Melee Weapons

Melee weapons are grouped under the skills required to use them. Skill names appear in capital letters, with defaults in parentheses; e.g., "AXE/MACE (DX-5, Flail-4, or Two-Handed Axe/Mace-3)." If there is more than one way to use a weapon, each method gets its own line. If multiple skills let you use a weapon, the weapon appears under each skill. For example, both Staff skill and Two-Handed Sword skill let you wield a quarterstaff – and either lets you swing the staff or thrust with it.

AXE/MACE (DX-5, Flail-4, or Two-Handed Axe/Mace-3)

TL	Weapon	Damage	Reach	Parry	Cost	Weight	ST	Notes
0	Axe	sw+2 cut	1	0U	$50	4	11
0	Hatchet	sw cut	1	0	$40	2	8	[1]
0	Throwing Axe	sw+2 cut	1	0U	$60	4	1	[1]
2	Mace	sw+3 cr	1	0U	$50	5	12	[1]
2	Small Mace	sw+2 cr	1	0U	$35	3	10	[1]
3	Pick	sw+1 imp	1	0U	$70	3	10	[2]

BOXING, BRAWLING, KARATE, or DX

TL	Weapon	Damage	Reach	Parry	Cost	Weight	ST	Notes
Punch	thr-1 cr	C	0	–	–	–	[3]
1	Brass Knuckles	thr cr	C	0	$10	0.25	–	[3]

BRAWLING-2, KARATE-2, or DX-2

TL	Weapon	Damage	Reach	Parry	Cost	Weight	ST	Notes
–	Kick	thr cr	C, 1	No	–	–	–	[3, 4]
–	Kick w. Boots	thr+1 cr	C, 1	No	–	–	–	[3, 4]

BRAWLING or DX

TL	Weapon	Damage	Reach	Parry	Cost	Weight	ST	Notes
–	Blunt Teeth	thr-1 cr	C	No	–	–	–	[3]
–	Fangs	thr-1 imp	C	No	–	–	–	[3]
–	Sharp Beak	thr-1 pi+	C	No	–	–	–	[3]
–	Sharp Teeth	thr-1 cut	C	No	–	–	–	[3]
–	Striker	var.	var.	var.	–	–	–	See Striker
1	Blackjack or Sap	thr cr	C	0	$20	1	7	[3]
8	Stun Gun	HT-3(0.5) aff	C, 1	No	$100	1	2	[5]

BROADSWORD (DX-5, Force Sword-4, Rapier-4, Saber-4, Shortsword-2, or Two-Handed Sword-4)

TL	Weapon	Damage	Reach	Parry	Cost	Weight	ST	Notes
0	Light Club	sw+1 cr	1	0	$5	3	10	—
	or	thr+1 cr	1	0	–	–	10	—
2	Broadsword	sw+1 cut	1	0	$500	3	10	—
	or	thr+1 cr	1	0	–	–	10	—
2	Thrusting Broadsword	sw+1 cut	1	0	$600	3	10	—
	or	thr+2 imp	1	0	–	–	10	—
3	Bastard Sword	sw+1 cut	1, 2	0U	$650	5	11	—
	or	thr+1 cr	2	0U	–	–	11	—
3	Katana	sw+1 cut	1, 2	0	$650	5	11	—
	or	thr+1 imp	1	0	–	–	11	—
3	Katana, Legendary	sw+2 cut	1, 2	0F	$2,600	5	11	[2]
	or	thr+2 imp	1	0	–	–	11	[2]
3	Thrusting Bastard Sword	sw+1 cut	1, 2	0U	$750	5	11	—
	or	thr+2 imp	2	0U	–	–	11	—
4	Cavalry Saber	sw+1 cut	1	0	$500	3	10	—
	or	thr+1 imp	1	0	–	–	10	—

[2] Stats are for one-handed use. A legendary katana may be used two-handed for +1 to swing and thrusting damage. Katana! Wildcard skill covers this use, defaulting to [[Two-Handed sword]]-4.

FLAIL (DX-6, Axe/Mace-4, or Two-Handed Flail-3)

TL	Weapon	Damage	Reach	Parry	Cost	Weight	ST	Notes
3	Morningstar	sw+3 cr	1	0U	$80	6	12	[6]
3	Nunchaku	sw+1 cr	1	0U	$20	2	7	[6]

FORCE SWORD (DX-5 or any sword skill at -3)

TL	Weapon	Damage	Reach	Parry	Cost	Weight	ST	Notes
^	Force Sword	8d(5) burn	1, 2	0	$10,000	2	3	[7]

GARROTE (DX-4)

TL	Weapon	Damage	Reach	Parry	Cost	Weight	ST	Notes
0	Garrote	spec.	C	No	$2	neg.	–	[8]

