Weapon (PSR Supplement)

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Weapons are a prominent type of items. Normally you need a weapon to make an effective attack.

Proficiency. When you make an attack with a weapon, add your PB to the attack roll if you’re proficient with the weapon. Virtually all folks are proficient with all simple weapons due to their ease of use. You can gain proficiency with martial weapons and some other weapons through your class or feats.

Damage. A weapon is defined largely by how much damage it deals. For example a club’s damage is d4 bash. When you attack and hit with a club, you deal bash damage equal to d4 + your Strength modifier.

Weapon Properties

Most weapons have one or more properties. Each weapon property affects how the weapon is used; most are useful but some are restrictive. The following list is an example, and your narrator's campaign may have different properties.

Aimed. You can add either your Dexterity or Wisdom modifier to attack and damage rolls with an aimed weapon, but you can’t add your Strength modifier. You can't use it for a melee attack, only a ranged attack.

Ammo. This weapon comes with a bundle of ammunition, which counts as an extra item to be carried. You replenish the ammo freely whenever you finish downtime, and need not track it.

Aquatic. This property is represented with a wave (🌊). Attack rolls made with an aquatic weapon underwater do not suffer the normal disadvantage to attack rolls.

Brace. If you make a melee attack with a brace weapon as part of an attack you prepared with the Ready action, you have advantage on the attack roll.

Dire. When you attack with a dire weapon you're proficient with, you add your PB to the damage roll instead of the attack roll.

Finesse. You can add either your Strength or Dexterity modifier to attack and damage rolls with this weapon, unless you wield it in two hands.

Heavy. Unless you are Large, a heavy weapon can’t be carried on your body, and must be held in your hands. If you’re Small or Tiny, you can’t attack with a heavy weapon.

Light. Just like any light item, up to 10 light weapons only count as one item for your carry limit. If you’re Tiny, you can’t attack with a weapon unless it is light.

Range. This weapon has an entry in the range column. The range lists two numbers. The first is the weapon’s normal range in feet, and the second indicates the weapon’s long range in feet. When attacking a target beyond normal range, your attack roll is hindered. You can’t attack beyond the weapon’s long range.

Reach. You can attack a target up to 10 feet away.

Thrown. You can effectively throw this weapon—or its ammo, if it has the ammo property—for a ranged attack. Throwing distance is determined by the Range property.

Two-Handed. This weapon requires two hands to attack with it. It can still be held in only one hand, you just can't attack with it that way.

Versatile. When this weapon is wielded in two hands, use the damage die in parenthesis.

Simple Weapons (Example)

Your narrator’s campaign likely features more or different weapons, this list is just an example.

A simple weapon is inexpensive and intuitive to wield. You can add your PB to attack rolls with this weapon without any special training. All of the simple weapons here cost 1 gold each—except for the club and shuriken, which each cost 1 silver.

Weapon	Damage	Properties		Range
Bat	d4 bash	brace, versatile (d6)		—
Blowgun	d4 pierce	aimed*		30/90
Boomerang	d4 bash	finesse, thrown		30/90
Club	d4 bash	light		—
Dagger	d4 pierce	finesse, light, thrown	🌊	20/60
Handaxe	d6 slash	thrown		20/60
Pickaxe	d6 pierce	versatile (d8)		—
Pike	d6 pierce	brace, heavy, reach, two-handed	🌊	—
Scythe	d8 pierce	heavy, two-handed		—
Shovel	d6 slash	versatile (d8)		—
Shuriken	d4 pierce	aimed, light, thrown		20/60
Slingshot	d4 pierce	aimed, ammo, two-handed		30/90
Sledge	d8 bash	dire, two-handed		—
Staff	d4 bash	focus, versatile (d6)		—

Blowgun. You can add your Constitution modifier to the damage roll of a blowgun, instead of another ability modifier. This doesn't affect the attack roll.

Martial Weapons (Example)

Your narrator’s campaign likely features more or different weapons, this list is just an example.

A martial weapon requires training to use effectively. Your PB is added to your attack roll with a martial weapon only if you are proficient with the weapon. The martial weapons here each cost 10 gold, except for the bow which costs 50 gold, and the sling which costs 1 gold.

Weapon	Damage	Properties		Range
Axe	d8 slash	dire, versatile (d10)		—
Ball & Chain	d10 bash	dire, reach, two-handed		20/60
Bolas	d6 bash*	thrown		20/60
Bow	d8 pierce	aimed, ammo, two-handed		100/300
Claw	d6 slash	finesse, light	🌊	—
Greataxe	d12 slash	heavy, two-handed		—
Hammer	d12 bash	dire, heavy, two-handed		—
Javelin	d8 pierce	thrown		60/180
Lance	d10 pierce	heavy, reach, two-handed*		—
Partisan	d8 pierce	brace, versatile (d10)	🌊	—
Sling	d8 bash	ammo, thrown		60/180
Sword	d8 slash	finesse, versatile (d10)		—
Trident	d8 pierce	thrown, versatile (d10)	🌊	20/60
Whip	d4 slash	finesse, reach		—

Bolas. If you use bolas to hit a Medium or smaller creature, instead of dealing damage you can choose to knock the target Prone.

Lance. If you are mounted or Large, you can attack with the lance using only one hand.

Uncommon Weapons (Example)

Uncommon weapons cannot normally be bought during downtime, but can sometimes be acquired otherwise. When they can be bought, they are more expensive. This list is just an example, and your campaign may feature different ones.

Weapon	Gold	Damage	Properties		Range	Ability
Battle Anchor	100	2d6 pierce	dire, heavy, two-handed	🌊	—	Str 13 (sledge)
Greatsword	100	2d6 slash	heavy, two-handed		—
Crossbow	100	d10 pierce	aim, ammo, trigger, two-handed	🌊	200/600
Flintlock	500	d8 pierce	aim, ammo, light, trigger		200/600
Greatbow	100	d8 pierce	aim, ammo, heavy, two-handed		200/600	Str 13 (bow)
Katana	100	d10 slash	finesse, versatile (d12)		—
Musket	500	d12 pierce	aim, ammo, trigger, two-handed		200/600

Ability. An annotated weapon requires you to have a specified ability score at or above the indicated level. If your ability score isn't at least that high, you treat this weapon as the one listed in parenthesis.

Trigger. While Prone, you do not suffer the usual disadvantage on attack rolls with this weapon. After you attack with this weapon, you must take a Use action to reload it before you can use it for another attack.