This is more in-depth data about armor and weapons for players who are interested, or for those who want to optimize their characters.
Armor Fatigue/Reqs Summary
For the convenience of the players, this section summarizes the Stamina fatigue and stat requirements for various weapons and armor. Abbreviations used include:
- FF - Fatigue Factor
- TFF - Total Fatigue Factor
- DA - A Defensive Agility subtractor
- WA - a Weapon Agility subtractor
- C - Minimum Constitution required
- S - Minimum Strength required
- A - Minimum Agility required
- 2H - A Two-Handed weapon
Fatigue
Fatigue Recovery Rate: 1 + 25% of Total Stamina (fractions rounded down)
Engaged in Melee Combat at End of Turn: 1 TFF
Attacking: 1 TFF per Attack
Movement: 25% of Movement Times TFF
Other Actions: 1 TFF per Turn Total
See also Combat for a discussion of Fatigue.
Armor
| Item | FF | DA | WA | Reqs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloth Vest | 1 | -1 | - | - |
| Leather Vest | 2 | -1 | -1 | - |
| Bronze Breastplate | 3 | 2 | 1 | - |
| Chain Vest | 4 | 2 | - | - |
| Studded Leather Vest | 4 | -2 | - | - |
| Metal Breastplate | 5 | 2 | 1 | - |
| Brigandine Vest | 6 | 2 | 1 | - |
| Bronze Platemail | 6 | 3 | 2 | C16 |
| Chain Shirt | 6 | 2 | 1 | - |
| Leather Hauberk | 6 | 6 | 4 | - |
| Brigandine Hauberk | 7 | 7 | 5 | - |
| Plate Breastplate | 7 | 2 | 1 | - |
| Chain Hauberk | 8 | 2 | 2 | - |
| Brig HB + Breastplate | 10 | 8 | 6 | C16 |
| Platemail | 11 | 4 | 3 | C17 |
| Chain HB + Breastplate | 12 | 3 | 2 | C16 |
| Scale Mail | 13 | 8 | 6 | C17 |
| Field Plate | 16 | 5 | 4 | C18 |
| Full Plate | 19 | 5 | 4 | C19 |
Armor Add-Ons
| Item | FF | AA | Reqs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leather Helm | 1 | 0 | - |
| Pot Helm | 1 | 1 | Breastplate |
| Bronze Helm | 2 | 1 | Breastplate |
| Full Helm | 3 | 1 | Breastplate |
| Visored Helm | 4 | 2 | Plate Armor only |
| Leather Gauntlets | 0 | - | Leather Vest |
| Chain Gauntlets | 1 | - | Chainmail |
| Plate Gauntlets | 2 | - | Plate Armor only |
| Leather Bracers | ?? | ?? | - |
| Metal Bracers | ?? | ?? | - |
| Leather Epaulettes | ?? | ?? | - |
| Metal Epaulettes | ?? | ?? | - |
| Armored Skirt | ?? | ?? | - |
| Chain Leggings | ?? | ?? | - |
| Leather Greaves | ?? | ?? | - |
| Metal Greaves | ?? | ?? | - |
| Leather Boots | 1 | - | Leather Vest |
| Plate Shoes | 2 | - | Plate Armor only |
Shields
| Item | FF |
|---|---|
| Buckle | 0 |
| Small Wooden Shield | 1 |
| Small Metal Shield | 1 |
| Large Wooden Shield | 2 |
| Kite Shield | 2 |
| Large Kite Shield | 3 |
| Body Shield | 4 |
Weapon Guidelines
Things to note regarding weapons:
- The higher the stat requirements for a given weapon, the better the weapon.
- Two-handed weapons have better attack ratings compared to weapon and shield combinations, but are inferior when defending.
Otherwise, the game is designed so that all weapon combinations are equally viable. But, the most important thing to understand is that there is a WIDE VARIETY of weapons and weapon abilities that is impossible to describe here. You should decide what weapon YOU want to use, make sure you will have the right stats,
including the somewhat involved Weapon Agility, and then go for it. If you want to get into a more detailed study of what weapon possibilities are available, read on below. Any stat requirements (Strength and/or Agility) are noted in parentheses, along with two-hander use (2H).
Weapon Fatigue Factors
| FF | Weapons |
|---|---|
| 0 | Dagger, Stiletto |
| 1 | Epee (AGL 17), Hand Axe, Hand Crossbow, Javelin, Main Gauche, Rapier (AGL 16), Scimitar, Shortbow, Shortsword (STR 11), Sling, Spear, Sword (STR 13), Trident |
| 2 | Composite Bow, Cutlass, Flail, Greek Sword (STR 15), Longbow, Longsword (STR 16), Mace, Pike, Saber, Small Crossbow, Staff |
| 3 | Bastard Sword (STR 17), Battle Axe, Club, Falchion, Fauchard, Greatbow, Greatstaff, Heavy Mace, Large Crossbow, Morning Star, 2H Spear |
| 4 | Broadsword (STR 18), Halberd (2H), Hammer (STR 18), War Hammer (2H) |
| 5 | Claymore (2H, STR 17, AGL 15)*, 2H Flail (2H, STR 17) |
| 6 | Greataxe (2H, STR 18), Greatsword (2H, STR 18, AGL 16)*, Maul (2H, STR 18) |
*These values contradict the ones given in the Weapons section. Until they can be confirmed one way or another, they'll remain as is.