KNIFE (DX-4, Force Sword-3, Main-Gauche-3, or Shortsword-3)

TL	Weapon	Damage	Reach	Parry	Cost	Weight	ST	Notes
0	Large Knife	sw-2 cut	C, 1	-1	$40	1	6	—
		or thr imp	C	-1	–	–	6	[1]
0	Small Knife	sw-3 cut	C, 1	-1	$30	0.5	5	—
		or thr-1 imp	C	-1	–	–	5	[1]
0	Wooden Stake	thr(0.5) imp	C	-1	$4	0.5	5	[1]
		or thr imp	C	-1	–	–	6	[1]
1	Dagger	thr-1 imp	C	-1	$20	0.25	5	[1]

KUSARI (DX-6, Monowire Whip-3, Two-Handed Flail-4, or Whip-3)

TL	Weapon	Damage	Reach	Parry	Cost	Weight	ST	Notes
3	Kusari	sw+2 cr	1-4*	-2U	$70	5	11	[6]

LANCE (DX-5 or Spear-3)

TL	Weapon	Damage	Reach	Parry	Cost	Weight	ST	Notes
2	Lance	thr+3 imp	4	No	$60	6	12	[9]

MONOWIRE WHIP (DX-6, Kusari-3, or Whip-3)

TL	Weapon	Damage	Reach	Parry	Cost	Weight	ST	Notes
9^	Monowire Whip	sw+1d-2(10) cut	1-7*	-2U	$900	0.5	5	See above

POLEARM (DX-5, Spear-4, Staff-4, or Two-Handed Axe/Mace-4)

TL	Weapon	Damage	Reach	Parry	Cost	Weight	ST	Notes
1	Glaive	sw+3 cut	2, 3*	0U	$100	8	11‡	-
	or	thr+3 imp	1-3*	0U	–	–	11†	-
2	Naginata	sw+2 cut	1, 2*	0U	$100	6	9†	-
	or	thr+3 imp	2	0	–	–	9†	-
3	Halberd	sw+5 cut	2, 3*	0U	$150	12	13‡	-
	or	sw+4 imp	2, 3*	0U	–	–	13‡	[2]
	or	thr+3 imp	1-3*	0U	–	–	12†	-
3	Poleaxe	sw+4 cut	2, 3*	0U	$120	10	12‡	-
	or	sw+4 cr	2, 3*	0U	–	–	12‡	-

RAPIER (DX-5, Broadsword-4, Main-Gauche-3, Saber-3, or Smallsword-3)

TL	Weapon	Damage	Reach	Parry	Cost	Weight	ST	Notes
4	Rapier	thr+1 imp	1, 2	0F	$500	2.75	9	-

SABER (DX-5, Broadsword-4, Main-Gauche-3, Rapier-3, Shortsword-4, or Smallsword-3)

TL	Weapon	Damage	Reach	Parry	Cost	Weight	ST	Notes
4	Saber	sw-1 cut	1	0F	$700	2	8	-
	or	thr+1 imp	1	0F	–	–	8	-

SHIELD (DX-4)

TL	Weapon	Damage	Reach	Parry	Cost	Weight	ST	Notes
0	Shield Bash	thr cr	1	No	var.	var.	–	—
1	Shield Bash w. Spike	thr+1 cr	1	No	+$20	+5	–	—

SHORTSWORD (DX-5, Broadsword-2, Force Sword-4, Jitte/Sai-3, Knife-4, Saber-4, Smallsword-4, or Tonfa-3)

TL	Weapon	Damage	Reach	Parry	Cost	Weight	ST	Notes
0	Baton	sw cr	1	0	$20	1	6	—
	or	thr cr	1	0	–	–	6	—
2	Shortsword	sw cut	1	0	$400	2	8	—
	or	thr imp	1	0	–	–	8	—
4	Cutlass	sw cut	1	0	$300	2	8	[10]
	or thr imp	1	0	–	–	8		—
7	Cattle Prod	1d-3 burn	1	0	$50	2	3	—
	linked	HT-3(0.5) aff	–	–	–	–	–	[5]

SMALLSWORD (DX-5, Main-Gauche-3, Rapier-3, Saber-3, or Shortsword-4)

TL	Weapon	Damage	Reach	Parry	Cost	Weight	ST	Notes
0	Short Staff	sw cr	1	0F	$20	1	6	—
		or thr cr	1	0F	–	–	6	—
4	Smallsword	thr+1 imp	1	0F	$400	1.5	5	—
5	Sword Cane	thr imp	C, 1	-2F	$600	1.5	5	—

SPEAR (DX-5, Polearm-4, or Staff-2)

