View source for Blunt Weapons

The purpose of most '''blunt weapons''' is to [[crush]].  Many of these weapons also deal [[puncture]] damage due to added spikes.  One-handed blunt weapons are small and light enough to be wielded in a single hand, allowing the user to make use of a shield or a second weapon if so desired.

Blunt weapons are less commonly used than [[edged weapon]]s among adventurers, and some professions require higher training point costs to become proficient at wielding them.  Blunt weapons tend to be quite effective against chain and plate armors, having higher [[damage factor]]s against those armor types.  The morning star, notably, has the highest damage factors against ''all'' armor types among one-handed weapons.  Specialization in crushing damage also makes blunt weapons a potent choice for [[AMBUSH (verb)|aimed attacks]] to the head, where a sufficiently powerful strike will guarantee a fatal blow.

== Ranks and Training Costs ==
{{skill|
  | Bardranks     = 2 || Bardcost     = 4/1
  | Clericranks   = 1 || Clericcost   = 6/1
  | Empathranks   = 1 || Empathcost   = 6/2
  | Monkranks     = 2 || Monkcost     = 3/1
  | Paladinranks  = 2 || Paladincost  = 3/1
  | Rangerranks   = 2 || Rangercost   = 4/1
  | Rogueranks    = 2 || Roguecost    = 3/1
  | Sorcererranks = 1 || Sorcerercost = 6/2
  | Warriorranks  = 2 || Warriorcost  = 2/1
  | Wizardranks   = 1 || Wizardcost   = 6/1
|}}

==Damage Factors and Attack vs. Defense==
{{weapon table start}}
{{weapon table leather whip}}
{{weapon table crowbill}}
{{weapon table cudgel}}
{{weapon table mace}}
{{weapon table ball and chain}}
{{weapon table war hammer}}
{{weapon table morning star}}
{{weapon table end}}

==Weapon Damage Type Ratios==

This table contains the blunt weapon [[critical]] [[#category:damage types|damage type]] percentages for successful attacks (based on player research). As an example, the mace will result in 100% [[crush critical table|crush critical damage]] for all attacks. The mace does not do [[slash critical table|slash critical damage]] or [[puncture critical table|puncture critical damage]]. 

{| {{prettytable}}
|- style = "background: #DDD;"
!Weapon
!Slash %
!Crush %
!Puncture%
|- align=center
|Leather whip
|0
|100
|0
|- align=center
|Crowbill
|0
|50
|50
|- align=center
|Cudgel
|0
|100
|0
|- align=center
|Mace
|0
|100
|0
|- align=center
|Ball and Chain
|0
|100
|0
|- align=center
|War hammer
|0
|66.7
|33.3
|- align=center
|Morning star[http://forum.gsplayers.com/showthread.php?96571-Research-Morning-Star-Damage-Type-Frequency&p=1783627#post1783627]
|0
|66.7
|33.3
|}

==Resources==
*[[Forging]]
*[[Damage factor]]
*[[Material]]
*http://www.play.net/gs4/info/armory/concussion.asp
*[http://forums.play.net/forums/GemStone%20IV/Combat,%20Magic,%20and%20Character%20Mechanics/Weapons/view Weapons Officials folder]

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[[Category:Weapon Skills]]
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