🗡️Melee Weapons

Melee weapons are used by Warriors and Rogues.

Melee Weapon Types

• Polearm (Restricted to Warriors)
• Great Sword (Restricted to Warriors)
• Great Axe (Restricted to Warriors)
• Great Mace (Restricted to Warriors)
• Sword

• Axe

• Mace

• Whip

• Dagger

• Fist

Melee weapons are further broken down into subtypes:

Melee Weapon Subtypes	Included Weapons	Restrictions
Great Weapons	Polearms, Great Swords, Great Axes, Great Maces	Only 1 may be equipped at a time. Restricted to Warriors.
Fast Weapons	Swords, Daggers, Whips, Fists, Axes
Blunt Weapons	Maces

Melee Damage Types

Melee weapons have three basic damage types: Slash, Pierce, and Bash. While they often align with a weapon type, there are sometimes exceptions. For example, most swords do Slash damage, but rapiers inflict Pierce damage.

Melee Damage Type	Aspect Alignment	Mechanics
Slash	Chaos, Order	Less effective against Medium, Heavy armor
Pierce	Life, Death	Absorb is less effective against Pierce
Bash	Artifice, Nature	Absorb is more effective against Bash