SRD:Light Weapon

Light Weapons

A light weapon is easier to use in one’s off hand than a one-handed weapon is, and it can be used while grappling. A light weapon is used in one hand. Add the wielder’s Strength bonus (if any) to damage rolls for melee attacks with a light weapon if it’s used in the primary hand, or one-half the wielder’s Strength bonus if it’s used in the off hand. Using two hands to wield a light weapon gives no advantage on damage; the Strength bonus applies as though the weapon were held in the wielder’s primary hand only.

An unarmed strike is always considered a light weapon.

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• Armor Spikes
• Arrows
• Crossbow Bolts
• Dagger
• Dart
• Gauntlet
• Hand Crossbow
• Handaxe
• Kama
• Kukri
• Light Crossbow
• Light Hammer
• Light Mace
• Light Pick
• Light Shield
• Nunchaku
• Punching Dagger
• Repeating Crossbow Bolts
• Repeating Light Crossbow
• Sai
• Sap
• Short Sword
• Shuriken
• Siangham
• Sickle
• Spiked Gauntlet
• Throwing Axe
• Unarmed Strike

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