The Dragon Tablets: Iteration Three – Weapons

Crafted Weapons and Shields by Bethesda

Building on the material from the Crafting Materials and Jobs post, we have now come to the weapons, the first post on lifesavers for any adventurer.

In this post we’re using GURPS Basic Set, GURPS Dungeon Fantasy 1: Adventurers, and GURPS Low-Tech for gear and refer to them as Basic Set, Dungeon Fantasy, and Low-Tech.

Material costs were listed in the above-mentioned post. This post will list what materials are needed to craft an item and what that item is sold for. Anyone who wants to calculate how much the craftsman is paid for their job can calculate the material cost and subtract it from this cost.

Bows and crossbows have been skipped on purpose. The next post will be all about those as created with The Deadly Spring from Pyramid #3/33.

Weapons

Some weapons have been taken from Basic Set and Low-Tech and are described there. While other weapons were designed in Iteration Two. These weapon stats could represent more than one weapon as they, despite their differences, all fit the description and the stats.

Modifiers

Not all weapons follow the standard. If they are crafted by another material or is otherwise better or worse than the standard, the classification of those differences will be listed here.

Balanced: It works as Balanced from Dungeon Fantasy Chapter Five. CF +4.

Cheap: It works as Cheap from Low-Tech Chapter Five. CF -0.6.

Dragonbone: Melee weapons have the same weight and have a +1 bonus to skill and +2 bonus to damage. It also gives -3 reactions from dragons. CF +29.

Dragonsteel: Metal weapons weigh the same as steel and have a +1 bonus to skill and +2 bonus to damage. It also gives -3 reactions from The Knights of Celemana and the friends and family of the rightful owner. CF +29.

Elven: Elven melee weapons and bows have range and damage as if the wielder had +2 to ST. CF +16.

Entercian Silver: Metal weapons can be made of Entercian Silver to exploit monster Vulnerability. These weapons have normal weight. CF +19.

Fine: It works as Fine from Dungeon Fantasy Chapter Five. CF varies.

Horn: It works as Horn from Low-Tech Chapter Five. CF -0.8.

Gnomish: It works as Fine and Orichalcum from Dungeon Fantasy Chapter Five. CF varies.

Iron: Not affected by Fine and better quality. Always considered cheap.

Matruskan Steel: It works as Orichalcum. It never dulls. It has half the weight of steel. And gives a +1 bonus to skill and damage. CF +43.

Meteoric: It works as Meteoric from Dungeon Fantasy Chapter Five. CF +19.

Ornate: It works as Ornate from Dungeon Fantasy Chapter Five. CF varies.

Poorly Balanced: It works as Cheap from Low-Tech Chapter Five. CF -0.6.

Very Fine: It works as Very Fine from Dungeon Fantasy Chapter Five. CF +19.

Wood: It works as Wood from Low-Tech Chapter Five. This does not affect weapons that normally are made from wood. CF -0.9.

Dragonbone, Dragonsteel, Entercian Silver, Gnomish, Horn, Iron, Matruskan Steel, Meteoric, and Wood are mutually exclusive. Cheap, Fine, and Very Fine are mutually exclusive. Balanced and Poorly Balanced are mutually exclusive. Elven and Gnomish are mutually exclusive.

Melee Weapon Table

Listed weapons are divided according to the skill needed to wield them competently. Some weapons can be wielded by more than one skill and will be listed for all skills, but the details will only be listed on the first. Weapons designed in Iteration Two will be given a complete table workup. Categories with no weapons or only weapons that have been described elsewhere will not be included in this list.

The assignment of how much of each material is needed in a given weapon may be way off from what reality would dictate, but this is a best guess based on no to minimal research to get something workable in the setting.

Weapons marked with an asterisk (*) come from Marshlands exclusively. Most of the other weapons may have been developed in more than one place. The weapon notes are taken from Low-Tech.

Axe/Mace

Axe: 2.5 lbs of steel and 1.5 lbs of wood post. Sold for $50.

Axe-Hammer: 4.5 lbs of steel and 1.5 lbs of wood post. Sold for $100.

Axe-Pick: 3.5 lbs of steel and 1.5 lbs of wood post. Sold for $80.

Hatchet: 1.5 lbs of steel and 0.5 lbs of wood post. Sold for $40.

Khopesh: 3 lbs of steel, 0.5 ounces of wood post or 1 ounce of bone/horn, and 5 ounces of leather. Sold for $450.

Knobbed Club: 2 lbs of wood post. Sold for $20.

