The Witcher Pen & Paper RPG
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cavalryman’s probably not gonna way to go about it. Very flexible.
Pavise
wear a ton of armor. These dark
When ya want to protect your
trouser are only reinforced by leath-
whole body, just put a ploughin’
er straps.
Nilfgaardian Greaves
wall between yourself and the en-
Nilfgaardian greaves are built a bit emy, ya grab a pavise. These mon-
Padded Trousers
lighter than the torso armor. Usu- sters are so large, standing near up
Heh, basical y just a gambeson for al y include greaves and sabatons, to a human’s shoulders and wide as your legs. Paddin’ll turn a small and heavy leather and cloth trou- a dwarf, that ya can kneel behind blade but I wouldn’t rely on it too sers with a checkered pattern.
‘em and just wait out arrow storms.
much. You should see the cod-pieces
though: never laughed so hard in
Nilfgaardian Pavise
my life.
Shields
The Nilfgaardian pavise’s one of the
Leather Shield
best shields for crossbowmen and
Double Woven Trousers
Simplest shield you’re ever gonna anyone who has to work on ma-
Can’t go wrong with double woven. find is leather stretched over bound chinery under fire. Yah, that hurts Heh, ain’t quite as puffed up as the wood. They aren’t very popular to say, but it’s true. It’s big as a nor-run-of-the-mill padded stuff and these days. They’re not very tough mal pavise, built stronger, and has a it’ll keep ya safe.
compared to wood or steel. But prop on the back so it stands on its
they’re cheap and light.
own. Ya don’t have to hold it while
ya reload or work.
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Elderfolk Armory
Weapons
Name
Type WA Avail. DMG Rel. Hands RNG
Effect
Conc. EN Weight Cost
Swords
Elven Messer
P/S
+2
R
3d6+4
15
1
N/A
L
2
2
595
Vrihedd Cavalry
Sword
P/S
+3
R
4d6+4
15
1
N/A
Bleed (25%)
L
0
2.5
745
Meteorite Sword
P/S
+1
R
5d6
20
2
N/A
Balanced
Meteorite
N/A
2
3
875
Gnomish Gwyhyr
P/S
+3
R
5d6+3
15
2
N/A
Bleed (50%)
N/A
2
2.5
1090
Tir Tochair Blade
P/S
+3
R
6d6
15
2
N/A
Bleed (25%)
N/A
2
3
1175
Small Blades
Halfling Rondel
P/S
+2
R
2d6+2
10
1
N/A
Armor Piercing
S
1
1
485
Dwarven Cleaver
S/B
+2
R
3d6
15
1
N/A
S
1
1.5
500
Axes
Dwarven Axe
S
+3
R
5d6+3
15
1
N/A
L
1
4
740
Gnomish Black Axe
S
+2
R
6d6+2
15
2
N/A
N/A
2
2.5
910
Bludgeons
Mahakaman Martel
B
+0
R
5d6
15
2
N/A
Armor Piercing
L
1
3.5
750
Meteorite Chain Mace
B
+2
R
6d6
20
1
N/A
Grappling
Meteorite
N/A
2
4
900
Pole Arms
Dwarven Pole
Hammer
B/P
+0
R
5d6+2
15
2
N/A
Long Reach
Stun (-2)
N/A
1
4
835
Elven Glaive
S/P/B
+2
R
4d6+3
10
2
N/A
Long Reach
Bleed (25%)
N/A
2
3
925
Staves
Gnomish Staff
B
+1
R
3d6+2
15
2
N/A
Long Reach
Focus (3)
L
2
2.5
910
Long Reach
Elven Walking Staff
B
+1
R
3d6
10
2
N/A
Focus (3)
N/A
2
1.5
975
Greater Focus
Bows
Elven Travel Bow
P
+1
R
4d6
10
2
200m
L
1
1
575
Elven Zefhar
P
+2
R
6d6
10
2
350m
Improved Armor
Piercing
N/A
2
2.5
1100
Crossbows
Gnomish Hand Crossbow
P
+3
R
2d6
10
1
100m
Slow Reload
S
1
1
425
Dwarven Heavy
Crossbow
P
+3
R
5d6
15
2
300m
Slow Reload
N/A
2
3.5
850
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Ammunition
Elven Burrower
Name
Type Avail. Rel.
