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'''Hardness''': 8 | '''Hardness''': 8 | ||
| − | '''Craft DC''': 15 ( | + | '''Craft DC''': 15 (Smithing) and 15 (Woodworking) |
The javelin is essentially a very light [[Spear]], designed for throwing. It is the favorite weapon of hunters and skirmishers. It normally has a head of iron or steel. Other heads may be made for comparable craft checks, but will take penalties to attack and damage (stone -4). They are about 5 or 6 feet long, though sometimes slightly longer. | The javelin is essentially a very light [[Spear]], designed for throwing. It is the favorite weapon of hunters and skirmishers. It normally has a head of iron or steel. Other heads may be made for comparable craft checks, but will take penalties to attack and damage (stone -4). They are about 5 or 6 feet long, though sometimes slightly longer. | ||
| − | A javelin may be made without a head, which forgoes the | + | A javelin may be made without a head, which forgoes the smithing craft check and lowers the price by 1/2, but it gives a -4 penalty to damage and gives the javelin a 5% chance to splinter and become useless on every successful attack. |
The javelin is not intended for melee. You are always treated as nonproficient and thus take a -4 to attack. | The javelin is not intended for melee. You are always treated as nonproficient and thus take a -4 to attack. | ||
| − | As a | + | As a [[Thrown Weapon]], barring extraordinary circumstance, javelins are always retrievable. |
[[Category: Core Rules]] | [[Category: Core Rules]] | ||
[[Category: Equipment]] | [[Category: Equipment]] | ||
[[Category: Weapons]] | [[Category: Weapons]] | ||
Latest revision as of 21:39, 30 August 2010
Health: 6
Hardness: 8
Craft DC: 15 (Smithing) and 15 (Woodworking)
The javelin is essentially a very light Spear, designed for throwing. It is the favorite weapon of hunters and skirmishers. It normally has a head of iron or steel. Other heads may be made for comparable craft checks, but will take penalties to attack and damage (stone -4). They are about 5 or 6 feet long, though sometimes slightly longer.
A javelin may be made without a head, which forgoes the smithing craft check and lowers the price by 1/2, but it gives a -4 penalty to damage and gives the javelin a 5% chance to splinter and become useless on every successful attack.
The javelin is not intended for melee. You are always treated as nonproficient and thus take a -4 to attack.
As a Thrown Weapon, barring extraordinary circumstance, javelins are always retrievable.