Hammer-Pick: 4.5 lbs of steel and 1.5 lbs of wood post. Sold for $100.

Mace: 3 lbs of steel and 2 lbs of wood post. Sold for $50.

Pick: 1.5 lbs of steel and 1.5 lbs of wood post. Sold for $70.

Sickle: 2 lbs of steel and 0.5 ounces of wood post or 1 ounce of bone/horn. Sold for $40.

Small Axe: 2 lbs of steel and 1 lb of wood post. Sold for $45.

Small Mace: 2 lbs of steel and 1 lb of wood post. Sold for $35.

Small Throwing Axe: 2 lbs of steel and 1 lb of wood post. Sold for $50.

Throwing Axe: 2.5 lbs of steel and 1.5 lbs of wood post. Sold for $60.

Weapon	Damage	Reach	Parry	Cost	Weight	ST	Notes
Axe-Hammer or	sw+3 cut sw+3 cr	1 1	0U 0U	$100 -	6 -	12 12
Axe-Pick or	sw+2 cut sw+2 imp	1 1	0U 0U	$80 -	5 -	12 12	[3, 4]
Hammer-Pick or	sw+3 cr sw+2 imp	1 1	0U 0U	$100 -	6 -	12 12	[3, 4]

Brawling, DX

Backsword: 3 lbs of steel, 0.5 ounces of wood post or 1 ounce of bone/horn, and 5 ounces of leather. Sold for $550.

Blackjack: 0.5 lbs of soft metal and 0.5 lbs of wood post. Sold for $20.

Combat Fan: 1 lb of steel and 1 ounce of leather. Sold for $40.

Cutlass: 2 lbs of steel and 0.5 ounces of wood post or 1 ounce of bone/horn. Sold for $500.

Brawling, Karate, DX

*Tonfa: 1.5 lbs of wood post. Sold for $40.

Broadsword

Backsword: See above

Bastard Sword: 4.5 lbs of steel, 0.5 ounces of wood post or 1 ounce of bone/horn, and 0.5 lbs of leather. Sold for $650

Broadsword: 3 lbs of steel, 0.5 ounces of wood post or 1 ounce of bone/horn, and 5 ounces of leather. Sold for $500.

Cavalry Saber: 3 lbs of steel and 0.5 ounces of wood post or 1 ounce of bone/horn. Sold for $500.

*Dao: 5 lbs of steel and 0.5 ounces of wood post or 1 ounce of bone/horn. Sold for $700.

Edged Rapier: 3 lbs of steel and 0.5 ounces of wood post or 1 ounce of bone/horn. Sold for $1,000.

*Jian: 2.5 lbs of steel, 0.5 ounces of wood post or 1 ounce of bone/horn, and 0.5 lbs of cloth. Sold for $700.

*Jo: 2 lbs of wood post. Sold for $10.

*Katana: 4.5 lbs of steel, 0.5 ounces of wood post or 1 ounce of bone/horn, and 0.5 lbs of cloth. Sold for $650.

Khopesh: See above.

Large Falchion: 4.5 lbs of steel, 0.5 ounces of wood post or 1 ounce of bone/horn, and 5 ounces of leather. Sold for $625.

*Late Katana: 2.5 lbs of steel, 0.5 ounces of wood post or 1 ounce of bone/horn, and 0.5 lbs of cloth. Sold for $550.

Light Club: 3 lbs of wood post. Sold for $5.

Thrusting Bastard Sword: 4.5 lbs of steel, 0.5 ounces of wood post or 1 ounce of bone/horn, and 0.5 lbs of leather. Sold for $750.

Thrusting Broadsword: 3 lbs of steel, 0.5 ounces of wood post or 1 ounce of bone/horn, and 5 ounces of leather. Sold for $600.

Flail

Bolas: 1.5 lbs of soft metal and 0.5 lbs of rope†. Sold for $20.

Morningstar: 4.5 lbs of steel and 1.5 lbs of wood post. Sold for $80.

*Nunchaku: 0.5 lbs of steel and 1.5 lbs of wood post. Sold for $20.

Weighted Scarf: 1 lb of soft metal and 5 ounces of fabric. Sold for $10.

† Rope is not listed in the previous post. It requires 1 lb of raw fiber to make 1 lb of rope. One person can make 6 lbs of rope per day, which is 4 pieces of rope in Basic Set at $5 per rope.

Garrote

Garrote:  Negligible amounts of steel and negligible amounts of wood post. Sold for $2.

Weighted Scarf: See above.

