Help on: weapons

There are many types of weapon available on the MUD. Some are slashing weapons, some are bludgeoning weapons and others are stabbing weapons.

Weapon quality is given as a dice roll with possible modifications to the likelyhood to hit or the amount of damage. For instance, a long sword might be a 1d8 weapon. This means that it does a random amount of damage between 1 and 8 every time you HIT. A rapier is a 2d4, +5% attack weapon, meaning that its damage is from 2 to 8 with a 5% bonus to the user's attack skill. The rapier is therefore the better weapon because its damage is higher and it hits a bit more often.