Equipment

All player characters are proficient with all melee weaponry, a buckler, shield or runic symbols. You may wear armour but it has no effect unless magically enhanced.

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One-handed Weapons

• Any weapon longer than 8" and less than or equal to 42"
• One-handed weapons can be used with one or two hands.
• You can dual wield one-handed weapons.
• These weapons cannot be used to thrust with.

Great Weapons

• Weapons such as greatswords and greataxes.
• They are longer than 42" and less than or equal to 60".
• These weapons must be used with two hands.
• These weapons cannot be used to thrust with.

Polearms

• Weapons such as staves, spears, glaives and halberds.
• They are longer than 42" and less than or equal to 84".
• These weapons must be used with two hands.
• Polearms are vulnerable to the SHATTER call.
• Polearms longer than or equal to 60" can be used to thrust with if they have a thrust-safe tip (though you can also swing with them).
• A spear longer than or equal to 60" can be used in one hand, if held within 6" of the mid-point and used for thrusting only. You may not dual wield one-handed spears.

Buckler

• Bucklers are shields with a diameter less than or equal to 15".
• Bucklers must be held in a hand to block damage.

Large Shield

• Shields larger than 15" in any dimension.
• Large Shields are vulnerable to the SHATTER call.
• Shields must be held in a hand to block damage
• A shield can be maximum of 40" in diameter, or similar area of non-circular shape.

Runic Symbol

• You may use a Runic Symbol in one or both hands for +1 hit point each.
• This can either be a rune drawn on the hand, or on an object held in the hand.
• If you benefit from a runic symbol that hand cannot be used to wield a weapon, buckler or shield in that encounter.
• A Runic Symbol is not required to Runecast.

Others

• Throwing weapons are not supported by this game.
• If you wish to use a bow or crossbow, or if you have a melee weapon you'd like to use that doesn't fall in to these categories, contact the refs.