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PERSONAL WEAPONS:

Hand weapons: Anything that extend a hand's reach will be used against someone's head eventually.

Sword: A hand weapon with a broad blade, one or two edged, and a point. Many kinds exist (longsword, sabre, cutlass...)

Foil: A very thin sword with no edge and a very sharp point, usually longer than a sword. A few kinds exist (epee, rapier...)

Falchion: A very broad sword with one edge, intended to be used for slashing. A few kinds exist (dao, scimitar...)

Axe: The quintessential peasant's tool can be used for defense and offense.

Polearm: Polearms allow ranked infantry to fight in multiple lines. Surprisingly viable in urban combat. A number exist.

Mace: If everything else fails, blunt instruments remain effective. As many types exist as there are shelves in a hardware store.

Launchers: If one can aim, shooting things at an enemy is often a good way to at least soften them up before coming to blows.

Bow: Bows are quiet, can be nocked quickly, and offer good penetration but require high skill and stamina.

Crossbow: Often operates by pneumatics or springs rather than a bow, but the principle remains the same.

Firearm: Firearms that have survived the bad times work more or less reliably, taking into account the general lower quality of ammunition and the fact that advanced features such as automatic fire tend to go unused due to bullet scarcity.

Sprayer: Any pneumatic device that sprays a gas or a liquid, be it steam, scalding water, acid, or flame. Surprisingly common in light of how easy it is to make one out of farm equipment.

However they are flavored, mechanically weapons are statted very simply. A weapon may be required to use a skill -- the best fencer can't do much without a sword, for example. Some weapons may grant reach in melee, such as polearms; others may require high Strength to be operated in exchange for a powerful punch:

Weapon	Range	Power	Notes
Unarmed	1	0	May be increased by martial art skills
Knife	1	1	May be thrown (range 10)
Sword	1	2	Type and fighting school may give bonuses to attack rolls
Pike	2	1	May be thrown (range 8)
Boomerang	12	1	Returns on miss
BB xbow	20	1	Most common launcher type
Sprayer	5	2	Environmental effect depends on fuel
Rocket	30	4	Single use; must attack with all available dice

Motorized weapons: A rare sight, but one that is sometimes employed by landlords who want to show off their power. Thermal lances, angle grinders, chainsaws, hand drills and the like can be used in a fight -- in general they are hard to hit with and can lead to serious self-harm on a fumble, but they can tear through armor like paper if they connect. Thermal lances and the like are considered "motorized" even if strictly speaking they have no self-moving parts; they can be powered by electricity, compressed air, small woodgas engines and so on.

VEHICLE WEAPONS: Tonks and trains carry a variety of large weapons such as canister-shot ballistas, catapults, small field artillery, even machine guns. The Objectivists are known to have electrical weapons of varying powers; the Legion's trains carry steam-powered automatic lead pellet shooters that are about as effective as a Gatling gun.