Jitte/Sai

*Sai: 1.5 lbs of steel and 5 ounces of leather. Sold for $60.

Knife

Dagger: 0.25 lbs of steel and 1 ounce of leather. Sold for $20.

Kukri: 1 lb of steel, 0.5 ounces of wood post or 1 ounce of bone/horn, and 0.5 lbs of leather. Sold for $50.

Large Knife: 1 lbs of steel, 0.5 ounces of wood post or 1 ounce of bone/horn, and 4 ounces of leather. Sold for $40.

Long Knife: 1 lb of steel, 0.5 ounces of wood post or 1 ounce of bone/horn, and 0.5 lbs of leather. Sold for $120.

Main-Gauche: 1 lb of steel, 0.5 ounces of wood post or 1 ounce of bone/horn, and 0.25 lbs of leather. Sold for $50.

Short Baton: 0.5 lbs of wood post. Sold for $10.

Small Knife: 0.5 lbs of steel and 2 ounces of leather. Sold for $30.

Wooden Stake: 0.5 lbs of wood post. Sold for $4.

Kusari

Chain Whip: 3 lbs of steel per yard. Sold for $50 per yard.

*Kusari: 4 lbs of steel and 1 lb of soft metal. Sold for $70.

*Kusarigama: 3 lbs of steel and 1.5 lbs of wood post. Sold for $80.

Lance

Lance: 1 lb of steel and 5 lbs of wood post. Sold for $60.

Polearm

Dueling Glaive: 3 lbs of steel and 3 lbs of wood post. Sold for $80.

Dueling Halberd: 7 lbs of steel and 3 lbs of wood post. Sold for $120

Glaive: 4 lbs of steel and 4 lbs of wood post. Sold for $100.

Halberd: 8 lbs of steel and 4 lbs of wood post. Sold for $150.

*Naginata: 3 lbs of steel and 3 lbs of wood post. Sold for $100.

Oar: 8 lbs of wood post. Sold for $40.

Poleaxe: 6 lbs of steel and 4 lbs of wood post. Sold for $120.

Pollaxe: 6 lbs of steel and 4 lbs of wood post. Sold for $120.

Rapier

*Jian: See above

Edged Rapier: See above.

Light Edged Rapier: 2.25 lbs of steel and 0.5 ounces of wood post or 1 ounce of bone/horn. Sold for $700.

Light Rapier: 2 lbs of steel and 0.5 ounces of wood post or 1 ounce of bone/horn. Sold for $400.

Rapier: 2.75 lbs of steel and 0.5 ounces of wood post or 1 ounce of bone/horn. Sold for $500.

Saber

Saber: 2 lbs of steel, 0.5 ounces of wood post or 1 ounce of bone/horn, and 5 ounces of leather. Sold for $700.

Shortsword

Baton: 1 lb of wood post. Sold for $20.

Cutlass: 2 lbs of steel, 0.5 ounces of wood post or 1 ounce of bone/horn, and 5 ounces of leather. Sold for $500.

Falchion: 3 lbs of steel, 0.5 ounces of wood post or 1 ounce of bone/horn, and 5 ounces of leather. Sold for $400.

Long Knife: See above.

Short Baton: See above.

Shortsword: 2 lbs of steel, 0.5 ounces of wood post or 1 ounce of bone/horn, and 5 ounces of leather. Sold for $400.

Small Falchion: 2 lbs of steel, 0.5 ounces of wood post or 1 ounce of bone/horn, and 5 ounces of leather. Sold for $200.

Smallsword

Dress Smallsword: 1 lb of steel. Sold for $300.

Short Staff: 1 lb of wood post. Sold for $20.

Smallsword: 1.5 lbs of steel. Sold for $400.

Spear

Heavy Spear: 2 lbs of steel and 4 lbs of wood post. Sold for $90.

Javelin: 0.5 lbs of steel and 1.5 lbs of wood post. Sold for $30.

Long Spear: 1.5 lbs of steel and 3.5 lbs of wood post. $60.

Pike: 3 lbs of steel and 8 lbs of wood post. Sold for $80.

Short Spear: 0.5 lbs of steel and 1.5 lbs of wood post. Sold for £30.

Spear: 1 lb of steel and 3 lbs of wood post. Sold for $40.

Trident: 2 lbs of steel and 3 wood post. Sold for $80.

Staff

Dueling Polearm: See above.

*Jo: See above.

Long Staff: 5 lbs of wood post. Sold for $15.

Quarterstaff.: 4 lbs of wood post. Sold $10.

Tonfa

*Tonfa: See above.

