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WeaponsofAthas
PostedinNewRulesover3yearsago
AsmallcollectionofAthasianweapons,originallywrittenforDS1/DS2
WeaponsPlayerRulesAD&D

AthasianWeapons
By:RobertAdducci
SunBlade
SunAxe
KreenAxe
Laan'Thuu
Note:Theprices,weights,anddamagevaluesthataregiventoyouhereareforweaponsthatmadeof
metal,butallofthemcanbemadefromothermaterials

SunBlade
TheSunBladeisthecreationofaparaelementalpriestofSunwhowasalsoaweaponsmith.The
weaponisusedonehandedandisusuallyabout18incheslong.Onlyafewoftheseweaponshavebeen
made.

Cost(Metal) Weight Size

10GP
5
M

Type
S/P
4

Speed

Damage
Small/Medium Large
D4+3
D4

ProficientUse:
Havingaproficiencyinthisweaponsthecharacteruseit.Otherwiseanontrainedcharacter
cannotuseit.
SpecializedUse:
IftheuserisspecializetheymayusetheflamelikebarbsoftheSunbladeefficientlytodoan
additional1d2ptsofdmgeachround.

SunAxe
TheSunAxeisthecreationofaparaelementalpriestofSunwhowasalsoaweaponsmith.Theweapon
isusedonehandedandisapproximately3feetlong.Onlyafewoftheseweaponshavebeenmade.

Cost(Metal) Weight
15GP
9

Size
L

Type
S/P

Speed
9

Damage
Small/Medium Large
D6+3
2D6

ProficientUse:
Havingaproficiencyinthisweaponsthecharacteruseit.Otherwiseanontrainedcharacter
cannotuseit.
SpecializedUse:
IftheuserisspecializetheymayusetheflamelikebarbsoftheSunAxeefficientlytodoan
additional1d3ptsofdmgeachround.

KreenAxe
Thisweaponisonlyusablebyhalfgiantsbecauseofitsheightof20'.SomeverylargeMulsorTareks

havealsobeenseenwiththemoccasionally,butonlyiftheirstrengthis22andthenthespeedfactoris15
fornonHalfGiants.ThisweaponiscalledaKreenAxebecauseofitsusebyHG'stoswatjumping
Kreenandbecauseofitsappearance.TheKreenAxeshaftismadeofoneribofaTik'dacactus.Therib
iscutinhalffromitsoriginal40ft.Twocrossbarsaresetatthetopoftheshaft.Oneontheverytop,the
secondabouttwofeetlower.Bothcrossbarsareperpendicular.ThenFourHalberdlikeaxeheadsare
attachedtothecrossbars,allfacingthesamedirection.TheAxeheadareabout2feetlongapiece.

Cost(Metal) Weight
50GP
40

Size
G

Type
S

Speed
11

Damage
Small/Medium Large
2D8
2D12

ProficientUse:
Havingaproficiencyinthisweaponsallowsthecharacteruseit.Otherwiseanontrained
charactercannotuseit.
Specialization:
Specializationinthisweaponallowsacharactertoreducethespeedfactoroftheweaponby2.

Laan'Thuu(ElvenforWeaponBreaker)
Thisweaponisessentiallyasmallshieldwithfourspikessetabout6inchesapartinasquareonthe
outsideoftheshield.Thespikesareaboutsixincheslongalso.Theweaponisheldinasimilarfashionto
thePuchikandisusedinthesamewaywhenattacking.Thatisinapunchingfashion.Mostversionsof
thisweaponaremetalbecauseitistobreakweapons.Anyothermaterialhasanequalchancetobreak
whenusedtobreakotherweapons.Theseweaponsaredifficulttomakeasreflectedbytheirprice.The
difficultyarisesintheuseoftwoswivelingpieces.Onepieceisatthepointwherethehandlemeetsthe
shield,allowingtheshieldandspiketospinonthehandle.Theotherpieceisasmallknoblocatedonthe
insiderimoftheshieldthisallowstheusertomovetheshieldpartwithoutjerkingtheirwholearm
around.

Cost(Metal) Weight
11GP
7

Size
S

Type
P

Speed
4

Damage
Small/Medium Large
D6
D61

Herearethemultipleusesforthisweapon.
Shield:
Thisweaponcanbeusedasashieldfora1ACbonusonattackscomingfromthedefendersfront.
Weapon:
Piercingattacksd6/d61Damage
WeaponBreaking:
Ifthecharactermakesasuccessfulparryingattemptshemayattempttobreaktheweaponparried
aslongasherotherhandisfreetograbtheknobontherimoftheshield.Theweaponmustbeat
leastonefootlongtogetcaughtbetweenthespikes.TheDMrollsasavevs.crushingblowbased
ontheweaponmaterialwiththemodifieroftheparryingcharacterstodamagebonussubtracting
fromthe#rolled.
(EX:TheMulparriestheelves'sword.Bothweaponsaremadeofthickwood(13vsCB)theGM
rollsthesaveandrollsa19minustheMulsDmgbonusof5.195=14theattemptfailedtobreak
theelves'sword.)

IftheLaan'Thuuisnotmetalandfailsinbreakingacaughtweaponaregularsavevs.crushingblow
mustalsobemadeforit.IftheLaan'Thuuisbrokenthenrollonthefollowingtableforwhatisbroken
d6
14 Spikesbrokenonlyusableasshield
5 Handlebrokennotusable
6 Rimhandlebroken,cannotbeusedtobreakweapons

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