Weapons

Adventurers have a multitude of different weapon types to each suited to various combat styles and situations. Whether favoring the reach of polearms, the versatility of swords, or the crushing power of blunt weapons, each type brings its own advantages and tactical options. Weapons can be split into two categories:

1. Melee Weapons
2. Ranged Weapons

Additionally, they can be split to their own two subcategories:

1. SIMPLE Melee Weapons & MARTIAL Melee Weapons
2. SIMPLE Ranged Weapons & MARTIAL Ranged Weapons

Melee v. Ranged

In general, all melee weapons have a range of 5 feet unless they have the Reach Property. Ranged weapons can be used to attack in a greater distance dependent on the number next to the Ammunition/Thrown Property.

Weapon Proficiency

Creatures WITH the weapon type proficiency:

• Add their proficiency bonus to your attack roll

Most creatures are proficient in simple weapons — both simple melee and simple ranged. On the other hand, martial weapons are more complex that not many creatures have proficiency in.

Martial and Simple weapon proficiencies is determined by your Class, Race, or other features.

Weapon Properties

Many weapons have special properties related to their use.

Finesse

Add your Strength OR Dexerity modifier to your Attack Roll
Add your Strength OR Dexterity modifier to your Attack Damage

You must use the same modifier for both rolls.

Heavy

Disadvantage on attack rolls when:

• Using a melee weapon with a Strength Score of less than 13.
• Using a ranged weapon with a Dexterity Score of less than 13.

Light

Can be used for Two-Weapon Fighting (Dual-Wield):

• As a Bonus Action, you make a bonus attack with your other/off-hand weapon.
  • You DO NOT add your ability modifier to the bonus attack's attack damage
• Both weapons must have the Light property

Two-Handed

Requires two hands to attack.

Versatile

Can be used with one OR two hands.
Numbers (X) indicate its attack damage:

• X: Weapon is held with two hands

Reach

+5 feet to your melee attack range.

Loading

Can only make one ranged attack per turn.

Range

Can conduct a ranged attack
Two numbers (X/Y) indicate its range in feet:

1. Normal Range: X
2. Long Range: Y
   • Disadvantage on your attack roll.

Ammunition

Requires the corresponding ammunition to make a ranged attack.

• Consumes ammunition (i.e. Arrows, Rocks, Stones)
• At the end of an encounter, you can recover half your ammunition

Melee attacks are considered Improvised Weapons.

Two numbers (X/Y) indicate its range in feet:

1. Normal Range: X
2. Long Range: Y
   • Disadvantage on your attack roll.

Thrown

Can conduct a ranged attack.

• Use melee attack modifiers (Strength)
• On a successful hit, weapon lands on/near the target
• On a miss, weapon lands near/far from the target

Two numbers (X/Y) indicate its range in feet:

1. Normal Range: X Feet
2. Long Range: Y Feet
   • Disadvantage on your attack roll.

Special

Is a Special Weapon.

Special Weapons

Weapons with special rules:

Lance

Disadvantage to attack a target within 5 feet of you.
Two Handed when unmounted.

Net

A Large or smaller creature hit by a net is restrained.

• No effect on creatures that are formless, or creatures that are Huge or larger.

For a creature to escape, they or another creature must do one of the following:

1. Use an action to make a DC 10 Strength check
2. Deal 5 slashing damage to the net (AC 10)
   • Is considered an attack
   • Restrained creature does not take damage

Improvised Weapons

An improvised weapon includes any object you can wield in one or two hands, such as:

• Broken glass
• Table leg
• Frying pan
• Dead goblin

Often, an improvised weapon is similar to an actual weapon and can be treated as such:

• A table leg ≈ a club

At the GM's option, a character proficient with a weapon can use a similar object as if it were that weapon and use his or her proficiency bonus.

An object that bears no resemblance to a weapon deals 1d4 damage (the GM assigns a damage type appropriate to the object).

• This includes ranged weapon melee attacks & thrown weapon attacks

An improvised thrown weapon has a normal range of 20 feet and a long range of 60 feet.

Silvered Weapons

Some monsters that have immunity or resistance to nonmagical weapons are susceptible to silver weapons. You can silver a single weapon or ten pieces of ammunition for 100 gp.

This cost represents the price of the silver, and the time and expertise needed to add silver to the weapon without making it less effective.

Mastery Property

Each weapon has a mastery property, which is usable only by a creature who has a feature (i.e. Weapon Mastery) that unlocks this trait.

Cleave

If you successfully hit a creature with this weapon:

• Can make a melee attack roll with the weapon against a second creature
  • Must be within 5 feet of the first creature you hit
  • Second creature must be within your reach
  • Do not add your ability modifier (unless negative)
  • Can only be used once per turn

Graze

If you miss a creature with this weapon:

• Can deal damage to that creature
  • Damage Dealt: ability modifier you used to make the attack roll
  • Damage Type: damage type of this weapon

Nick

Two-Weapon Fighting (Dual-Wield) does not take a bonus action when making the bonus attack with this weapon.

