# Blades and Boarding Weapons *The Black Powder Armory, Firearms, Blades, and Armour for Exodus NDS, 1400 to 1938. Source: https://exodusnds.com/sourcebooks/black-powder-armory/blades-and-boarding-weapons* A black powder firearm is empty after one shot, so every fight in this book is finished by hand. This chapter holds the hand weapons that *The Fantasy Armory* does not, and says which of its entries to use for the rest. Damage printed as **+X** is added to the wielder's Might. **Skill:** Melee, except the Grapnel and Lasso (Light Ranged).

##### Boarding Pike Half-pike, sea pike

+2 3 Engaged 3

Melee 30 Common Thrusting Reach, Defensive 1

A seven-foot ash staff with a plain spike, racked round the masts of a ship. It is the weapon for holding a rail against boarders. ##### Plug Bayonet Bayonne dagger

+2 3 Engaged 1

Melee 20 Military Thrusting Defensive 1

A dagger whose grip jams into a musket's muzzle. It turns the gun into a spear. While it is fitted, the gun cannot be loaded or fired. Fitting or removing it is a maneuver. ##### Socket Bayonet Ring bayonet, sword bayonet, spike bayonet

+2 3 Engaged 1

Melee 40 Military Thrusting Defensive 1

A blade on a sleeve that fits round the muzzle. The gun loads and fires with it fixed, which is why the pike left the battlefield. ##### Clubbed Musket Butt stroke, reversed musket

+2 4 Engaged —

Melee 0 Common Crushing Disorient 1

A fired long gun swung by the barrel. It costs no maneuver to switch to. A pistol used the same way deals Might+1. ##### Sword Cane Sword stick, tuck cane

+1 2 Engaged 1

Melee 110 Restricted Thrusting Defensive 1, Concealable 3

A narrow blade hidden in a walking stick. **Concealable 3** while sheathed. ##### Grapnel Grappling hook, boarding hook

+1 5 Short 2

Light Ranged 25 Common Thrusting Ensnare 1, Limited Ammo 1

A four-pronged hook on a line. It is a tool for binding two ships together and for climbing. Thrown at a person it deals Might+1 and, for 2 Boons, hooks them (**Ensnare 1**). ##### Lasso Lariat, reata, catch rope

— — Short 1

Light Ranged 10 Common — Ensnare 2, Limited Ammo 1

A running noose on thirty feet of rope. It deals no damage. On a hit, spend 2 Boons: the target is Immobilized until it breaks free with a Hard Athletics or Reflexes check, or cuts the rope with an action. ##### Trench Knife Knuckle knife, French nail, trench dagger

+1 3 Engaged 1

Melee 40 Military Thrusting Vicious 1

A fighting knife with a knuckle-guard grip, made for night raids in 1915 and after. ##### Trench Club Raiding club, knobkerrie, trench mace

+2 4 Engaged 2

Melee 5 Common Crushing Vicious 1

A turned club studded with hobnails or cast with a lead head. Silent, cheap, and made in every company workshop on the Western Front.