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Weapons are any item that causes physical damage when wielded by a creature. These range from melee and ranged weapons to projectiles and ammunition.

Most weapons can be created with Smithing.

See Melee Weapons and Ranged Weapons for stats and crafting recipes.

Level Requirement

Arelith uses its own system to determine the level necessary to equip most gear crafted through the crafting system.

Weapons crafted through smithing have their own requirement, but otherwise, all weapons follow these exact price/requirement tiers:

• 2000 GP = Level 1
• 4000 GP = Level 4
• 7000 GP = Level 7
• 15000 GP = Level 10
• 30000 GP = Level 13
• Higher cost = Level 16
• Increased UMD flagged items= Level 21

The cost of an item is determined the moment it is generated. Even if the item is enchanted, upgraded, essenced, or changes owner, the requirement will remain exactly the same.

Proficiency

Weapons can now be freely equipped without having the corresponding proficiency. However, if you equip a weapon which you normally wouldn't be able to hold, you:

• Will receive a -8 AB penalty
• Won't be able to use the special abilities of said weapon, such as integrated spells.

Weapon Changes

Bill Hook added, Medium size, base damage: 1d8 Slashing, Critical threat: 20x3, Martial proficiency, Weapon Focus Group: Polearm.

Bastard Sword can be toggled to one handed/two handed with the -twohand command. Bastard swords, however, don't receive the bonus AB when they are two-handed using the command.

Calvary Weapons (Axe/Hammer/Sword) can be toggled to one handed/two handed with the -twohand command. They, however, don't receive the bonus AB when they are two-handed using the command.

Cane added, dual side Medium size finessable weapon, base damage 1d4 Bludgeoning. Critical threat: 19-20 x2. Simple, Druid, Monk, Rogue or Wizard weapon proficiency. Weapon Focus Group: Polearm.

Dire Mace damage changed from 1d8/1d8 (20/x2) to 1d12/1d12 (20x3).

Double Axe damage changed from 1d8/1d8 (20/x3) to 3d4/3d4 (20/x3).

Dwarven Waraxe can be used by Dwarves (NOT Derro, Wild Dwarves) without taking the Exotic Weapon Proficiency feat. Dwarves can also -twohand this weapon.

Halberd damage changed from 1d10 (20/x3) to 1d12 (20/x3).

Greataxe damage changed from 1d10 (20/x3) to 3d4 (20/x3).

Heavy Flail damage changed from 1d10 (19-20/x2) to 1d12 (19-20/x2).

Hook Hammer added, dual side Medium size finessable weapon, base damage 1d8/1d8 Bludgeoning and Piercing. Critical threat: 20 x3. Exotic or gnome weapon proficiency. Weapon Focus group: Polearm.

Kama size changed from Small to Tiny. Damage changed from 1d6 (20/x2) to 1d6 (19-20x2)

Note: Monk UBAB and Flurry of Blows have been removed from Kama.

Katana is affected by Weapon Finesse for medium and small races. Weight is reduced from 10 lbs to 6 lbs. It can now be used with the -twohand command. Katanas, however, don't receive the bonus AB when they are two-handed using the command.

Light Hammer damage changed from 1d4 (20/x3) to 1d6 (20/x3). Size changed from Small to Tiny.

Light Flail damage changed from 1d8 (20x2) to 1d8 (19-20/x2). Size changed from Medium to Small. Is affected by Weapon Finesse.

Light Mace damage changed from 1d6 (20/x2) to 1d6 (20/x3).

Light Pick Damage increased from 1d4 to 1d6. Added to Rogue Proficiency weapons, Is affected by Weapon Finesse.

Longsword added to Rogue Proficiency weapons and is affected by Weapon Finesse.

Mace (Light Mace) size changed from Small to Tiny.

Magic Staff size changed from Medium to Small.

Morningstar damage changed from 1d8 (20/x2) to 1d6 (20/x3).

Nodachi is finessable by medium creatures and is considered a rogue and swashbuckler weapon.

Pikes Can no longer be wielded in the off-hand by large characters.

Quarterstaff damage changed from 1d6 (20/x2) to 1d6/1d6 (19-20/x2). Is now a double-sided weapon, like the double-axe and the two-bladed sword. Like other double-sided weapons, its STR damage bonus is 1.0x for the main hand and 0.5 for the offhand attacks. It is affected by Weapon Finesse.

Sai damage changed from 1d6 (20/x2) to 1d6 (19-20/x2).

Scimitar added to Rogue Proficiency weapons is affected by Weapon Finesse.