Push

If you successfully hit a creature with this weapon:

• Can push the creature up to 10 feet
  • They move straight away from you
    • This movement not provoke Opportunity Attacks
  • The creature must be a size Large or smaller

Sap

If you successfully hit a creature with this weapon:

• The hit creature has Disadvantage on its next attack roll
  • Disadvantage lasts until the start of your next turn

Slow

If you successfully hit a creature with this weapon AND deal damage:

• The creature gets -10 feet of movement speed
  • Lasts until the start of your next turn
  • Does not stack

Topple

If you successfully hit a creature with this weapon:

• Can make the creature prone
  • Creature can roll Constitution saving throw
    • DC: 8 + Ability Modifier Attack Roll + Proficiency Bonus

Vex

If you successfully hit a creature with this weapon AND deal damage:

• You have Advantage on your next attack roll to the creature
  • CANNOT be activated with your second action attack
  • Advantage does NOT apply with your second action attack

Tables

Simple Melee Weapons

Visual (BG3 & GS)	Item	Weapon Damage	Properties	Weight
	Club	1d4 Bludgeoning	Sap (WM) Light	2 lb.
	Dagger	1d4 Piercing	Nick (WM) Thrown Finesse Light	1 lb.
	Greatclub	1d8 Bludgeoning	Push (WM) Two-Handed	10 lb.
	Handaxe	1d6 Slashing	Vex (WM) Thrown Light	2 lb.
	Javelin	1d6 Piercing	Slow (WM) Thrown	2 lb.
	Light Hammer	1d4 Bludgeoning	Nick (WM) Thrown Light	2 lb.
	Mace	1d6 Bludgeoning	Sap (WM)	5 lb.
	Quarterstaff	1d6 Bludgeoning - 1d8 Bludgeoning (Two-Handed)	Topple (WM) Versatile	5 lb.
	Sickle	1d4 Slashing	Nick (WM) Light	2 lb.
	Spear	1d6 Piercing - 1d8 Piercing (Two-Handed)	Sap (WM) Thrown Versatile	3 lb.

Martial Melee Weapons

Visual (BG3 & GS)	Item	Weapon Damage	Properties	Weight
	Battleaxe	1d8 Slashing - 1d10 Slashing (Two-Handed)	Topple (WM) Versatile	4 lb.
	Flail	1d8 Bludgeoning	Sap (WM)	2 lb.
	Glaive	1d10 Slashing	Graze (WM) Heavy Reach Two-Handed	6 lb.
	Greataxe	1d12 Slashing	Cleave (WM) Heavy Two-Handed	7 lb.
	Greatsword	2d6 Slashing	Graze (WM) Heavy Two-Handed	6 lb.
	Halberd	1d10 Slashing	Cleave (WM) Heavy Reach Two-Handed	6 lb.
	Lance	1d12 Piercing	Topple (WM) Reach Special	6 lb.
	Longsword	1d8 Slashing - 1d10 Slashing (Two-Handed)	Sap (WM) Versatile	3 lb.
	Maul	2d6 Bludgeoning	Topple (WM) Heavy Two-Handed	10 lb.
	Morningstar	1d8 Piercing	Sap (WM)	4 lb.
	Pike	1d10 Piercing	Push (WM) Heavy Two-Handed Reach	18 lb.
	Rapier	1d8 Piercing	Vex (WM) Finesse	2 lb.
	Scimitar	1d6 Slashing	Nick (WM) Finesse Light	3 lb.
	Shortsword	1d6 Piercing	Vex (WM) Finesse Light	2 lb.
	Trident	1d6 Piercing - 1d8 Piercing (Two-Handed)	Topple (WM) Thrown Versatile	5 lb.
	War Pick	1d8 Piercing	Sap (WM) Versatile	2 lb.
	Warhammer	1d8 Bludgeoning - 1d10 Bludgeoning (Two-Handed)	Push (WM) Versatile	2 lb.
	Whip	1d4 Slashing	Slow (WM) Finesse Reach	3 lb.

Simple Ranged Weapons

Visual (BG3, GS, Ark)	Item	Weapon Damage	Range	Properties	Weight
	Light Crossbow	1d6 Piercing	80 Feet - 320 Feet Long Range	Slow (WM) Ammunition Loading Two-Handed	5 lb.
	Dart	1d4 Piercing	20 Feet - 60 Feet Long Range	Vex (WM) Thrown Finesse	.25 lb.
	Shortbow	1d6 Piercing	80 Feet - 320 Feet Long Range	Vex (WM) Ammunition Two-Handed	2 lb.
	Sling	1d4 Bludgeoning	30 Feet - 120 Feet Long Range	Slow (WM) Ammunition	.25 lb.

Martial Ranged Weapons

Visual (BG3, GS, Ark)	Item	Weapon Damage	Range	Properties	Weight
	Blowgun	1 Piercing	25 Feet - 100 Feet Long Range	Vex (WM) Ammunition Loading	1 lb.
	Hand Crossbow	1d6 Piercing	30 Feet - 120 Feet Long Range	Vex (WM) Ammunition Loading Light	3 lb.
	Heavy Crossbow	1d10 Piercing	100 Feet - 400 Feet Long Range	Push (WM) Ammunition Loading Two-Handed Heavy	18 lb.
	Longbow	1d8 Piercing	150 Feet - 600 Feet Long Range	Slow (WM) Ammunition Heavy Two-Handed	2 lb.
	Musket	1d12 Piercing	40 Feet - 120 Feet Long Range	Slow (WM) Ammunition Loading Two-Handed	10 lb.
	Net	--	5 Feet - 15 Feet Long Range	Special Thrown	4 lb.
	Pistol	1d10 Piercing	30 Feet - 90 Feet Long Range	Vex (WM) Ammunition Loading	3 lb.