Weapon

DON DIEGO DE LA VEGA: Do you know how to use that thing?
ALEJANDRO MURRIETA: Yes. The pointy end goes into the other man.
DON DIEGO DE LA VEGA: [sighs] This is going to take a lot of work.

—- The Mask of Zorro (1998)

Basic Information

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Categories of Personal Weapon

• Melee Weapon
  • Bladed Weapon
    • Axe
    • Knife
      • Monoknife
    • Polearm
    • Sword
      • Laser Sword
    • Spear
  • Bludgeoning Weapon
    • Club
    • Mace
    • Pumpkin
    • War Hammer
  • Improvised Weapon
• Ranged Weapon
  • Bow
  • Gun - This page has a lot of entries on it.
  • Grenade
  • Flamethrower
  • Sling
  • Thrown Weapon

• Weapons too large for one human to carry or use.
  • Artillery
  • Catapult
  • Cannon
  • Fire Balloon
  • Fuel-Air Bomb
  • Infantry Support Weapon
  • Lasers in the real world
  • Missile
  • Rocket
  • Siege Engine
  • Torpedo
• Weapon of Mass Destruction
  • Atomic Bomb
    • Briefcase Nuke
    • Dirty Bomb
    • Neutron Bomb
    • Tac Nuke
  • Biological Weapon
  • Chemical Weapon
    • Agent Orange
  • Grey Goo
  • Tesla Forcefield Technology

Magical Weapons

• Magical Weapon
  • Wizard Weapon
    • Boom Stick
      • Magic Wand
      • Magic Staff
    • Ring Of Power
  • Cursed Weapon
    • Evil Weapon

Weapon-Related Tropes:

• Guns and Gunplay Tropes
• Grenade Tropes
• Military and Warfare Tropes
• Ranged Energy Attack Tropes
• Stuff Blowing Up
• Weapons And Wielding Tropes

See also:

• Ammunition
• Armor
• Less-Lethal Weapon
• Martial Arts
• Unarmed Combat

Sources

Wikipedia entry
RPG Sourcebook: From Stone To Steel by Aaron Stimson. Over 300 pages of weapons and armor, arranged chronologically from Prehistory to the 17th Century, with d20 stats.
RPG Sourcebook: The Knuckleduster Firearms Shop by Forrest Harris. Features Guns from The Wild West, with stats for Fudge and Deadlands.
RPG Sourcebook: Compendium of Modern Firearms by Kevin Dockery. A little dated now (published in the 1990s, but it has very detailed range and accuracy data, and conversion notes to 6 different systems. And besides, the classic guns never go out of style.
RPG Sourcebook: d20 Modern Weapons Locker by Keith Potter. As the name implies, d20 stats for modern guns and rocket launchers.

Game and Story Use

• There is hardly an RPG campaign where the player characters (or their foes) don't use weapons of some kind.