Difference between revisions of "Javelin"
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A javelin may be made without a head, which forgoes the forging 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. | A javelin may be made without a head, which forgoes the forging 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. | ||
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| + | 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. | As a thrown weapon, barring extraordinary circumstance, javelins are always retrievable. | ||
Revision as of 11:19, 17 June 2010
Health: 6
Hardness: 8
Craft DC: 15 (Forging) 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 forging 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.