Effect
Conc. Weight Cost
Elven burrowing ammuni-
Elven Burrower
P
R
10
Bleeding (100%)
tion induces ble
eding like
See Side Bar
L
.1
50
broadheads. However, the
Dwarven Impact
B
R
15
Ablating
L
.1
50
head remains in the wound
and thus the bleeding can
only be stopped with a
Armor Sets
DC:16 First Aid check to re-
move the head.
Name
SP Avail. AE Effect
Cover EV Weight Price
Light Armor
Halfling Doublet
Halfling Protective Doublet
8
R
1
See Side Bar
Torso &
The halfling protective dou-
Arms
0
1
375
blet is designed to look ex-
Head,
actly like a regular doublet.
Gnomish Chain
10
R
1
Resistance: Slash
Torso,
Arms &
0
5
975
It takes a DC:20 Awareness
Legs
check to realize that it is ar-
mor.
Medium Armor
Head,
Scoia’tael Armor
Dwarven Cloak
16
R
1
Torso,
Arms &
0
5
1400
Scoia’tael armor is built with
Legs
local foliage and furs inte-
Head,
grated into it. When traveling
Scoia’tael Armor
20
R
2
See Side Bar
Torso,
Arms &
1
12
2325
through wilderness the wear-
Legs
er gets +2 to Stealth Checks.
Heavy Armor
Resistance: Slash
Head,
Dragoon Armor
Gnomish Dragoon Armor
25
R
2
Resistance: Piercing
Torso,
2
20
2850
Gnomish dragoon armor is
See Side Bar
Arms &
Legs
built to help balance a rider
in their saddle. When on
Resistance: Slash
Head,
Mahakaman Plate Armor
30
R
3
Resistance: Bludgeon
Torso,
2
30
3525
horseback, a rider in gnom-
Resistance: Piercing Arms &
ish dragoon armor gain a +2
Legs
to Riding checks.
Shields
Mahakaman Pavise
Name
SP Avail. AE Effect
EV Weight Price
Exactly like the Nilfgaardi-
Light Shield
an pavise, the Mahakaman
pavise can be errected in
Gnomish Buckler
15
R
2
0
1
450
front of you and propped up.
Medium Shield
Elven Shield
25
R
2
0
3
700
Heavy Shield
Mahakaman Pavise
35
R
2
See Side Bar
1
5.5
1050
85
Elderfolk Item
Descriptions
Meteorite Color
Turns out meteorite’s got colors
to it. Heh, blue, red, and yel-
low. Maybe more but I don’t
know. Color only realy comes
Sword
Small Blades
Bludgeons
out if ya refine the stuff so most
of the meteorite weapons ya
Elven Messer
Halfling Rondel
Mahakaman Martel
Heh, people say this sword was Now, halflings are smal er than hu- The martel ’s a rare dwarven design see nowadays just have a sorta
dreamed up by Nazairians who mans but not as sturdy as a dwarf. and ya won’t see many humans oily sheen to ‘em. Heard if ya
were forbidden to carry swords by Not gonna say they’re weak, but wandering around with ‘em. Heh, refine the ore first with some
the black ones. Made these huge ya don’t see armies of halflings. basical y a hammer head with a old gnomish technique, the
ploughin’ knives so they weren’t This dagger plays to a halfling’s long spike on the back end, mount-blades glint the color of the ore.
technical y carryin’ a sword. Didn’t strengths. It’s thin and strong with a ed on a meter-long handle. A lot of go over too well, but the elves picked circular pommel and guard. It’s de- dwarves like to cut the handle short Supposed to have some kinda
up the design and perfected it.
signed to be shoved in between the and carry ‘em in their boots.
magical effect too, since they
cracks of armor and leave bleeding
passed through all the elemen-
Vrihedd Cavalry Sword
wounds.
Meteorite Chain Mace
tal planes on the way to us.
Vrihedd were one of the most feared
Now here’s a stylish weapon. Heh,
–Rodolf Kazmer
horse brigades in the world once. I Dwarven Cleaver
a spiked bal of meteorite steel
faced ‘em once. Me and my mates. Ha! Count on us dwarves to bring a on a chain, attached to a leath-Lemme tell ya, these blued-steel cleaver to a knife fight. If ya need to er-wrapped haft. Swinging the head swords, wielded from the back of chop through...well, just about any- at full speed’ll crush helmets and a horse, can take the head off the thing, find a dwarven cleaver. They skul s just about as well as a real Dwarves & Axes
toughest dwarf. Lucky I survived.
ain’t long but they’ll hack limbs off meteorite. Plus, the chain can en-
trees and people.
tangle weapons and whatnot.
