Brawling

This Weapon Skill is a broad umbrella that applies to fisticuffs, wrestling, using knives, daggers, and other items at Close Quarters or Contact distances (see Melee Distances), as well as all Brawling Combat actions and improvised weapons (see below).

Brawling Weapons Table

Weapon	Weapon Skill	Mounted/Unmounted	Damage	Advantage	Disadvantage
Dagger	Brawling	Both	Brawling + 2D6	None	None
Seax	Brawling	Unmounted	Brawling + 2D6	Parry + 1	Broken by a sword on a tie

Dagger

The dagger is a double-edged knife with a sharp point used mainly for stabbing and thrusting. Knights typically wear it and use it as a weapon of last resort in combat.

Seax

A large, cheaply-made, single-edged knife popular among the Saxons, who derived their name from this weapon. It is often the secondary weapon for a Saxon warrior and not available outside Saxon lands, unless taken as war booty.

Improvised weapons

Not all objects wielded in combat are designed for such use. Nevertheless, the desperate combatant may, from time to time, find need of a handy (and suitably deadly) instrument with which to defend themselves, ranging from rocks and branches to farming implements and even furniture like stools and benches!

All such implements use the Brawling Skill for melee Actions and the Thrown Weapon Skill for missile attacks.

Improvised weapons deal Brawling Damage +1D6 (one-handed) or Brawling +2D6 (two-handed). Thrown items may only be hurled out to short missile range if light, or long melee distance if heavy. Light items do 1D6 Damage, and heavy items deal 2D6.