Sickle damage changed from 1d6 (20/x2) to 1d4 (20/x3).

Sling size changed from Small to Tiny.

Spear damage lowered from 1d8/x3 to 1d6/x3. Size changed from Large to Small, thus they can be wielded with a shield. It can also be used with the -twohand command. Spears, however, don’t receive the bonus AB when they are two-handed using the command.

Note that due to a bug, a spear with shield may not be quickslotted, nor they will display the correct values in the sheet. There's a file to fix this available at Google Drive, just download and install in the Override folder.

Throwing Axes work along with Arelith's Barbarian Rage. Also, they have weight reduced from 1 pound to 0.2 pounds.

Trident damage changed from 1d8/x2 to 1d10/x3. They are still large weapons, and thus they cannot be wielded with shield. Weapon Focus feat will work for tridents. (Note that this is due to a work around in NWNX but it is unknown if this is a soft (i.e. counts towards +20 cap) or hard (as per normal weapon focus)). Can no longer be wielded in the off-hand by large characters.

Two-Bladed Sword damage changed from 1d8/1d8 (19-20/x2) to 1d6/1d6 (18-20/x2). Is affected by Weapon Finesse.

War Mace War Mace can be toggled to one handed/two handed with the -twohand command. Wielder does not receive the bonus AB when they are two-handed using the command.

Whip Can be used by Drows without taking the Weapon Proficiency (Exotic) feat.

Note: This merely allows use of whips it does not qualify for any selection of Proficiency dependant feats/skills.

Yari added, Medium size finessable weapon, base damage: 1d10 Piercing, Critical threat: 20x3, Exotic, Monk or Cavalier proficiency, Weapon Focus Group: Polearm.

Note that some modified weapons will not be displayed correctly in the character sheet (the information displayed will not affect the performance of the weapon), such as the spear and trident. The same Google Drive file as above includes the fix.

Two-Handed Use

All Weapons held as two-handed by the character will grant an additional +1 Attack Bonus (AB).

If you wield a weapon in one hand, you will generally not be able to use it in a two-handed fashion, even if you forego the use of a shield. There are several specific weapon exceptions to this which can be found under Weapon Changes.

This includes:

Medium weapons wielded by small sized races

Large weapons wielded by medium sized races

Colossal weapons wielded by large sized races.

This explicitly excludes:

Double sided weapons (Two-Bladed Sword/Dire Mace/Double Axe/Quarterstaff)

One handed weapons that are used in a Two-Handed fashion using the -twohand command

Large weapons wielded by large sized races, using the -twohand command, do not gain a bonus.

Weapon visuals guide

With Essences:

• Standard Weapons with enhancement bonuses such as a +1, +2, +3, will all show an essence's effect.

• Visuals will show on a crafted weapon of Greensteel, Masterly Steel or Masterly Damask.

• Visuals will show on Basin Enchanted weapons.

• The only essences to grant visual effects are +4 and +1d6.

• Acid, Cold, Electrical, Fire and Sonic will all grant visual effects to these weapons.

• Divine, Positive and Negative will not show any visual effects.

• Gloves will never show any visual effects.

Note that when an essence is applied to a weapon, previous elemental damage bonuses will be removed from that weapon (Acid, Cold, Divine, Electrical, Fire, Negative, Positive, and Sonic). The exception is damage bonuses added through Dweomercrafting. Damage bonuses not added by the player through the basin will be removed. Physical damage bonuses (Slash, etc) are not removed when adding an essence.

Weapon Visuals

Arrow Management and Essencing

To get improved ammunition, you can either find them or craft bundles that can be used with assemble templates.
Bundles of ammunition can be crafted or created via the Craft Ammunition feat.
You use the bundles on the template to transfer the stored properties onto the ammunition.

• Stable Slots will store Permanent Essences onto the Template.
• Unstable slots will store Temporary Essences (10 uses) or certain spells (5 uses)

Assemble Templates

See Assembly Template for much more detail.

Name	ID	DC	Craft Points	Value	Materials	Properties	Reusability
Basic Template	1033	5	20	500	1 Softwood 1 Aventurine 1 Ingot (Tin)	1 Unstable Slot	Permanent
Simple Template	1036	15	20	2000	2 Hardwood 1 Amethyst 1 Ingot (Tin) 1 Brass Gears 2 Glass Vials	1 Stable Slot 1 Unstable Slot	Permanent
Standard Template	1039	25	50	10000	2 Hardwood 1 Fire Agate 1 Ingot (Silver) 2 Brass Gears 3 Glass Vials	3 Unstable Slots	Consumable
Stable Template	1042	35	80	25000	2 Hardwood 1 Garnet 2 Brass Gears 3 Glass Vials 1 Small Seed Balm	2 Stable Slots 1 Unstable Slot	Repairable

Permanent Templates will not degrade, while Repairable ones can break if not maintained.
Consumable Templates are not repairable and will break after so many uses.

