View source for Edged Weapons

'''Edged Weapons''' ('''OHE''') are some of the most common [[Melee|melee]] weapons in [[Elanthia]].  They're easy and require little training to use, as evidenced by training point costs.  The various one-handed edged weapons are the [[backsword]], [[bastard sword]], [[broadsword]], [[dagger]], [[estoc]], [[falchion]], [[handaxe]], [[longsword]], [[main gauche]], [[rapier]], [[scimitar]], and [[short sword]].  Two hybrid weapons that require training in OHE include the [[katar]] and [[katana]].

== Max Ranks and Training Point costs ==
{{skill|
  | Bardranks     = 2 || Bardcost     = 3/1
  | Clericranks   = 1 || Clericcost   = 4/2
  | Empathranks   = 1 || Empathcost   = 6/2
  | Monkranks     = 2 || Monkcost     = 2/1
  | Paladinranks  = 2 || Paladincost  = 3/1
  | Rangerranks   = 2 || Rangercost   = 3/1
  | Rogueranks    = 2 || Roguecost    = 2/1
  | Sorcererranks = 1 || Sorcerercost = 6/2
  | Warriorranks  = 2 || Warriorcost  = 2/1
  | Wizardranks   = 1 || Wizardcost   = 6/1
|}}

==Damage Factors and Attack vs. Defense==
{{Weapon table start}}
{{weapon table arrow}}
{{Weapon table dagger}}
{{Weapon table main gauche}}
{{Weapon table rapier}}
{{Weapon table whip-blade}}
{{Weapon table katar}}
{{Weapon table short sword}}
{{Weapon table scimitar}}
{{Weapon table estoc}}
{{Weapon table longsword}}
{{Weapon table handaxe}}
{{Weapon table backsword}}
{{Weapon table broadsword}}
{{Weapon table falchion}}
{{Weapon table katana}}
{{Weapon table bastard sword}}
{{Weapon table end}}

==Weapon Damage Type Ratios==

This table contains the edged weapon [[critical]] [[#category:damage types|damage type]] percentage for successful attacks (based on player research). As an example, the dagger will result in 62.5% [[puncture critical table|puncture critical damage]] and 37.5% [[slash critical table|slash critical damage]] on average for all attacks, or a puncture to slash damage ratio of 5 to 3. Daggers do not do [[crush critical table|crush critical damage]].

Note: Because of smallish sample sizes for determining some of these percentages, they may not be precise in all cases, but should be close enough to give a decent representation of the damage ratios.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- style = "background: #DDD;"
!Weapon
!Slash %
!Crush %
!Puncture%
|- align=center
|Arrow/bolt (ranged)
|0
|0
|100
|- align=center
|Arrow/bolt (melee)
|?
|0
|?
|- align=center
|Dagger
|37.5
|0
|62.5
|- align=center
|Main Gauche
|37.5
|0
|62.5
|- align=center
|Rapier
|33.3
|0
|66.7
|- align=center
|Whip-blade
|100
|0
|0
|- align=center
|Katar
|33.3
|0
|66.7
|- align=center
|Short sword
|33.3
|33.3
|33.3
|- align=center
|Scimitar
|50
|17
|33
|- align=center
|Estoc
|33.3
|0
|66.7
|- align=center
|Longsword
|50
|17
|33
|- align=center
|Handaxe
|33.3
|66.7
|0
|- align=center
|Backsword
|50
|17
|33
|- align=center
|Broadsword
|50
|17
|33
|- align=center
|Falchion
|66.7
|33.3
|0
|- align=center
|Katana
|100
|0
|0
|- align=center
|Bastard sword
|66.7
|33.3
|0
|}

==Resources==
*[[Forging]]
*[[Damage factor]]
*[[Material]]
*http://www.play.net/gs4/info/armory/edgedweapons.asp
*http://www.play.net/gs4/info/skills.asp#edged
*[http://forums.play.net/forums/GemStone%20IV/Hunting%20and%20Combat/One-Handed%20Combat/view One-Handed Combat Officials folder]

[[Category:Skills]]
[[Category:Weapon Skills]]
[[Category:Weapons| ]]