DRAFT HOUSE RULE

Ref: WoD Combat, page 95

For each dot in Melee, you may choose to be familiar with two classes of weapons (techniques). Using a weapon for which you do not have the relevant technique adds +2 to the difficulty. Exception: Anyone with Melee is assumed to know Fist-Loads.

Technique	Category	Default Diff	Examples
Axes & Picks	Handheld	6	Axe, battle pick, kama
Blades	Handheld	6	Swords, daggers, hook swords, klaives
Blunt Weapons	Handheld	4	Clubs, sticks, maces, hammers, sai, tonfa, saps, escrima sticks, batons
Fist-Loads (1)	Handheld	4	Brass knuckles, yawara, bagh nakh, cestus, roll of quarters
Flexible Weapons	Handheld	6	Morningstar, nunchaku, chain, 3 section staff, whip, garrote, nets
Polearms (2)	Handheld	6	Spear, glaive, halberd, guisarme
Staff	Handheld	5	Quarterstaff, bo, straight sturdy stick 5-7 feet long
Blowgun	Ranged	6	Blowguns, fukimi-bari
Bows (3)	Ranged	6	Longbow, hankyu, yumi
Crossbow (3)	Ranged	6	Crossbow, chu-ko-nu
Javelin (4)	Ranged	6	Javelin, thrown spear
Slings	Ranged	6	Sling, staff-sling, slingshot
Thrown Blades (4)	Ranged	7	Throwing knives, shuriken, throwing hatches, darts, boomerangs
Thrown Weapons (4)	Ranged	5	Weapons not normally meant to be thrown: swords, clubs, etc.

(1) At least 1 dot of Brawl is required, although Melee is rolled.

(2) If a polearm is used in a situation where an opponent is able to get inside the blade, then the difficulty of the wielder’s rolls is increased by 3 until the wielder moves back and gets the opponent outside the blade. If the weapon type supports it, the shaft can be used as a staff with no penalty but the character must have the staff technique. Most polearms require 2 hands. You may throw a spear at +1 difficulty if you do not have the Javelin technique.

(3) Characters with the Archery skill do not need to take this technique.

(4) Characters with the Throwing skill do not need to take this technique.