Vinland Weapons

The table to the right shows the relation of attack and defense skills. Any attack skill is related at some level to other attack skills, and any defense skill is related at some level to other defense skills. However, attack skill with sword does not give you defense skill (i.e. skill in parrying).

Same box: +4 for every 5 points of added skill
1 box removed: +3 for every 5 points of added skill
2 boxes removed: +2 for every 5 points of added skill
3 boxes removed: +1 for every 5 points of added skill

For example, Dodge is 2 boxes removed from Sword Defense skill. Thus, every 5 points a character puts into Dodge adds +2 to the Sword Defense skill.

Dodge Grapple Head Butt	Shortspear	Longspear
Dagger Fist Kick	Sword Hatchet Tomahawk	Greatsword
Round Shield Buckler	Axe War Club	Greataxe Maul

Bow

Thrown Dagger

Thrown Hatchet
Thrown Spear

Weapon Stats

Weapon	Base Damage	Base Atk/Def	Length	Armor Pts	Min. STR/DEX	Weight	Wealth
Axe	1d6+2	10%	1	6	13/9	4 lbs	3: Struggling
Dagger	1d6	15%	0	6	-/-	1 lb	2: Poor
Fist	1d3	25%	0	-	-/-	-	-
Grapple	-	25%	0	-	-/-	-	-
Greataxe	2d6	05%	2	8	11/9	8 lbs	4: Common
Greatsword	2d6	05%	2	10	11/13	10 lbs	5: Comfortable
Hatchet	1d6+1	10%	1	6	7/9	2 lbs	2: Poor
Kick	1d6	25%	0	-	-/-	-	-
Longspear	1d10+1	15%	2	6	9/7	4 lbs	2: Poor
Maul	1d10+2	10%	2	10	11/7	10 lbs	3: Struggling
Round Shield	1d6-1	25%	0	8	9/7	10 lbs	3: Struggling
Shortspear	1d6+1	05%	1	8	7/7	2 lbs	2: Poor
Sword	1d6+2	15%	1	10	9/7	4 lbs	4: Common
War Club	1d6+2	10%	1	8	11/9	6 lbs	3: Struggling

Dagger: A basic knife or pointed cleaver, 6-12" long.
Greatsword: A two-handed sword around 5' long, rarely used and associated with berserkers.
Hatchet: An iron axe with a 15" handle, suitable for throwing. Rarely used in combat.
Sword: Most swords are straight and two-edged, about 3.5 feet long. The metal tends to be low quality: It will chip and bend somewhat over the course of a long battle.
Shield: Traditionally a round wooden shield about 3 feet in diameter, of boards attached to a small metal boss and handle at the center. It weighs around 8 to 12 pounds.
Tomahawk: The secondary weapon and tool of Lagakin warriors, this is a small stone axe with a 12"-18" handle. Suitable for throwing or close combat.
War Club: The traditional weapon of Lagakin, a stone ball around 8" in diameter attached to a 3' wooden handle.

John H. Kim <jhkim-at-darkshire-dot-net>

Last modified: Wed Jul 16 22:31:41 2003