6 March 2019

Ranged Weapons

Another random weapon table, this time for ranged weapons. I ended a bit short of d100, sadly.


d75 Ranged Weapons of All Sorts
  1. angon
  2. arbalest
  3. arquebus
  4. assegai
  5. atlatl
  6. bladed bow
  7. blowgun
  8. blunderbuss
  9. bolas
  10. boomerang
  11. cestrus (do not confuse with caestus)
  12. composite bow
  13. daikyu
  14. dart
  15. double crossbow
  16. falarica
  17. fire lance
  18. firelock pistol
  19. firelock rifle
  20. flat bow
  21. francisca
  22. fukiya
  23. fustibalus
  24. gastraphetes
  25. great bow
  26. gungdo
  27. hand cannon (handgonne)
  28. hand crossbow
  29. hankyu
  30. harpoon
  31. heavy crossbow
  32. hunga munga
  33. hunting sling
  34. huochong
  35. hurlbat
  36. chakram
  37. jangchang
  38. javelin
  39. knobkierie
  40. kunai
  41. light crossbow
  42. lockbow
  43. long bow
  44. musket
  45. musketoon
  46. net
  47. pellet crossbow
  48. pilum
  49. pistol crossbow
  50. power bow
  51. recurve bow
  52. repeater (repeating crossbow)
  53. rock
  54. rungu
  55. scurgar
  56. self bow
  57. shield bow
  58. short bow
  59. shuriken
  60. sling-staff
  61. slingshot
  62. soliferrum
  63. spiculum
  64. stake launcher
  65. throwing axe
  66. throwing club
  67. throwing disc
  68. throwing knife
  69. throwing needle
  70. throwing shield
  71. throwing sickle
  72. tomahawk
  73. verutum
  74. war sling
  75. woomera

Some ranged weapons.

More ranged weapons.

Bladed bow can be used in melee, dealing 1d6+STR damage.

Shield bow grants +1 Defense.

Power bow. 'Cause size matters.

Double crossbow.

Throwing needles.

Throwing shield.

Woomera.

This is a slingshot, ...

...this is a sling-staff...

...and this is a war sling.

Cestrus...
It actually looks more dangerous to your allies.

5 March 2019

Axes and Flexible Weapons

Continuing our series of random weapon tables, here are axes and flexible weapons, d100 in total.

A selection of axes, in French. :)

Axes
  1. adze
  2. ankus
  3. battle axe
  4. battle mattock
  5. bearded axe
  6. bhuj
  7. broad axe
  8. butchering axe
  9. carpenter's axe
  10. cleaver
  11. discus axe
  12. doloire
  13. double axe
  14. epsilon axe
  15. executioner's axe
  16. fanged axe
  17. felling axe
  18. flint axe
  19. francisca
  20. fu
  21. great axe
  22. hakapik
  23. hand axe
  24. hatchet
  25. hooked axe
  26. ice axe
  27. kama
  28. keteriya
  29. knuckle axe
  30. kumade
  31. labrys
  32. long axe
  33. masakari
  34. nzappa zap
  35. ono
  36. oshe
  37. palstave
  38. parashu
  39. pick axe
  40. pulaski
  41. shepherd's axe
  42. tabar
  43. tepoztli
  44. throwing axe
  45. tomahawk
  46. tongi
  47. trench shovel
  48. tzii-wi
  49. vechevoral
  50. war pick

Lochaber axe and dagger-axe are more polearms than actual axes.

Pictured above: 1) knuckle axe, 2) kumade, 3) kama, 4) throwing axe,
5) hand axe, 6) decorative battle axe, 7) tabar, 8) bhuj, 9) war pick,
10) discus axe, 11) pick axe, 12) bearded axe, 13) tongi, and two
polearms, 14) bardiche and 15) qinglong ji.

Great axes are not realistic nor practical,
but they are pretty cool.

Twin fu.

Nzappa zap. Can you think of a better name?

Axes!

