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'''Blunt weapons''' came into common use due to plate armors which were commonly worn by nobility on the battlefields.  Lighter weapons such as [[short sword]]s usually could not puncture or crush plate armors effectively, so heavier blunt weapons or spiked weapons such as the [[crowbill]], [[war hammer]], and [[morning star]] came into common use.  Although designed to be used against those in plate or chainmail armor, the weapons are still very effective against those who are not.

== Ranks and Training Costs ==
{{skill|
  | Bardranks     = 2 || Bardcost     = 4/1
  | Clericranks   = 1 || Clericcost   = 4/2
  | Empathranks   = 1 || Empathcost   = 6/2
  | Monkranks     = 2 || Monkcost     = 3/1
  | Paladinranks  = 2 || Paladincost  = 3/1
  | Rangerranks   = 2 || Rangercost   = 4/1
  | Rogueranks    = 2 || Roguecost    = 3/1
  | 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 leather whip}}
{{weapon table crowbill}}
{{weapon table cudgel}}
{{weapon table mace}}
{{weapon table ball and chain}}
{{weapon table war hammer}}
{{weapon table morning star}}
{{weapon table end}}

==Weapon Damage Type Ratios==

This table contains the blunt weapon [[critical]] [[#category:damage types|damage type]] percentages for successful attacks (based on player research). As an example, the mace will result in 100% [[crush critical table|crush critical damage]] for all attacks. The mace does not do [[slash critical table|slash critical damage]] or [[puncture critical table|puncture critical damage]]. 

{| {{prettytable}}
|- style = "background: #DDD;"
!Weapon
!Slash %
!Crush %
!Puncture%
|- align=center
|Leather whip
|0
|100
|0
|- align=center
|Crowbill
|0
|?
|?
|- align=center
|Cudgel
|0
|100
|0
|- align=center
|Mace
|0
|100
|0
|- align=center
|Ball and Chain
|0
|100
|0
|- align=center
|War hammer
|0
|66.7
|33.3
|- align=center
|Morning star
|0
|67
|33
|}

==Related Articles==
*[[Forging]]
*[[Damage factor]]
*[[Material]]

==References==

*http://www.play.net/gs4/info/armory/concussion.asp

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