| Skill
|
Rank
|
Percent
|
Description
|
| Smelting
|
Inept
|
0%
|
Smelt forged items and recover some of the materials.
|
| Repairing
|
Inept
|
0%
|
Extend the life of worn items.
|
| Club
|
Inept
|
0%
|
A crude bludgeoning weapon.
|
| Buckler
|
Inept
|
33%
|
The smallest shield.
|
| Breadpan
|
Inept
|
66%
|
A useful cooking utensil.
|
| Dirk
|
Novice
|
0%
|
A weapon made for stabbing.
|
| Spear
|
Novice
|
33%
|
The standard weapon of the footman.
|
| Pieplate
|
Novice
|
66%
|
A plate for baking pie.
|
| Leatherarmour
|
Apprentice
|
0%
|
A suit of leather armour.
|
| Cookiesheet
|
Apprentice
|
33%
|
A steel sheet for baking cookies.
|
| Halberd
|
Apprentice
|
66%
|
The simplest of the polearms.
|
| Cavalry
|
Capable
|
0%
|
A small shield, but more effective than the buckler.
|
| Pot
|
Capable
|
25%
|
A cast-iron cooking pot.
|
| Cauldron
|
Capable
|
50%
|
Cauldrons suitable for fermenting.
|
| Shortsword
|
Capable
|
75%
|
A smaller version of the longsword.
|
| Mace
|
Adept
|
0%
|
The Basilican maces.
|
| Ringmail
|
Adept
|
25%
|
Armour composed of overlapping rings of metal.
|
| Pastrypan
|
Adept
|
50%
|
A pan for making fine pastries.
|
| Axe
|
Adept
|
75%
|
The handaxe; made for throwing.
|
| Bardiche
|
Skilled
|
0%
|
Another polearm. More complicated than the halberd.
|
| Crozier
|
Skilled
|
0%
|
A ritualistic implement used by desertfolk.
|
| Dagger
|
Skilled
|
25%
|
Obsidian throwing daggers.
|
| Banded
|
Skilled
|
50%
|
A shield of reasonable effectiveness.
|
| Kettle
|
Skilled
|
75%
|
A heavy kettle with a lid.
|
| Whip
|
Gifted
|
0%
|
A length of leather with a fine iron tip.
|
| Talons
|
Gifted
|
25%
|
Steel talons to equip falcons with.
|
| Morningstar
|
Gifted
|
50%
|
An iron ball connected to a handle by a chain.
|
| Scalemail
|
Gifted
|
75%
|
Armour made of overlapping scales of metal and leather.
|
| Warhammer
|
Expert
|
0%
|
A large bludgeoning weapon.
|
| Rapier
|
Expert
|
25%
|
The weapon of the cultured urbanite.
|
| Javelin
|
Expert
|
50%
|
Nothing hurts quite as much as being hit by a javelin.
|
| Kite
|
Expert
|
75%
|
A large, protective shield.
|
| Flail
|
Virtuoso
|
0%
|
A wicked-looking variation on a morningstar.
|
| Chainmail
|
Virtuoso
|
25%
|
Armour made of interlocking rings of metal.
|
| Trident
|
Virtuoso
|
50%
|
Oftentimes the favourite weapon of gladiators.
|
| Battleaxe
|
Virtuoso
|
75%
|
Favoured weapon of the mountain dwarves.
|
| Tower
|
Fabled
|
0%
|
The largest and most cumbersome shield.
|
| Splintmail
|
Fabled
|
25%
|
Good armour made of strips of metal and leather.
|
| Bastard
|
Fabled
|
50%
|
The famous Delosian bastard swords.
|
| Lance
|
Fabled
|
75%
|
The traditional weapon of the mounted knight.
|
| Scimitar
|
Mythical
|
0%
|
A very effective curved sword favoured in the south.
|
| Fieldplate
|
Mythical
|
25%
|
The most common, but still very good, form of platemail.
|
| Broadsword
|
Mythical
|
50%
|
A popular variation on the longsword.
|
| Longsword
|
Mythical
|
75%
|
The standard against which all is based.
|
| Fullplate
|
Transcendent
|
0%
|
The most magnificent armour. See AB FORGING FULLPLATE.
|