Two-Handed Axe/Mace

Axe: See above.

Great Axe: 4 lbs of steel and 4 lbs of wood post. Sold for $100.

Long Axe: 2 lbs of steel and 4 lbs of wood post. Sold for $75.

Mace: See above.

Maul: 4 lbs of steel and 8 lbs of wood post. Sold for $80.

Scythe: 0.5 lbs of steel and 4.5 lbs of wood post. Sold for $15.

Throwing Axe: See above.

Two-Handed Axe-Hammer: 4.5 lbs of steel and 2.5 lbs of wood post. Sold for $120.

Two-Handed Axe-Pick: 4.5 lbs of steel and 2.5 lbs of wood post. Sold for $120.

Two-Handed Hammer-Pick: 4.5 lbs of steel and 2.5 lbs of wood post. Sold for $120.

Warhammer: 3 lbs of steel and 4 lbs of wood post. Sold for $100.

Weapon	Damage	Reach	Parry	Cost	Weight	ST	Notes
Two-Handed Axe-Hammer	sw+3 cut sw+4 cr	1 1	0U 0U	$120 -	7 -	12‡ 12‡
Two-Handed Axe-Pick	sw+3 cut sw+4 imp	1 1	0U 0U	$100 -	7 -	12‡ 12‡	[3, 4]
Two-Handed Hammer-Pick	sw+4 cr sw+4 imp	1 1	0U 0U	$100 -	7 -	12‡ 12‡	[3, 4]

Two-Handed Flail

Flail: See above.

Three-Part Staff: 1 lb of steel and 4 lbs of wood. Sold for $60.

Two-Handed Sword

Greatsword: 6.5 lbs of steel, 1 ounce of wood post or 2 ounces of bone/horn, and 0.5 lbs of leather. Sold for $800.

*Jo: See above.

*Katana: See above.

*Late Katana: See above.

*Naginata: See above.

Quarterstaff: See above.

Thrusting Bastard Sword: See above.

Thrusting Greatsword: 6.5 lbs of steel, 1 ounce of wood post or 2 ounces of bone/horn, and 0.5 lbs of leather. Sold for $900.

Whip

Light Whip: 0.5 lbs of leather per yard. Sold for $20 per yard.

Whip: 2 lbs of leather per yard. Sold for $20 per yard.

Ranged Weapon Table

Listed weapons are divided according to the skill needed to wield it competently. Weapons designed here will be given a complete table workup. Categories with no weapons or only weapons that have been described elsewhere will not be included in this list.

The division of how much of each material is needed in a given weapon may be way off from what reality would dictate, but this is a best guess based on no to minimal research to get something workable in the setting.

Weapons marked with an asterisk (*) come from Marshlands exclusively. Most of the other weapons may have been developed in more than one place.

Blowpipe

Blowpipe: 1 lb of wood post. Sold for $30.

Cloak

Heavy Cloak: 5 lbs of cloth. Sold for $50.

Light Cloak: 2 lbs of cloth. Sold for $20.

Net

Large Net: 20 lbs of thread/yarn. Sold for $40.

Melee Net: 5 lbs of thread/yarn. Sold for $20.

Sling

Heavy Sling: 1 lb of leather. Sold for $20.

Sling: 0.5 lbs of leather. Sold for $20.

Staff Sling: 1.5 lbs of wood and 0.5 lbs of leather. Sold for $20.

Thrown Weapon (Dart)

Throwing Dart: 1 ounce of steel, 1 lb of wood, and 1 ounce of feathers†. Sold for $20.

† Feathers are not listed in the previous post. It’s an animal product in the raw materials category. It is worth $0.10 per pound.

Thrown Weapon (Harpoon)

Harpoon: 2 lbs of steel and 4 lbs of wood. Sold for $60.

Thrown Weapon (Knife)

Dagger: See above.

Large Knife: See above.

Large Throwing Knife: 1 lbs of steel, 0.5 ounces of wood post or 1 ounce of bone/horn, and 4 ounces of leather. Sold for $40.

Sai: See above.

Small Knife: See above.

Small Throwing Knife: 0.5 lbs of steel and 2 ounces of leather. Sold for $30.

Wooden Stake: See above.

Thrown Weapon (Shuriken)

*Spike Shuriken: 0.1 lbs of steel. Sold for $3.

*Star Shuriken: 0.1 lbs of steel. Sold for $3.

Thrown Weapon (Stick)

Boomerang: 1 lb of wood post. Sold for $20.

Throwing Stick: 1 lb of wood post. Sold for $10.