Flexible Weapons
  1. ball'n'chain
  2. barbed whip
  3. bladed ribbon
  4. bolas
  5. bullwhip
  6. buntot pagi
  7. cat o'nine tails
  8. combat wire
  9. cumberjung
  10. flying claw
  11. grappling hook
  12. heavy flail
  13. hunting crop
  14. chain kunai
  15. chain whip
  16. chentu
  17. chigiriki
  18. kaginawa
  19. knotted rope (aka monkey's paw)
  20. knout
  21. kurbash
  22. kusarigama
  23. lasso
  24. manriki
  25. martinet
  26. meteor hammer
  27. nagaika
  28. nunchaku
  29. pho bak
  30. qilinbian
  31. quirt
  32. rebenque
  33. riding crop
  34. romal
  35. rope dart
  36. savuku
  37. scourge
  38. shoge
  39. signal whip
  40. sjambok
  41. slungshot (not to be confused with a slingshot, which is a ranged weapon)
  42. snake whip
  43. spiked flail
  44. spiked chain
  45. stock whip
  46. surujin
  47. tabak-toyok
  48. threaded cane
  49. three section staff
  50. urumi

Meteor hammer.

Barbed whip.

Chain whip.

Threaded cane,
my favourite weapon from Bloodborne.

Cat o'nine tails.

Combat wire.
We're going wuxia. :)

4 March 2019

d100 Blunt Weapons

I made a post with d100 polearms a while back (Gygax would approve), and here is a follow-up. If you're looking for something heavy to bludgeon your enemies to death, roll on the table below.

Nice selection of blunt weapons.

d100 Blunt Weapons
  1. aklys
  2. ball club
  3. baton
  4. battle maul
  5. blackjack
  6. bladed club
  7. bludgeon
  8. blutarch
  9. bokken
  10. boomerang
  11. bulawa
  12. buzdygan
  13. caesti
  14. claw hammer
  15. combat cane
  16. crowbar
  17. cudgel
  18. eku
  19. espantoon
  20. eveningstar
  21. flanged mace
  22. froe club
  23. frying pan
  24. gada
  25. combat gauntlet
  26. gavel
  27. giant spiked club
  28. great mace
  29. greatclub
  30. gun staff (has nothing to do with combinades)
  31. hanbo
  32. heavy mace
  33. hurlbat
  34. chainlock
  35. cheru vadi
  36. chui
  37. jo
  38. jutte
  39. kanabo
  40. kanamuchi
  41. kirikobo
  42. knobkierie
  43. knuckleduster
  44. knupel
  45. kotiate
  46. kubotan
  47. kurunthadi
  48. lathi
  49. leiomano
  50. light mace
  51. lump hammer
  52. macana
  53. macuahuitl
  54. mallet
  55. morningstar
  56. naboot
  57. nail bat
  58. nightstick
  59. nulla-nulla
  60. nunchaku
  61. otsuchi
  62. otta
  63. paddle club
  64. patu
  65. pernach
  66. quarterstaff
  67. quauhololli
  68. rock hammer
  69. rungu
  70. sagaris
  71. sai
  72. sap
  73. sharira vadi
  74. shillelagh
  75. shishpar
  76. sledgehammer
  77. spike maul
  78. spiked club
  79. spiked mace
  80. stone club
  81. suburito
  82. sword-mace
  83. tanbo
  84. tekkan
  85. tekko
  86. tessen
  87. tetsubo
  88. tewhatewha
  89. tipstaff
  90. tonfa
  91. totokia
  92. trench club
  93. truncheon
  94. wahaika
  95. walking stick
  96. war club
  97. war hammer
  98. war sceptre
  99. weighted gloves
  100. yawara
Flanged mace.

Spiked mace.

Sword-mace. Half sword, half mace.

Ball club.

Spiked club.

Eku.

Tewhatewha.

A comparison of Chinese combat staffs.

Quauhololli on the left, macuahuitl on the right.

24 February 2019

What's on the Shelf

There should be more in a wizard's library than just their spellbook. What about more than 1500 books on magic?


Based on this thread and created using the cool button generator.