The Witcher Pen & Paper RPG
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Effect
Conc. Weight
Cost
Standard (x10)
P
E
10
L
.5
10
Blunt
B
C
10
Non-Lethal
L
.1
5
Broadhead
P
C
10
Bleeding (100%)
L
.1
10
Bodkin
P
C
10
Armor Piercing
L
.1
15
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Weapon Descriptions Welcome To The
Shop
Every weapon’s got its own iden-
Swords
Kord
Jambiya
Kords are crafted for sailors, in the My friend, even in the far off land
tity. Heh, not talkin’ ‘bout a soul
Iron Long Sword
coastal Cidarian city. It’s a solid and of Zerrikania, death is its own cur-
or somethin’ . Just sayin’ every
Heh, iron long swords. As a dwarf, I simple blade with a sharp curved edge. rency. And they’ve designed one of weapon acts different. Ya can
can tel ya the concept makes me sick. Heh, I hear a lot of these blades are bein’ the greatest daggers on the planet.
They’re damn dull but they’re easy to smuggled north or even thrown into We didn’t start seein’ these strange take swords, axes, maces, and
make and you can find them every- the sea so the black ones can’t get them. curved things until they became all sorts of other weapons and
where, I guess.
a staple of assassins from Maecht
you’ll find they’re all useful for
Vicovarian Blade
durin’ the First Northern War.
somethin’. Ya want a good al
Arming Sword
Vicovarian blade’s recognizable for its
‘round weapon? Take a sword.
The Redanian arming sword’s a heavy guard. Usual y used by knights
one-handed blade with a simple curved of Vicovaro, but with the war they’ve Axes Good and sharp, wel balanced,
guard and sharp edge. Heh, with Reda- spread all around. I’ll tell ya this Hand Axe
and easy enough to wield.
nia spreading out across the North to though, my friend, I’ve seen these things Over time I’ve gotten fond of the Ya want something to break
“defend” us, these arming swords are survive castles crumbling around them hand axe. Heh, used to use ‘em for skuls? Grab a mace. Heavy and
showin’ up al over.
and then still lop off a limb or two.
timber but they’re damn tough, and
rough. Wanna keep folks at a
a weapon designed to chop wood
Gleddyf
Torrwr
will go through bone just as well.
distance? Always got yer long
Gleddyf’re one of the heaviest blades on Someone runs at ya with a torrwr, just
bows and crossbows. Keep folks
the continent, and one of the thinnest. play dead. During the last war I saw Battle Axe
at a distance and keep yourself
Heh, all that weight’s centered in the a mountain of a man behead a horse, Need to break down a door? Need safe. Now let’s get down to it. Ya
fancy guard and pommel. But it is easy mid-gal op, with one of these. Course to hack up a body, livin’ or dead?
won’t find better wares than in
enough to make, so it’s a fine design the Gemmerians are all crazy sons of Get an axe, my friend. Shape may for the black ones, seein’ as their army whores anyway. Never met one that vary but the battle axe’s a devastat-my shop. Made sure to bury al
keeps expanding.
didn’t look like he wanted to eat me.
ing weapon and it’s tougher than
the competition already, heh.
most swords.
–Rodolf Kazmer
Hunter’s Falchion
Hunters use these heavy blades to Small Blades
Berseker’s Axe
butcher their kil s. If you’re lookin’ for a Dagger
On the isles of Skel ige, werewolves
good blade for splittin’ wood and takin’ Daggers come in all kinds of shapes and and sirens are common and witch-off limbs, this is it. They’re common on sizes but they’re always small enough ers are rare. Combine that with the field for the everyman.
to hide. Everyone carries one, from the insane bravado of your aver-
knights to peasants.
age Skel iger and you get this bas-
Krigsverd
tard. A two-meter axe with a huge
They say the Skel igers quench their Stiletto
bearded head, etched with Skel ige
blades in the blood of sirens and muck- Count on the black ones to create a runes.
nixers. Lemme tell ya, my friend, it’s knife even more underhanded than a
true. Or at least it was. Their hardened normal dagger. This dagger’s long thin
steel blades and lighter construction blade folds into the handle so you can Bludgeons make ‘em hel ishly accurate.
hide it just about anywhere.
Brass Knuckles
My friend, world ain’t a fair place.
Esboda
Poniard
Some people are just born weaker.
As a merchant you have to leave your Heh, a good old-fashioned Temer- Now, I usual y don’t have to fight personal prejudices behind for good ian design. Long, slim, and light- my enemies up close—heh, the product. The Mettinese esboda is one of weight. I got stuck fightin’ a black benefits of being an arbalist—but the lightest, sharpest cavalry blades I’ve one at the Battle of Sodden with if I made a habit of it I’d pick up ever seen. It’s sort of like a much better one of these. He broke six of my some brass knuckles. Gives ya extra gleddyf. Count on the black ones to rely ribs, but I’m still here and he’s not.
