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<blockquote data-quote="SpaceOtter" data-source="post: 6405495" data-attributes="member: 6779742"><p>So, following the Asian Weapon Equivalents I posted before (covering Chinese and Japanese equivalents to the entries in the PHB), I decided to do the same for historical arms of the Middle Ages to Renaissance (mostly the period 800CE-1599CE). There were a few exceptions (for example, darts weren't really used as a weapon in Europe after the plumbata fell from use in Byzantium), and obviously most of the Scimitar equivalents are Middle Eastern, but that's the nature of the beast.</p><p></p><p>[h=1]<span style="font-size: 10px">European Weapon Equivalents</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span>[/h]</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 10px"><em>Simple Melee Weapons</em></span></strong></p><p>[h=1]<span style="font-size: 10px">Club</span>[/h]<span style="font-size: 10px">Cudgel, Shillelagh</span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span>[h=1]<span style="font-size: 10px">Dagger*</span>[/h]<span style="font-size: 10px">Baselard, Bollock Dagger, Cross-Hilt Dagger, Ear Dagger, Hiebmesser (Hewing Knife), Main-Gauche, Misericorde, Poignard, Rondel Dagger, Seax (short), Swordbreaker, Stiletto</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><em>Notes:</em> The hiebmesser, seax, and swordbreaker do slashing damage, not piercing.</span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span>[h=1]<span style="font-size: 10px">Greatclub</span>[/h]<span style="font-size: 10px">Plancon a Picot</span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span>[h=1]<span style="font-size: 10px">Handaxe</span>[/h]<span style="font-size: 10px">Doloire (short-handled), Francisca, Hatchet, Horseman’s Axe, Hurlbat</span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span>[h=1]<span style="font-size: 10px">Javelin</span>[/h]<span style="font-size: 10px">Angon, Frakka</span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span>[h=3]<span style="font-size: 10px">Light Hammer</span>[/h]<span style="font-size: 10px">Horseman’s Hammer</span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span>[h=1]<span style="font-size: 10px">Mace</span>[/h]<span style="font-size: 10px">Bulawa, Pernach, Shestopyor (Six-Feathered)</span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span>[h=1]<span style="font-size: 10px">Scourge</span>[/h]<span style="font-size: 10px">Cat-o-Nine-Tails</span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span>[h=1]<span style="font-size: 10px">Spear</span>[/h]<span style="font-size: 10px">Winged Spear</span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span>[h=2]<span style="font-size: 10px">Simple Ranged Weapons</span>[/h][h=1]<span style="font-size: 10px">Dart</span>[/h]<span style="font-size: 10px">Plumbata</span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span>[h=1]<span style="font-size: 10px"><em>Martial Melee Weapons</em></span>[/h][h=1]<span style="font-size: 10px">Arming Sword</span>[/h]<span style="font-size: 10px">Falchion, Messer, Schiavona, Viking Sword</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span>[h=1]<span style="font-size: 10px">Battleaxe</span>[/h]<span style="font-size: 10px">Skeggox (Bearded Axe, short-handled), Sparth (Pale Axe, short-handled)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span>[h=1]<span style="font-size: 10px">Flail</span>[/h]<span style="font-size: 10px">Goupillon (flail with 2-3 weighted heads, short-handled)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span>[h=1]<span