114.3cm) in length.
Carrying a melee weapon in each hand is referred to as "dual wielding" or "two weapon fighting". Players may not carry a melee weapon in each hand at any time unless they have the appropriate skills needed to dual wield.
The damage a character deals with any melee weapon starts at 1. This can be increased by skills, consumables, spells and other similar effects that increase melee weapon damage. Melee weapons have a natural limit on how much damage they can deal.
When wielded by themselves melee weapons have a cap of 4 damage
While dual wielding your melee damage is capped at 2.
Wielding a shield in combat limits your melee damage to a cap of 2. Note that passive bucklers do not have this cap.
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