Tell me about strange weapons in your world!

[Tonguez]

I once had a PC nasmed Mendoza who was primarily a knifethrower but who also fought with a razor-edged cape (hard tips and razorwire along the bottom edge, could be used to trip, entangle and 1d4 slashing damage)

Steel Rake - (used guisarme stats) based on the Steel Rake used by Chu Pa-Chieh (Pigsy of Journey to the West fame) - anyone know what its suppose to be called?

Battle Spade - also inspired by the Steel Rake (and me being bored after digging the garden) is the Battle Spade - yes a modified Spade (or Shovel for large PCs) with a sharpe flat blade and weighted butt used by Hobgoblins (ie Klingons)

Yo-Yo Heavy wooden Yo-Yo with wire cord bludgeoning weapon can be used to trip

Battle Kite - I have a Kitemaster Prc who builfd and enchant kites. The Battle Kite is a sharpe edged razor wire weapon that for most people serves as a shield (and can used as a spiked gauntlet). In the hands of a Kite Master however it can be thrown on a flat trajectory to do slashing damage , the Razorwire can be used as a Garotte, to trip and of course to cut the strings of other kites - or ropes etc (which is their original purpose)

 

[adwyn]

Harpoons - Not that exotic, but they've become the favored weapon of centaurs IMC who use them to ride by, throw, and then drag the spellcasters off to where they can be dealt with five on one.

Lasso - As many of my players have had rodeo experience, they naturally drift towards the lariat. Sure it does no damage, but works great to restrict a target while others wail on it.

 

[Benben]

Nice topic.

Southland Ribbon Swords: A series of razor sharp blades attached in a way that lets them rotate around. They are as long as greatswords and are weilded in a method between gymanstic's ribbon and a spiked chain.

The Spiked chains of the Knights of Chaos are often attached to their shoulder blades and weilded by force of will.

My Halflings (Hsien) are the home of my Asian cultures and all of their signature weapons are made out of ceramics.

 

[Wombat]

Since our game is set in a Renaissance-like locale in the equivalent of the New World, we have an odd combination of weapons.

On the one hand we have Aztec-style weapons like the macahuitl, the atlatl, and the tepoztopili...

...on the other, we have European-style "combined weapons", like dagger-guns, gun-shields, rapiers with spring-loaded daggers, and suchlike.

Makes for interesting times

 

[chrisnd]

The Windmill Knife Hat of Doom - basically like a beany propellor hat with whirling knives - stupid, but oddly effective (although it broke and stabbed the wearer last week).

Brilliant! Absolutely Brilliant!

Anyone crazy enough to put a bunch of spinning knives on top of their head deserves kudos from this DM.

In my campaign, we have a "Greatmace" - sort of like a great sword, but bludgeoning instead of slashing. It is actually very effective for crushing small beasts - and works great in a game of baseball, too.

 

[Mercule]

My world has a tiny group of elven knights called "Tanari" (my use of the word predates ever hearing the term applied to demons) who use a sword called a "tania" (tah-NEE-ah). The tania is a light, long slashing sword with a half-edge on the back side. It uses the stats for the elven thinblade, other than weight.

The tania is made from a light, thin strip of ironwood for form which is then coated in mithril to give it strength and edge. The whole thing weighs less than a pound and is incredibly fast (Tanari PrC gets a "flurry of blows" with the sword), but the balance is a bit bizarre. Obviously, all tanias are masterwork.

Harpoons - Not that exotic, but they've become the favored weapon of centaurs IMC who use them to ride by, throw, and then drag the spellcasters off to where they can be dealt with five on one.

*Yoink* Makes perfect sense.

 

[Shades of Green]

My world's kobolds, masters of crude (but efficient) clockwork/mechanical technology, have their Repeater Crossbows; from them, they've developed the Repeater Ballista. It's a ballista with a five bolt magazine attached, and a mechanical auto-loading system similar to that of the Repeater Crossbow. Magazines are heavy, but when you use Bugbears as your support crew, this isn't much of a problem.

The Daughters of the Harvest cult of Cera Telann, worshippers of the "Green Reapper" aspect of the One Mother, have perfected the use of sickles in battle; While this weapon exists in the 3E PHB, for them it's a focus, used similar to the use of a Kama by a monk.

 

[Mighty Halfling]

I'm a big fan of the orcish shotput (from Sword & Fist) with its nice damage (2d4 I think) and great crit-multiplier (x3 or x4). Not bad for a throwing bludgeoning weapon that gets strength bonus to damage! The range stinks, but the thought of skull-sized iron balls raining down on a band of merchants amuses me.