Arming sword
The standard weapon, against which the others are measured.
| Worn | Main hand, or at the belt as a sidearm |
| Weight | 1.5 kg, whatever its tier |
| Sold by | The weaponsmith |
| Price | crude 6 silver, poor 20 silver, common 40 silver, fine 1 gold 20 silver, masterwork 4 gold |
| Damage | 1 (the measure) |
| Reach | the measure |
| Wind-up | the measure |
It cuts and thrusts; mail and plate stop its blows fully. A crude weapon hits 0.6 times as hard as a common one, a poor one 0.75, a fine one 1.25 and a masterwork 1.4.
Made from
Section titled “Made from”A common piece takes 3 kg of iron. A crude one takes 0.6 of that, a poor one three quarters, a fine one half again and a masterwork twice. Traders buy what they lack from the town’s market, so a town with no iron soon has none to sell.