Skill Levels
Not all Professions develop Skill in Weapons alone. Below also are the skill level charts for Ments, Healers and other character classes.

Weapons Skill Levels
Any Profession can train with Weapons. While there are many weapons in the game, they all fall under one of the Skill categories that you can be trained in. For example, the Mace Skill category includes war hammers and flails. (See the Weapons section of 'Preparing to Adventure' for more on this subject.)

As you train, you build the Skill level in the weapon skill category you have chosen. If you have chosen the Longsword as your weapon, when you train you build skill in THAT category, moving from Unskilled to Clumsy to Familair as you become more proficient.

The syntax is very specific concerning weapons! If you train in Longsword you will not gain Skill in Shortsword.

Weapons
Any Profession can train with Weapons. Each character class begins with a weapon and a small amount of skill in that weapon. You may use that weapon or change to another. Once you have decided upon a weapon to develop skill in, go to a trainer.

It's generally advised to choose one weapon and build your skill as high as possible in the use of that weapon, instead of building a little skill in multiple weapons.

With most weapons, you must stand on the same hex as the creature you are attacking. Pole-arms can attack creatures on adjacent hexes. Bows fire from several hexes away. Remember to carry your weapon in your right hand.

Note that damage potential should not be your only consideration. While a wooden staff might not do as much damage as a greatsword, it generally blocks better. If you are a Healer, blocking is important because you can't regain your energy points (necessary for casting disciplines) unless you are unwounded. And although a Thief can use the greatsword for Backstab, the size of the weapon affects his ability to Hide, and he must be hidden to backstab. So there are many complex reasons for making a weapons choice.

The following general weapon list is arranged from least damaging to hardest hitting (approximately). And, there are special weapons in each class that outshine all the rest.

General Weapon List C= close combat (must be used while standing on same hex) E= extended combat (can be used from one hex away) L= long range (can be used from anywhere on the screen

All weapons may be thrown, but only magical daggers will return to you. You can also use bows as close-combat weapons.

Weapon Skill Categories
There are many more weapons than these to find and use, but all weapons will fall under one of the above weapons categories. Remember though that weapons categories are different than weapon SKILL categories. Weapon skill categories are the categories that you train in. For example, to use a greatsword effectively, you would build Skill in the Two-Handed Skill category, as it takes two-handed skill to wield the mighty greatsword.

Skill categories

• Axe
  Weapon types: all axes. Some of the great axes of Drakkar are also throwing weapons.
• Bow
  Weapon types: all bows; longbow, crossbow, and shortbow. You can use a bow to attack from a distance and on the same hex. You must hold the bow in your right hand, and your left hand must be empty to draw the bow.
• Dagger
  Weapon types: all daggers. Magical daggers are also throwing weapons, and return to the user.
• Longsword
  Weapon types: longswords and broadswords.
• Mace
  Weapon types: all maces, flails and hammers. Some hammers may also be thrown.
• Martial Arts
  Weapon types: gauntlets. Although Martial Arts is its own skill category, the gauntlet is a martial arts weapon.
• Pole-arm
  Weapon types: all pole-arms and halberds. These weapons can be used from one hex away. To inflict maximum combat damage using a halberd or polearm, your left hand must be empty. You cannot put a halberd or polearm on your belt.
• Shortsword
  Weapon types: all shortswords.
• Staff
  Weapon types: all staffs and spears.

Thrown
Weapon types: grenades, daggers. All weapons and other items may be thrown in Drakkar (you could pick up a corpse and throw it, for instance). Grenades can only be thrown.

Two-handed
Weapon types: greatswords, bisentos. These weapons specifically take two hands to wield.

Weapon Skill Levels