TL	Weapon	Damage	Reach	Parry	Cost	Weight	ST	Notes
0	Spear	thr+2 imp	1*	0	$40	4	9	[1]
	two hands	thr+3 imp	1, 2*	0	–	–	9†	-
1	Javelin	thr+1 imp	1	0	$30	2	6	[1]
2	Long Spear	thr+2 imp	2, 3*	0U	$60	5	10	-
	two hands	thr+3 imp	2, 3*	0	–	–	10†	-

STAFF (DX-5, Polearm-4, or Spear-2)

TL	Weapon	Damage	Reach	Parry	Cost	Weight	ST	Notes
0	Quarterstaff	sw+2 cr	1, 2	+2	$10	4	7†	-
	or	thr+2 cr	1, 2	+2	–	–	7†	-
2	Naginata	sw+2 cr	1, 2	0U	$100	6	9†	Blunt end.
	or	thr+2 cr	1, 2	0	–	–	9†	-

TWO-HANDED AXE/MACE (DX-5, Axe/Mace-3, Polearm-4, or Two-Handed Flail-4)

TL	Weapon	Damage	Reach	Parry	Cost	Weight	ST	Notes
0	Maul	sw+4 cr	1, 2*	0U	$80	12	13‡	—
1	Great Axe	sw+3 cut	1, 2*	0U	$100	8	12‡	—
1	Scythe	sw+2 cut	1	0U	$15	5	11‡	—
	or	sw imp	1	0U	–	–	11‡	[2]
3	Warhammer	sw+3 imp	1, 2*	0U	$100	7	12‡	[2]
6	Chainsaw	sw+1d cut	1	No	$150	13	10‡	[11]

TWO-HANDED FLAIL (DX-6, Flail-3, Kusari-4, or Two-Handed Axe/Mace-4)

TL	Weapon	Damage	Reach	Parry	Cost	Weight	ST	Notes
2	Flail	sw+4 cr	1, 2*	0U	$100	8	13†	[6]

TWO-HANDED SWORD (DX-5, Broadsword-4, or Force Sword-4)

TL	Weapon	Damage	Reach	Parry	Cost	Weight	ST	[[Notes
0	Quarterstaff	sw+2 cr	1, 2	0	$10	4	9†	—
	or	thr+1 cr	2	0	–	–	9†	—
2	Naginata	sw+3 cut	2	0U	$100	6	9†	—
	or	thr+3 imp	2	0	–	–	9†	—
3	Bastard Sword	sw+2 cut	1, 2	0	$650	5	10†	—
	or	thr+2 cr	2	0	–	–	10†	—
3	Greatsword	sw+3 cut	1, 2	0	$800	7	12†	—
	or	thr+2 cr	2	0	–	–	12†	—
3	Katana	sw+2 cut	1, 2	0	$650	5	10†	—
	or	thr+1 imp	1	0	–	–	10†	—
3	Thrusting Bastard Sword	sw+2 cut	1, 2	0	$750	5	10†	—
	or	thr+3 imp	2	0	–	–	10†	—
3	Thrusting Greatsword	sw+3 cut	1, 2	0	$900	7	12†	—
	or	thr+3 imp	2	0	–	–	12†	—

WHIP (DX-5, Kusari-3, or Monowire Whip-3)

TL	Weapon	Damage	Reach	Parry	Cost	Weight	ST	Notes
1	Whip	sw-2(0.5) cr	1-7*	-2U	$20	2	var.	[12]

Notes

[1] Can be thrown. See Muscle-Powered Ranged Weapon Table.
[2] May get stuck; see Picks.
[3] Brawling increases all unarmed damage; Claws and Karate improve damage with punches and kicks (Claws don't affect damage with brass knuckles or boots); and Boxing improves punching damage.
[4] If you miss with a kick, roll vs. DX to avoid falling.
[5] On a failed HT roll, victim is stunned for as long as weapon is in contact plus (20 - HT) seconds longer, and then can roll vs. HT-3 to recover.
[6] Attempts to parry flails are at -4, and fencing weapons ("F" parry) cannot parry at all! Attempts to block flails are at -2. A nunchaku is small, and gives half these penalties.
[7] This is an energy blade. Take a Ready maneuver to activate/deactivate. The blade cannot break, and damages any weapon or body part it parries or which parries or blocks it. Extra energy cells cost $100, weigh 0.5 lb., and last 300 seconds.
[8] A piece of rope used to strangle; see Garrotes.
[9] Damage increases in a mounted charge; see Cavalry Weapons.
[10] Hilt counts as brass knuckles in close combat.
[11] Noisy! Runs for two hours on half a gallon of gasoline.
[12] Specify maximum reach (up to 7 yards) when bought. Cost and weight are per yard. ST is 5, +1 per yard. Many special rules apply; be sure to see Whips.

Ultra-Tech Melee Weapons

• See Ultra-Tech Melee Weapons.