Damage for Cane/Walking stick?

Dave G · Dec 2, 2002

I'm making a new character, and I wanted to give him a somewhat unorthodox weapon, (i.e. a cane or a walking stick) I was wondering if the damages for these items have been posted anywhere?

I'd be tempted to just use the club damage, but wanted confirmation on my judgement call.

coyote6 · Dec 2, 2002

I'd use club -- it's a close enough approximation for a nice hardwood cane, anyways.

hammymchamham · Dec 2, 2002

what about a quarterstaff?

Dave G · Dec 2, 2002

Well, I thought about that, but I really wanted it to be a one handed weapon... that's why I was thinking cane. Since both the Club and the Quarterstaff both do a 1d6 for damage, I think it works either way...

Thanks for the help!

Apapalypse · Jan 9, 2021

A cane would be an improvised weapon unless you are using a weapon for a cane.

Justice and Rule · Jan 9, 2021

Apapalypse said:
A cane would be an improvised weapon unless you are using a weapon for a cane.

Yeah, definitely this. For damage, though, I'd say 1d4 with one hand (Same as a quarterstaff) and 1d6 for 2 hands.

Edit: Jeez, what is with all the thread necromancy around here?

Apapalypse · Jan 9, 2021

Justice and Rule said:
Yeah, definitely this. For damage, though, I'd say 1d4 with one hand (Same as a quarterstaff) and 1d6 for 2 hands.

Edit: Jeez, what is with all the thread necromancy around here?

Methinks it would be 1d6 as the cane can resemble a club less than a staff, the necromantic quality comes from my inability to let RAW questions go unanswered if I'm search engining a question, and to top it all off my personal question is for a RotRL PATHFINDER game not D&D atm, so there is a bit of plane shifting going on as well!

corwyn77 · Jan 12, 2021

Justice and Rule said:
Yeah, definitely this. For damage, though, I'd say 1d4 with one hand (Same as a quarterstaff) and 1d6 for 2 hands.

Edit: Jeez, what is with all the thread necromancy around here?

Holy smokes, I didn't even know PF was that old. Really makes me feel old.

Blackrat · Jan 12, 2021

Some algorithm must be assigning tags on a whim, as this was most definitely not a PF question back then

I actually had a pc use walking stick in Eberron campaign and. In fact it was a cane sword, but I allowed him to use it as a blunt weapon if he did not draw it. It used short sword stats when drawn and club when ”sheathed” as a cane.