Spells for Unstable Slots

See Unstable Slots for a table of weapon magic spells for Assembly Templates.

Crafting

In Arelith, most weapons and armor are divided in two types - standard, that follow a strict style, and 'special', that have unique characteristics, greater power, as well as crafting requirements.

All standard weapons respect these rules:

Type	Bonus	Level Requirement
Bronze		N/A
Iron	Attack Bonus + 1	Level 2
	Damage Bonus + 1
Masterly Iron	Attack Bonus + 1	Level 2
	Damage Bonus + 2
Steel	Attack Bonus + 2	Level 2
	Damage Bonus + 2
Masterly Steel	Attack Bonus + 2	Level 2
	Damage Bonus + 4
Greensteel	Attack Bonus + 3	Level 13
	Keen (green light)
Damask	Attack Bonus + 3	Level 13
	Damage Bonus + 3
Masterly Damask	Attack Bonus + 3	Level 16
	Damage Bonus + 6

Recipes

See Melee Weapons and Ranged Weapons for stats and crafting recipes.

General Notes:

• Most weapons share similar recipes.
• Greensteel is divided in three size tiers; small (2 coal, 1 greensteel ingot), medium (4 coals, 2 ingots), large (6 coals, 3 ingots).
• Very rarely, some recipe may require something more (Some spears need a quarterstaff for crafting).
• All masterly damask recipes are identical.

Weapon Grouping Summary Chart

In Arelith weapon feats have been customized into groupings. This means when you select Weapon Focus 1H Concussion for example, the Weapon Focus Feat applied to all the weapons below flagged as 1H Concussion. In the case of weapons with 2 groupings, either weapon feat on either grouping will affect the weapon.