style="font-size: 10px">Glaive</span>[/h]<span style="font-size: 10px">Bill, Fauchard, Guisarme, Jedburgh Staff, Sovnya, War Scythe</span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span>[h=1]<span style="font-size: 10px">Greataxe</span>[/h]<span style="font-size: 10px">Bardiche, Breidox (Broad Axe), Dane Axe, Doloire (long-handled), Skeggox (Bearded Axe, long-handled), Sparth (Pale Axe, long-handled)</span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span>[h=1]<span style="font-size: 10px">Greatsword</span>[/h]<span style="font-size: 10px">Claymore, Kreigsmesser, Zweihander</span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span>[h=1]<span style="font-size: 10px">Halberd</span>[/h]<span style="font-size: 10px">Lochaber Axe, Voulge</span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span>[h=1]<span style="font-size: 10px">Longsword*</span>[/h]<span style="font-size: 10px">aka Bastard Sword, Estoc (aka Tuck), Grosse Messer, Spadone</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><em>Notes: </em>The estoc and spadone are piercing weapons. </span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span>[h=1]<span style="font-size: 10px">Maul*</span>[/h]<span style="font-size: 10px">Goedendag (Good Day), Morningstar (long-handled)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><em>Notes: </em>The long-handled morningstar is a piercing weapon.</span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span>[h=4]<span style="font-size: 10px">Military Flail</span>[/h]<span style="font-size: 10px">Goupillon (flail with 2-3 weighted heads, long-handled)</span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span>[h=3]<span style="font-size: 10px">Morningstar</span>[/h]<span style="font-size: 10px">aka Holy Water Sprinkler, aka Morgenstern</span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span>[h=3]<span style="font-size: 10px">Pike</span>[/h]<span style="font-size: 10px">Ahlspiess (Awl Pike), Boar Spear, Bohemian Earspoon, Corseque, Longspear, Military Fork, Ox Tongue, Partisan, Ranseur, Spetum</span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span>[h=3]<span style="font-size: 10px">Pollaxe*</span>[/h]<span style="font-size: 10px">Bec de Corbin (Crow’s Beak), Bec de Faucon (Falcon’s Beak), Lucerne Hammer</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><em>Note: </em>The bec de corbin and bec de faucon are piercing weapons.</span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span>[h=1]<span style="font-size: 10px">Scimitar</span>[/h]<span style="font-size: 10px">Kilij, Shamshir, Storta, Talwar</span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span>[h=4]<span style="font-size: 10px">Shortsword*</span>[/h]<span style="font-size: 10px">Badelaire, Cinquedea, Katzbalger, Rondel Dagger (long-bladed), Seax (long)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><em>Note:</em> The badelaire, katzbalger and long seax are slashing weapons.</span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span>[h=2]<em><span style="font-size: 10px">Martial Ranged Weapons</span></em>[/h][h=4]<span style="font-size: 10px">Crossbow, Heavy</span>[/h]<span style="font-size: 10px">Arbalest</span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span>[h=1]<span style="font-size: 10px">Longbow</span>[/h]<span style="font-size: 10px">English Longbow</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SpaceOtter, post: 6405495, member: 6779742"] So, following the Asian Weapon Equivalents I posted before (covering Chinese and Japanese equivalents to the entries in the PHB), I decided to do the same for historical arms of the Middle