Generally weapons are gear that can be used in combat and have a bit more detail attributed to them. The weapons are normally grouped by category for the weapons skills (swords, spears, knives, axes, staff, whip-like, flails, thrown, bows, slings, crossbows, and contraptions). I’m going to be grouping them together in broader categories for the purposes of getting through these articles. The categories I’ll be using initially are blades, spears, clubs, axes, flexible, and ranged. While there may be some crossover most weapons have a primary purpose and belong to a category. \u00a0Knives, for example, are blades even though they may be used at range.<\/p>\n
All weapons have the following attributes:<\/p>\n
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- Control<\/strong>: This is a rating of how easy it is to use a particular weapon. This subtracts from the overall attack result. Persons without training in the weapons skill\u00a0will often find their attacks in the negative<\/li>\n
- Stress Rating<\/strong>: This is a bonus added to the stress done by successful attacks<\/li>\n
- Range<\/strong>: This is the maximum range that a weapon can normally be used at. If a weapon lacks a range then it is assumed to be personal. Such weapons can only be used in the same zone. Attempts to use a personal weapon at range suffer a -2 penalty. (NOTE: Only range weapons will have a ranged score).<\/li>\n
- Special Qualities<\/strong>: These are conditions, advantages, and effects that can be brought into effect by the use of that weapon.<\/li>\n
- Consequences<\/strong>: The types of special consequences the weapon allows. If an attacker succeeds with style on an attack, and causes a consequence, she may opt to choose the consequence she inflicts. The defender can counter this with the expenditure of a FATE point.<\/li>\n
- Consequence types<\/strong>: When defining the description of a consequence using this weapon players can choose a description that falls into one of these areas: Crushing, Chopping, Piercing, Slashing, Binding, Unbalancing. This is important because you can designate certain armors or creatures to be resistant or immune to certain consequence types making certain weapons less effective against them.<\/li>\n
- Resource Cost<\/strong>: This is the difficulty of a resource check to obtain a normal version of said item. For more ornate versions increase the cost by one level. If the item is expected to be empowered by the mysteries in any way, have a higher power level, or be made of a special material, increase the resource check as is appropriate to your game.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Spears:
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<\/a><\/h1>\nSpears are the defacto weapon of most warriors of the wild. Because of all the hazards that exist as you grow further away from civilization weapons with greater utility become more sought after.<\/p>\n
Craftsmen and warriors take great pride in their spears, often carving and painting ornate histories into the shaft\u00a0and blades of a spear. The Crow’s lance is often seen as the epitome of this practice where the lance itself is an incredible multi-tool that is built by the crow’s flock and family for him with painstaking detail and artistry.<\/p>\n
Spears, especially ornate spears, engender respect from the people. Someone who carries an ornate spear, or the spear of a recognized order, will be looked upon favorable by most people. This does however come along with the problem that people take note of you, come to you seeking help, or expect better behavior from you than others.<\/p>\n
Spears beyond the standard spear are detailed further.<\/p>\n
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\n Spears<\/td>\n Stress<\/td>\n Control<\/td>\n Qualities<\/td>\n Consequences<\/td>\n Cost<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Crow’s lance<\/td>\n 3<\/td>\n -2<\/td>\n <\/td>\n Pierce, slash<\/td>\n Great<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Owl’s spade<\/td>\n 2<\/td>\n 0<\/td>\n Talisman<\/td>\n Slash, crush<\/td>\n Great<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Short spear<\/td>\n 1<\/td>\n 0<\/td>\n <\/td>\n Pierce, slash, crush<\/td>\n Mediocre<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Spider spear<\/td>\n 1<\/td>\n -1<\/td>\n Retrieve<\/td>\n Pierce<\/td>\n Average<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Long spear<\/td>\n 2<\/td>\n -1<\/td>\n Clear<\/td>\n Pierce<\/td>\n Mediocre<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Footlance<\/td>\n 1<\/td>\n 0<\/td>\n Set<\/td>\n pierce<\/td>\n Average<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Mounted lance<\/td>\n 3<\/td>\n -1<\/td>\n charge<\/td>\n Pierce<\/td>\n Fair<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Reed lance<\/td>\n 1<\/td>\n -2<\/td>\n snap<\/td>\n Slash, pierce<\/td>\n Fair<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n Crow\u2019s Lance:<\/strong> A dangerous two headed spear that allows those trained in it\u2019s use to bring an almost relentless barrage of attacks to a target. The blades are extra sharp and do greater damage from the momentum of the properly twirled weapon.<\/p>\n
Owl\u2019s Spade<\/strong>: A long handled polearm with a heavy shovel like blade at the business end.\u00a0 These weapons are specially made by each Owl to serve as a focus in their use of the mysteries.\u00a0 An Owl can create an advantage called talisman by using the spade in a that allows him to focus energies through it.<\/p>\n
Spider Spear<\/strong>: This short harpoon-like spear has a hooked point and a chain or special braided attached to it that allows the wielder to slow or catch prey that it\u2019s thrown at. After succeeding with style on a thrown attack the\u00a0 wielder can create an advantage called \u201ccaught\u201d that they can use to try to move an opponent 1 zone toward them or create a fair barrier to stop them from moving for one exchange.<\/p>\n
Footlance<\/strong>: A long heavy spear. The spear is specially made to withstand a charge. A user can create the advantage \u201cSet\u201d which can be invoked to do 2 extra stress to a target that is hit by it.<\/p>\n
Mounted lance<\/strong>: A heavy spear meant to be used from the back of a mount. When mounted, the user can create the advantage \u201cCharge\u201d that can be invoked on a hit to do +2 stress.<\/p>\n
Reed Lance:<\/strong> This long spear is made from specially treated bamboos and other reed grasses. It is a surprisingly flexible weapon that bends and sways with every motion.\u00a0 Users can take advantage of the hyper-flexible nature of the spear and create and advantage called \u201csnap\u201d where they are able to twirl the spear in such a way that is snaps back for a super swift, hard to avoid attack.<\/p>\n
The next time we’ll take a look at Blades and Axes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This is\u00a0a series of articles from gear related items. It’s coming partly from stuff that I took out of the book because it was proving troublesome bringing it over to Fate Core from the original version of the rules which were being written from older, more crunchy versions of the \u2026<\/p>\n
- Stress Rating<\/strong>: This is a bonus added to the stress done by successful attacks<\/li>\n
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