Weapon	Finesse	Size	Damage	Critical	Damage Type	Proficiency	1H Concussion	1H Edged	2-Handed	Polearm	Unarmed	Missile	Thrown
Cavalry Hammer	No	M	2d4	x3	Bludgeon-Pierce	Exotic, Cavalier	*
Light Flail	Yes	S	1d6	19-20x2	Bludgeon	Martial, Cavalier	*
Warhammer	No	M	1d8	x3	Bludgeon	Martial	*
Mace (Light Mace)	Yes	T	1d6	x3	Bludgeon	Simple, Rogue, Cavalier	*
War Mace	No	M	1d10	x3	Bludgeon	Exotic, Cavalier	*
Club	No	M	1d6	x2	Bludgeon	Simple, Primitive, Druid, Monk, Rogue, Wizard	*
Light Hammer	Yes	T	1d6	x3	Bludgeon	Martial	*
Morningstar	No	M	1d6	x3	Bludgeon-Pierce	Simple, Rogue, Cavalier	*
Magic Staff	No	S	1d6	x2	Bludgeon	Simple, Druid, Monk, Rogue, Wizard	*		*
Dire Macuahuitl	No	L	2d6	x3	Bludgeon	Exotic, Primitive	*		*
Macuahuitl	No	M	2d4	x3	Slash	Exotic, Primitive	*	*
Whip	Yes	S	1d2	20x2	Slash	Exotic, Rogue, Drow	*	*
Cavalry Axe	No	M	2d4	x3	Slash-Pierce	Exotic, Cavalier		*
Cavalry Sword	No	M	2d3	18-20/x2	Slash-Pierce	Exotic, Cavalier		*
Light Pick	Yes	T	1d6	x3	Pierce	Martial, Rogue		*
Heavy Pick	No	M	1d8	x3	Pierce	Martial		*
Short Sword	Yes	S	1d6	19-20/x2	Pierce	Martial, Rogue		*
Longsword	Yes	M	1d8	19-20/x2	Slash	Martial, Elf, Rogue		*
Battleaxe	No	M	1d8	x3	Slash	Martial		*
Dagger	Yes	T	1d4	19-20/x2	Pierce	Simple, Druid, Monk, Rogue, Wizard		*
Handaxe	Yes	S	1d6	x3	Slash	Martial, Monk, Rogue		*
Kama	Yes	T	1d6	19-20x2	Slash	Exotic, Assassin, Monk		*
Kukri	Yes	T	1d4	18-20/x2	Slash	Exotic		*
Rapier	Yes	M	1d6	18-20/x2	Pierce	Martial, Elf, Rogue		*
Scimitar	Yes	M	1d6	18-20/x2	Slash	Martial, Druid, Rogue		*
Sickle	Yes	S	1d6	x3	Slash	Simple, Druid		*
Dwarven Waraxe	No	M	1d10	x3	Slash	Exotic, Dwarf		*
Sai	Yes	T	1d4	19-20x2	Bludgeon	Exotic, Assassin, Monk		*
Wakizashi	Yes	S	1d8	19-20/x2	Slash	Exotic, Monk, Cavalier		*
Katar	Yes	T	2d2	19-20/x2	Slash-Pierce	Exotic, Assassin, Monk		*			*
Katana	Yes M and S	M	1d10	19-20/x2	Slash	Exotic, Monk, Cavalier		*	*
Bastard Sword	No	M	1d10	19-20/x2	Slash	Exotic, Cavalier		*	*
Nodachi	Yes L and M	L	3d4	19-20/x2	Slash	Exotic, Cavalier, Monk			*
Greatsword	No	L	2d6	19-20/x2	Slash	Martial			*
Greataxe	No	L	3d4	x3	Slash	Martial			*
Falchion	No	L	2d4	18-20/x2	Slash	Exotic			*
Heavy Flail	No	L	1d12	19-20x2	Bludgeon	Martial, Cavalier	*		*
Maul	No	L	2d6	x3	Bludgeon	Martial	*		*
Great Club	No	L	1d10	x2	Bludgeon	Simple, Primitive, Druid			*
Colossal Axe	No	H	2d8	x3	Slashing	Martial			*
Colossal Hammer	No	H	2d8	x3	Bludgeoning	Martial			*
Colossal Sword	No	H	2d8	19-20x2	Slashing	Martial			*
Dire Mace	No	L	1d12/1d12	x3	Bludgeon	Exotic			*	*
Double Axe	No	L	3d4/3d4	x3	Slash	Exotic			*	*
Quarterstaff	Yes	L	1d6/1d6	19-20/x2	Bludgeon	Simple, Druid, Monk, Rogue, Wizard			*	*
Two-Bladed Sword	Yes L (1H) and M	L	1d6/1d6	18-20/x2	Slash	Exotic			*	*
Cane	Yes M (1H) and S	M	1d4/1d4	19-20/x2	Bludgeoning	Simple, Druid, Monk, Rogue, Wizard				*
Hookhammer	Yes M (1H) and S	M	1d8/1d8	x3	Bludgeoning, Piercing	Exotic, Gnome				*
Halberd	No	L	1d12	x3	Slash-Pierce	Martial				*
Scythe	No	L	2d4	x3	Slash-Pierce	Simple, Druid, Cavalier				*
Spear	Yes	S	1d6	x3	Pierce	Simple, Primitive, Druid, Aquatic Elf, Cavalier				*
Lance	No	M	1d8	x3	Pierce	Martial, Cavalier				*
Lance (Small)	No	S	1d6	x3	Pierce	Martial				*
Trident	No	L	1d10	x3	Pierce	Martial, Aquatic Elf				*
Pike	No	L	1d8	20/x3	Pierce	Simple, Primitive, Sea Elf				*
Naginata	Yes L and M	L	1d10	x3	Bludgeon-Pierce	Exotic, Monk, Cavalier				*
Billhook	No	M	1d8	x3	Slashing	Martial				*
Yari	Yes	M	1d10	x3	Piercing	Exotic, Monk, Cavalier				*
Light Crossbow	N/A	S	1d8	19-20/x2	Pierce	Simple, Monk, Rogue, Wizard						*
Heavy Crossbow	N/A	M	1d10	19-20/x2	Pierce	Simple, Monk, Rogue, Wizard						*
Shortbow	N/A	M	1d6	x3	Pierce	Martial, Primitive, Elf, Rogue, Aquatic Elf						*
Longbow	N/A	L	1d8	x3	Pierce	Martial, Elf, Aquatic Elf						*
Sling	N/A	T	1d4	x2	Bludgeon	Simple, Primitive, Druid, Monk, Rogue						*	*
Dart	N/A	T	1d4	x2	Pierce	Simple, Primitive, Druid, Rogue							*
Shuriken	N/A	T	1d3	x2	Pierce	Exotic, Monk							*
Throwing Axe	N/A	S	1d8	x2	Slash	Martial							*
Throwing Dagger	N/A	S	1d4	x2	Pierce	Simple, Primitive, Druid, Rogue							*