“punch,” heh.
on their “vassals” to make better weap-
ons, eh?
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Mace
Throwing Axe
A brutal piece of work. Solid met- Staves
Ya won’t get as much range on a
al head with flanges or spikes. Heh, Staff
throwing axe as you would on a
Wearing Your
point is, when the head of the mace Don’t tell anyone I sold you this, throwing knife but you’ll pack more Magic
hits its target it’ll break bones. Know got it? My friend, only safe place to of a punch. Nothin’ like a hunk of plenty of mercenaries who carry one go with a mage’s staff is Skel ige, or sharpened metal on a haft comin’
From the mages I’ve known,
of these just to break through armor. maybe Zerrikania or Ofier. It may at ya.
where you carry your magic is
just be a glowy stick to a non-magic
a personal choice. Many carry
Highland Mauler
user but a staff amplifies a mage’s Orion
staves. Traditionaly, here in
The Kaedweni are big folks. If I had power, lettin’ ‘em use more magic The black ones started using these a to list the toughest sons of whores in than normal. But with the hatred few decades ago. They’re like throw-Oxenfurt a fancy staff would
the world, it’d be the Skel igers, the of mages in the North and the dis- in’ knives but they’re shaped like ensure that students backed
Kaedweni, and the Gemmerians. trust of mages in the South it’s also stars. Heh, strange design, but the’re out of your way, expecting to be
But the Highland Mauler gives the a great big target.
pretty damn dangerous. Quick, too.
blasted or transformed at any
Kaedweni a nice edge. Only ever
moment. Today in Redania it’s
sold two in my life, but these things Hooked Staff
are immense. Near two meters tall Never understood this design my-
not wise to show off when some
Bows
with a wide iron head that’s inlaid self, but the young mage I traveled Short Bow
cringing freshman can com-
with meteorite steel.
with said it was based off of an old Aren’t gonna see many short bows
plain to the closest knight. I’ll tel
design the mage Alzur used. Turns in a war. They’re too small to make
you something else that doesn’t
work–the weak old man lean-
Pole Arms
out Alzur used the hook on the end real y good battlefield weapons and
of the staff to shepherd the beasts the range of their arrows ain’t great.
Spear
he’d make. Imagine his was proba- But they’re perfect for huntin’ deer
ing on his staff. Mages always
Spears are the infantryman’s fa- bly silver but it’s still a useful weap- or the occasional trespasser.
try to carry this on too long,
vorite weapon. Ain’t exactly small, on for those mages that practice
and by the time they decide to
two meters on average, but they’ll staff fightin’.
Long Bow
use magic they have a pack of
hold enemies at bay and deter cav-
The long bow’s the predecessor to the
hooligans on them. I sometimes
alry charges. As a man who once Iron Staff
crossbow. Personal y, think they’re
served as a battlefield arbalist I Sometimes a mage might need a bit large and unwieldy. But hey, easy to carry a staff, but only so I can
have a special fondness for spears. more protection or, hell, their magic say that when you’re shorter than break off the front teeth of the
We had a group of spearmen to pro- may fail them. In that case ya got an the bow. Elves swear by the long first urchin that touches my coin
tect us from the black ones’ cavalry. iron staff. Basical y it’s just a big rod bow and in their hands it’s probably purse. The alternative for mages
of iron with fifth essence coursin’ the deadliest ranged weapon short
is the carrying of amulets. If this
Pole Axe
through it. Sturdier than a normal of a damn bal ista. Humans gen-
A dwarven smith in Poviss creat- staff and hits like a mace. Ya can eral y moved to the crossbow, but is done in a modest manner, the
ed this light pole axe. A long pole even block blades with it a bit.
down in Nilfgaard they’ve got plenty
mage is recognized only when
endin’ in a heavy axe blade with a
of archers, all deadly and perfectly
magic is unleashed. Many mag-
spike on top and a hammer head on Crystal Staff
wil in’ to prove it.
es, and most sorceres es, can’t re-
the back. Heh, the weapon was de- Best mages carry crystal staves.
sist the temptation to carry great
signed to be versatile and fight any They’re pretty much like regular War Bow
armor. Gotta have good weapons to staves but they have gemstones at The war bow’s a piece of work. Was bejeweled things that would
be political y neutral.
the top of ‘em, embedded in the developed to fight knights in tough
choke a goat. The best known,
wood. Thing about the gem is it has plate armor. Thing stands near two
like Philippa Eilhart or Yennifer
Red Halberd
to be perfect. If the gem has even meters tall and fires an arrow with
of Vengerberg, who never walk
Redanian halberdiers are some of one crack or imperfection, ya risk up to 77kg of force. These are the through the streets anyway, can
the most organized and dangerous an explosion or somethin’ of the types of bows ya see on the field.
soldiers in the north. Heh, These like. They’re worth it though. Am- Heh, standin’ back and firin’ shots dis uade thieves. For the les er
whoresons halt cavalry advances plifies magic like nothin’ else.
high into the sky to rain down like
mages it can become mes y.
and troop charges like nothin’. Their
goddamn meteors. Prefer the cross-
–Brandon of Oxenfurt
halberd is a masterpiece. Two-me-
bow, but I respect a bowman who
ter pole capped with a heavy battle Thrown
wields one of these.
axe with a back spike, and a long Throwing Knife
spike on top.
