Simple Weapons

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Simple Weapons are weapons that are easy to learn and use. Any commoner can wield simple weapons in combat. Every classes except Druid, Sorcerer, Wizard, are proficient with all type of simple weapons at level 1.

• When attacking with Simple Weapons without proficiency, you can not add your Proficiency Bonus (Strength for Melee Weapons, Dexterity for Ranged Weapons) to your Attack Rolls, resulting in lower chances to successfully hit enemies. For example:
  • When a character that has no Proficiency with Simple Weapons makes a melee attack to an enemy, their Attack Roll would be: d20
  • When a character that has Proficiency with Simple Weapons makes a melee attack to an enemy, their Attack Roll would be: d20 + Proficiency Bonus

• Every classes except Druid, Wizard, Sorcerer are proficient with all types of simple weapons at level 1:
  • Druids are proficient with clubs, daggers, javelins, maces, quarterstaves, sickles, spears.
  • Wizards are proficient with daggers, quarterstaves, light crossbows.
  • Sorcerers are proficient with daggers, quarterstaves, light crossbows.

Types Of Simple Weapon

Melee Weapons	Ranged Weapons
Clubs Daggers Greatclubs Handaxes Javelins Light Hammers Maces Quarterstaves Sickles Spears	Light Crossbows Shortbows

Simple Melee Weapons

Clubs

Clubs are one-handed simple melee light weapons.

• File:Club Icon t.png Club

Daggers

Daggers are one-handed simple melee light finesse weapons.

• File:Dagger Icon t.png Dagger

Greatclubs

Greatclubs are two-handed simple melee weapons.

• File:Greatclub Icon t.png Greatclub

Handaxes

Handaxes are one-handed simple melee light weapons.

• File:Cleaver Icon t.png Cleaver
• File:Handaxe Icon t.png Handaxe

Javelins

Javelins are versatile simple melee weapons.

• File:Weapon javelin common.png Javelin

Light Hammers

Light Hammers are one-handed simple melee light weapons.

• Light Hammer

Maces

Mace are one-handed simple melee weapons.

• File:Mace Icon t.png Mace
• File:Torch Icon t.png Torch

Quarterstaves

Quarterstaves are two-handed simple melee weapons.

• File:Quarterstaff Icon t.png Quarterstaff

Sickles

Sickles are one-handed simple melee light weapons.

• Sickle

Spears

Spears are versatile simple melee light weapons.

• File:Spear Icon t.png Spear

Simple Ranged Weapons

Light Crossbows

Light Crossbows are two-handed simple ranged weapons.

• File:Heavy Crossbow Icon t.png Light Crossbow

Shortbows

Shortbows are two-handed simple ranged weapons.

• File:Shortbow Icon t.png Shortbow