There’s a bit of truth in every
Meteorite Sword
stereotype. Heh, us dwarves
Meteorite’s some of the best metal to
like axes. Ain’t the only thing
make a weapon from. These swords Axes
Pole Arms
we’ll wield but I s’ppose given
get this colored sheen to ‘em and are Dwarven Axe
Dwarven Pole Hammer
tough as all hell. The blade’s surpris- There’s a misconception that all The dwarves of Mahakam created the choice between a sword
ingly light too.
dwarves use axes. Heh, granted, the dwarven pole hammer a few
and an axe, I’d take an axe.
many do, after all. Put a heavy axe centuries ago to defend against any
Thing is there’s a lot to be said
Gnomish Gwyhyr
in a dwarf’s hands and they’ll bring whoreson dumb enough to attack
for an axe. All the weight’s at
For a long time the gwyhyr was the down any wall. Especial y with a them. It’s a sturdy two-meter shaft the top. Give it a big, ploughin’
greatest sword in the world. Still a dwarven axe. The double-headed with an elaborate hammer head,
a great sword. Long black blade so design adds heft and makes sure long spike on top, and a hook on the swing and you’ll bury it in an-sharp you could shave with it. So you’ve always got a sharp blade to back. Versatile weapon. Lots of pos-ythin’. Person, wall, tree, steel
light ya could swing it around full use.
sibilities for kil in’.
shield. Anythin’. And with us
speed with one hand. Love these
dwarves bein’ tougher than
things but they’re rare as all hell.
Gnomish Black Axe
Elven Glaive
the rest of ya, we can make up
Everybody knows about the gnom- Hear elven glaives were most pop-
Tir Tochair Blade
ish gwyhyr. What not everybody ular during the elven golden age
for the lack of defense. Once
The Gnomes of Tir Tochair start- knows is that gnomes also made before the humans arrived. Guess caught a blade in my bare
ed making swords centuries before axes. Heh, they’re made like the they were guard weapons at the hand. Heh, cut me a bit but I
even the elves got to the Continent. gwyhyr but they’re heftier, with a palaces. Tal poles with swooping guarantee ya: the other soddin’
That practice paid off. The blades solid bearded head scrawled with razor-sharp blades at the top. My bastard got it worse. Ya pit an
of the Tir Tochair are long an’ ra- gnomish runes. They’re light, too. guess is, now that most elves in the zor-sharp, with gnomish etchings as So light and thin they feel like they North are hidin’ out, they can’t af-axe against a skull and the axe
fine as a hair all the way down ’em.
shouldn’t even be used in combat. ford to carry big weapons like that.
is gonna win hands down.
But they’re tough enough to hew
–Rodolf Kazmer
armor.
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Staves
Ammunition
Gnomish Dragoon Armor
Gnomes aren’t normal y cavalry-
Gnomish Smithing
Gnomish Staff
Elven Burrower
men, for obvious reasons, heh. But
Gnomish staves’re, just like any Heh, Scoia’tael picked these up a they have made armor for the hu-Ya might a heard this before but
gnomish craft, tremendously im- few years ago from human traders. man cavalry commanders of Nilf-dwarves forge the best metals,
pressive. They’re made of dark, Arrowhead’s shaped like a screw so gaard. It’s light plate armor. Black elves’re among the best smiths,
stained wood with custom carving they burrow into ya and won’t come with a blue sheen to it and gnomish and gnomes’re the best at hon-from top to bottom. Usual y have out without a fight.
etchwork all over it. Holds up real
ing a blade and finishin’ armor.
gems embedded in ‘em somewhere.
well in jousts and on the field.
Dwarven Impact
Now yours truly spent some
Elven Walking Staff
Folk say we started usin’ these heavy Mahakaman Plate Armor
years in Mahakam (like any
Elven sages used these years and arrows and bolts to break rock in Mahakaman steel. Best stuff in the good dwarf does) and I spent
years ago. They’re much smal er the mines, but nowadays dwarven world. And armor made out of it’s some time with the gnomes
than the average staff, maybe chest mercenaries use ‘em to crack plate bound to be the best. Mahakaman there. Fine felas actualy. Two I
height at tal est. Beautiful designs armor.