Throwing knives are an interesting
bit a’ work. Small, easily concealed,
and balanced for throwing. Ya have
to practice to know rotation speeds
and such, but they can be worth it.
Good assassin weapon.
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Crossbows
Ammunition
Hand Crossbow
Standard
Not sure where the hand cross- Heh, if ya got a weapon that throws
bow came from. Guess it probably a projectile, ya need projectiles.
started as a sorta civilian crossbow. Standard ammunition is basical y
They’re smal er and less power- your typical bolt or arrow. Bolts are
ful than a standard crossbow but usual y smal er than arrows, but
they’ll fit in one hand and they’re they both have a sharp metal head
easy to fire accurately. Nowadays and feather fletching.
they’re touted for home defense,
since many people can’t afford to Blunt
learn how to fight and crossbows Blunt bolts and arrows are an inter-
don’t take much learnin’.
esting case. Heh, never real y used
‘em myself but then again, never
Crossbow
fought much that a broadhead
Sturdy, accuracte, and powerful. won’t put down. Blunt ammunition
Call me biased but I love the cross- has a large dull wooden head like a
bow. Sure, takes some time to re- fist. Hear if ya half-draw ‘em in a
load. But a quick arbalist can put bow, ya can use these bolts to knock
bolts downrange with the kind of people out.
accuracy most human-made bows
can only dream of. The wooden Broadhead
stock al ows ya to rest it against your Broadheads are some of the best al-
shoulder and aim along it, which ternate projectiles to have on hand.
makes the shot fly far truer. I used They’re much like normal bolts or
one of these in the Second Northern arrows but instead of having a sim-
War and it served me well.
ple metal head they have a wide,
flat, bladed head. Heh, come in all
Monster Hunter’s Crossbow
shapes and sizes, leaves, diamonds,
These days monsters aren’t very v shapes, and such but they all cut
common. I can probably count the deeper than regular arrows, leavin’
number of monster sightin’s I’ve had bleedin’ wounds.
on the fingers of one hand. But they
still show up from time to time, and Bodkin
with witchers bein’ equal y rare, Blunt bolts and broadheads are
some bastard down south devel- fine if your target don’t have armor.
oped this beast. Stands more’n a Heh, problem is most folks have
meter long, ‘n’ near that acro
ss the enough sense to wear some armor
limbs. They say this crossbow has so you’ll have a hell of a time tryin’
to be pul ed with a windlass an’ it to get through to ‘em. That’s where
fires with 136kg of force. Guess they bodkins come in. Got a long tapered
figure if it takes a lot of force to kill tip, hardened in the fire, to punch
a monster, why not make a damn right through steel and leather.
handheld bal ista to take ‘em down
from afar, heh.
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EV & Magic
There’s a reason mages wear
Armor
robes. Not only is EV sub-
Armor has different values that determine how well it protects its wearer and how hinder-
tracted from your Reflex and
ing it might be in the heat of combat. While heavy armor will always mean more protection,
Dexterity, it is also subtracted
light armor is much more maneuverable.
from your Spell Casting rol s
Stopping Power (SP)
Armor Enhancement (AE)
to reflect the difficult of cast-
Stopping Power describes how much damage Armor Enhancement show how many en-
ing complex spel s in stiff or
armor stops when struck by a weapon or attack. hancements and glyphs can be placed on a piece heavy armor.
Head armor covers your head, torso armor of armor.
your torso and arms, and leg armor your legs.
Effect
Resistances
Availability (AVAIL.)
Effect describes any inherent benefits or disad-
Some armor comes with
Availability describes how easy armor of this vantages of this armor’s design. Each effect has resistances. These resist-type is to find for purchase and how often they its own description, noted in the sidebars.
ances halve damage from
should be encountered.
certain types of at acks, after
Everywhere (E): Can be found in even the Encumbrance Value (EV)
the armor’s stopping power
smallest towns.
Encumbrance Value describes how stiff the ar-
has been subtracted. Hu-
Common (C): Can be found in most city mar- mor is and how hard it is to move in. This value man-made armor doesn’t
ketplaces.
is subtracted from your Reflex and Dexterity.
usualy have resistances
Poor (P): Armor in an unusual or regional style.
without the use of armor
Often armor that is made in a certain location.
Weight
enhancements (see pg.90),
Rare (R): Very hard to find. Usual y only in one Weight describes how heavy the armor is in but non-human armor often