Ages to Renaissance (mostly the period 800CE-1599CE). There were a few exceptions (for example, darts weren't really used as a weapon in Europe after the plumbata fell from use in Byzantium), and obviously most of the Scimitar equivalents are Middle Eastern, but that's the nature of the beast. [h=1][SIZE=2]European Weapon Equivalents [/SIZE][/h] [B][SIZE=2][I]Simple Melee Weapons[/I][/SIZE][/B] [h=1][SIZE=2]Club[/SIZE][/h][SIZE=2]Cudgel, Shillelagh [/SIZE][h=1][SIZE=2]Dagger*[/SIZE][/h][SIZE=2]Baselard, Bollock Dagger, Cross-Hilt Dagger, Ear Dagger, Hiebmesser (Hewing Knife), Main-Gauche, Misericorde, Poignard, Rondel Dagger, Seax (short), Swordbreaker, Stiletto [I]Notes:[/I] The hiebmesser, seax, and swordbreaker do slashing damage, not piercing. [/SIZE][h=1][SIZE=2]Greatclub[/SIZE][/h][SIZE=2]Plancon a Picot [/SIZE][h=1][SIZE=2]Handaxe[/SIZE][/h][SIZE=2]Doloire (short-handled), Francisca, Hatchet, Horseman’s Axe, Hurlbat [/SIZE][h=1][SIZE=2]Javelin[/SIZE][/h][SIZE=2]Angon, Frakka [/SIZE][h=3][SIZE=2]Light Hammer[/SIZE][/h][SIZE=2]Horseman’s Hammer [/SIZE][h=1][SIZE=2]Mace[/SIZE][/h][SIZE=2]Bulawa, Pernach, Shestopyor (Six-Feathered) [/SIZE][h=1][SIZE=2]Scourge[/SIZE][/h][SIZE=2]Cat-o-Nine-Tails [/SIZE][h=1][SIZE=2]Spear[/SIZE][/h][SIZE=2]Winged Spear [/SIZE][h=2][SIZE=2]Simple Ranged Weapons[/SIZE][/h][h=1][SIZE=2]Dart[/SIZE][/h][SIZE=2]Plumbata [/SIZE][h=1][SIZE=2][I]Martial Melee Weapons[/I][/SIZE][/h][h=1][SIZE=2]Arming Sword[/SIZE][/h][SIZE=2]Falchion, Messer, Schiavona, Viking Sword [/SIZE][h=1][SIZE=2]Battleaxe[/SIZE][/h][SIZE=2]Skeggox (Bearded Axe, short-handled), Sparth (Pale Axe, short-handled) [/SIZE][h=1][SIZE=2]Flail[/SIZE][/h][SIZE=2]Goupillon (flail with 2-3 weighted heads, short-handled) [/SIZE][h=1][SIZE=2]Glaive[/SIZE][/h][SIZE=2]Bill, Fauchard, Guisarme, Jedburgh Staff, Sovnya, War Scythe [/SIZE][h=1][SIZE=2]Greataxe[/SIZE][/h][SIZE=2]Bardiche, Breidox (Broad Axe), Dane Axe, Doloire (long-handled), Skeggox (Bearded Axe, long-handled), Sparth (Pale Axe, long-handled) [/SIZE][h=1][SIZE=2]Greatsword[/SIZE][/h][SIZE=2]Claymore, Kreigsmesser, Zweihander [/SIZE][h=1][SIZE=2]Halberd[/SIZE][/h][SIZE=2]Lochaber Axe, Voulge [/SIZE][h=1][SIZE=2]Longsword*[/SIZE][/h][SIZE=2]aka Bastard Sword, Estoc (aka Tuck), Grosse Messer, Spadone [I]Notes: [/I]The estoc and spadone are piercing weapons. [/SIZE][h=1][SIZE=2]Maul*[/SIZE][/h][SIZE=2]Goedendag (Good Day), Morningstar (long-handled) [I]Notes: [/I]The long-handled morningstar is a piercing weapon. [/SIZE][h=4][SIZE=2]Military Flail[/SIZE][/h][SIZE=2]Goupillon (flail with 2-3 weighted heads, long-handled) [/SIZE][h=3][SIZE=2]Morningstar[/SIZE][/h][SIZE=2]aka Holy Water Sprinkler, aka Morgenstern [/SIZE][h=3][SIZE=2]Pike[/SIZE][/h][SIZE=2]Ahlspiess (Awl Pike), Boar Spear, Bohemian Earspoon, Corseque, Longspear, Military Fork, Ox Tongue, Partisan, Ranseur, Spetum [/SIZE][h=3][SIZE=2]Pollaxe*[/SIZE][/h][SIZE=2]Bec de Corbin (Crow’s Beak), Bec de Faucon (Falcon’s Beak), Lucerne Hammer [I]Note: [/I]The bec de corbin and bec de faucon are piercing weapons. [/SIZE][h=1][SIZE=2]Scimitar[/SIZE][/h][SIZE=2]Kilij, Shamshir, Storta, Talwar [/SIZE][h=4][SIZE=2]Shortsword*[/SIZE][/h][SIZE=2]Badelaire, Cinquedea, Katzbalger, Rondel Dagger (long-bladed), Seax (long) [I]Note:[/I] The badelaire, katzbalger and long seax are slashing weapons. [/SIZE][h=2][I][SIZE=2]Martial Ranged Weapons[/SIZE][/I][/h][h=4][SIZE=2]Crossbow, Heavy[/SIZE][/h][SIZE=2]Arbalest [/SIZE][h=1][SIZE=2]Longbow[/SIZE][/h][SIZE=2]English Longbow [/SIZE] [SIZE=2] [/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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