Renaissance Weaponry Simplified

This is the revised chart of standard weapons (excluding firearms) for my Old School Renaissance swashbuckling game of the actual or imagined Renaissance (for use with Swords & Wizardry White Box or OD&D). The Renaissance Armor chart has also been revised to include Ascending AC values for Swords & Wizardry.

WEAPONS
Weapon	Hands Req.	Type	Rate of Fire	Range
Axe	2	mêlée
Bow	2	missile	2	70 ft.
Club	1 or 2	mêlée
Crossbow, Heavy	2	missile	1/4	80 ft.
Crossbow, Light	2	missile	1/2	40 ft.
Dagger	1	both	2	10 ft.
Dirk	1	mêlée
Hatchet	1	both	1	10 ft.
Lance	1	mêlée
Mace	1	mêlée
Morning Star	2	mêlée
Pick	2	mêlée
Pike	1 or 2	mêlée
Pole Arm	2	mêlée
Quarterstaff	2	mêlée
Scimitar	1	mêlée
Sling	1	missile	1	40 ft.
Spear	1 or 2	both	1	20 ft.
Sword	1	mêlée
Sword, Two-Handed	2	mêlée
Weapons wielded with one hand cause 1d6 points of damage.
Weapons wielded with two hands cause 1d6+1 points of damage.

Random Weapon Table

Roll 1d20

1. Axe
   
2. Bow
   
3. Club
   
4. Heavy Crossbow
   
5. Light Crossbow
   
6. Dagger
   
7. Dirk
   
8. Hatchet
   
9. Lance
   
10. Mace
    
11. Morning Star
    
12. Pick
    
13. Pike
    
14. Pole Arm
    
15. Quarterstaff
    
16. Scimitar
    
17. Sling
    
18. Spear
    
19. Sword
    
20. Two-Handed Sword
    

Renaissance Weaponry

These are charts of standard weapons (excluding firearms) for my Old School Renaissance swashbuckling game of the actual or imagined Renaissance (for use with Basic/Expert D&D, Labyrinth Lord, or any compatible game). The first chart is arranged in order of ascending weapon damage; the second chart is arranged alphabetically. The third is a table for random weapon generation. Additional weapons that may be less common to the genre may be found in Variable Weapon Damage at my other OSR Web log.

Firearms will be detailed in a separate article.


Variable Weapon Damage

Damage/Weapon Type

1d4 - Dagger
1d4 - Rock
1d4 - Torch
1d6 - Arrow (Bow)
1d6 - Bolt (Crossbow)
1d6 - Club
1d6 - Dirk
1d6 - Hatchet
1d6 - Mace
1d6 - Quarterstaff
1d8 - Axe
1d8 - Morning Star
1d8 - Scimitar
1d8 - Spear
1d8 - Sword
1d8 - War Hammer
1d10 - Lance
1d10 - Pike
1d12 - Pole Arm
1d12 - Two-Handed Sword


Variable Weapon Damage

Damage/Weapon Type

1d6 - Arrow (Bow)
1d8 - Axe
1d6 - Bolt (Crossbow)
1d6 - Club
1d4 - Dagger
1d6 - Dirk
1d8 - Hammer, War
1d6 - Hatchet
1d10 - Lance
1d6 - Mace
1d8 - Morning Star
1d10 - Pike
1d12 - Pole Arm
1d6 - Quarterstaff
1d4 - Rock
1d8 - Scimitar
1d8 - Spear
1d8 - Sword
1d12 - Sword, Two-Handed
1d4 - Torch


Random Weapon Table

Roll 1d20

1. Dagger
   
2. Rock
   
3. Torch
   
4. Bow (Roll 1d6: 1-2=shortbow, 3-4=self bow, 5-6=longbow)
   
5. Crossbow (Roll 1d6: 1-3=light crossbow, 4-6=heavy crossbow)
   
6. Club
   
7. Dirk
   
8. Hatchet
   
9. Mace
   
10. Quarterstaff
    
11. Axe
    
12. Morning Star
    
13. Scimitar
    
14. Spear
    
15. Sword
    
16. War Hammer
    
17. Lance
    
18. Pike
    
19. Pole Arm
    
20. Two-Handed Sword