Custom Weapons: Difference between revisions

<span class="DROPCAP">T</span>he following are weapons available in the world of Layonara that are not standard NWN weapons. There are a number of things to be aware of when making character choices involving these weapons as they do not work completely as they should due to an unfixable bug in the way bioware implemented a number of weapon specific feats. If you are considering using one of these weapons please read the [[#Notes|notes]] at the bottom of this page.<br />

<span class="BOLD"><span id="Goad" class="ANCHORNAME">Goad</span></span> - A goad is a large hook, used by herders of oxen.<br />

<span class="BOLD"><span id="Katar" class="ANCHORNAME">Katar</span></span> - A katar is a type of short punching sword. It is notable for its horizontal hand grip, which results in the blade of the sword sitting above the user's knuckles. Typically, katars were used in close range hand-to-hand combat, which is effective in armour piercing. The blade was often folded or corrugated for additional strength. Some katars have a mechanism responsible for making the blades split. This happens when the user pulls the hand grips together. In this variety of katar, two hand grips are used, so that the mechanism can be activated. This feature was often used to inflict a greater damage to the enemy, having the blades splitting inside of them and slashing their insides.

<span class="BOLD"><span id="HeavyMace" class="ANCHORNAME">Mace, Heavy</span></span> - An advance on the club, a mace is a strong, heavy wooden, metal-reinforced, or metal shaft, with a head made of metal. The head is normally about or slightly thicker than the diameter of the shaft, shaped with flanges, knobs or spikes to allow greater penetration of armour. The length of maces can vary considerably. The maces of foot soldiers were usually quite short (two or three feet). The maces of cavalrymen were longer and better designed for blows from horseback. The heavy mace is a larger version of the light mace.