(Note: Some weapons are missing from this table. As soon as we have the values, they'll be added as well. The missing weapons are: Axe, Big Battle Axe, Broom, Large Morning Star, Lucern Hammer, Spiked Mace.)
Weapon Attack Values
This table is ordered by descending base attack. (It should be noted that although they have a lower base attack than other weapons, bows are more likely to inflict Bleeding or Wounding status, and slings are more likely to inflict a Head Wound effect than other weapons. See Combat for more details on these effects.)
| Weapon | Attacks | Base Attack |
|---|---|---|
| Halberd | Thrust 27(51) Hack 29(26) |
34.56 |
| 2H Spear | Thrust 25(64) Strike 26(44) |
33.16 |
| Lucern Hammer | Thrust 27(43) Strike 29(21) |
34.01 |
| Greatsword | Thrust 24(56) Hack 26(28) |
33.8 |
| Claymore | Thrust 24(40) Hack 26(20) |
32.83 |
| 2H Flail | Strike 26(33) Bash 28(16) |
32.23 |
| Fauchard | Slash 24(59) Strike 25(40) |
31.9 |
| Large Morning Star | Strike 25(41) Bash 27(20) |
31.87 |
| Greataxe | Hack 24(48) Bash 26(28) |
31.86 |
| Broadsword | Thrust 23(30) Hack 25(17) Bash 27(10) |
31.39 |
| Pike | Thrust 24(42) Strike 25(24) |
30.67 |
| Morning Star | Strike 25(26) Bash 27(13) |
30.58 |
| Bastard Sword | Thrust 23(23) Hack 25(12) |
30.3 |
| Maul | Strike 23(38) Bash 25(19) |
29.68 |
| Longsword | Thrust 22(22) Hack 24(11) |
29.18 |
| Greek Sword | Thrust 21(25) Hack 23(18) Bash 25(9) |
29.17 |
| Saber | Slash 25(19) Bash 26(9) |
29.09 |
| Sword | Thrust 22(22) Hack 24(10) Bash 26(5) |
28.91 |
| Scimitar | Slash 24(26) Bash 26(8) |
28.88 |
| Epee | Thrust 25(18) Slash 26(8) |
28.84 |
| Cutlass | Thrust 22(10) Slash 24(15) |
28.77 |
| Falchion | Slash 23(22) Bash 25(11) |
28.1 |
| Rapier | Thrust 24(17) Slash 25(10) |
28.09 |
| Flail | Strike 25(10) Bash 27(6) |
28.08 |
| Shortsword | Thrust 21(22) Hack 23(11) Bash 25(5) |
28 |
| Javelin | Thrust 24(14) Strike 25(11) |
27.94 |
| Spear | Thrust 24(14) Strike 25(11) |
27.94 |
| Trident | Thrust 24(15) Strike 25(10) |
27.91 |
| Big Battle Axe | Hack 21(31) Bash 22(20) |
26.96 |
| Hammer | Strike 22(22) Bash 23(14) |
26.95 |
| Greatstaff | Strike 23(14) Bash 24(10) |
26.8 |
| Military Pick | Thrust 24(10) Strike 25(7) |
26.8 |
| Main Gauche | Thrust 24(9) Strike 25(7) |
26.64 |
| Heavy Mace | Strike 22(15) Bash 23(10) |
25.91 |
| Battle Axe | Hack 21(18) Bash 22(12) |
25.43 |
| Spiked Mace | Strike 22(9) Bash 23(6) |
24.42 |
| War Hammer | Strike 21(11) Bash 23(5) |
23.95 |
| Stiletto | Thrust 20(11) Slash 21(9) |
23.3 |
| Mace | Strike 22(5) Bash 23(4) |
22.98 |
| Axe | Hack 20(11) Bash 21(7) |
22.94 |
| Dagger | Thrust 20(9) Slash 21(6) |
22.42 |
| Hand Axe | Hack 20(7) Bash 21(4) |
21.47 |
| Large Crossbow | Shoot 21(15) | 21 |
| Small Crossbow | Shoot 21(13) | 20.58 |
| Staff | Strike 21(3) Bash 22(2) |
20.24 |
| Broom | Strike 21(3) Bash 22(2) |
20.24 |
| Hand Crossbow | Shoot 21(10) | 19.82 |
| Shortbow | Shoot 18(6) Loft 17(4) |
18.25 |
| Longbow | Shoot 18(12) Loft 14(5) |
18.08 |
| Greatbow | Shoot 18(15) Loft 13(5) |
17.9 |
| Sling | Shoot 23(2) | 17.15 |
