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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-AU><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Very long (V): pike.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-AU><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Single Handed Melee (S): ankus, bludgeon, cutlass/infantry hanger, dirk, hunting hanger, katanna, mace, rapier, Scottish broadsword, smallsword, wakazashi, kard.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-AU><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Weapons used one handed and under the character’s height in length</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-AU><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Brawling (B): Katar</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-AU><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Unarmed attacks and weapons that enhance the damage of actions normally performed unarmed. Other non-18<SUP>th</SUP> century examples would be steel capped shoes or brass knuckles.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-AU><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Bow (W): bow, composite bow.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-AU><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Errr… you know, bows.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-AU><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Crossbow (X): stonebow</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-AU><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Um, crossbows.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-AU><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Longarms: carbine, musket, sporting gun</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-AU><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Firearms over 1/3 of the character’s height in length, used two handed</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-AU><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Double handed melee (D): executioner’s sword, greatsword</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-AU><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>weapons used with both hands and under the characters hieght in length</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-AU><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Pistol (P): horse pistol, pocket pistol</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-AU><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Cannon (C): cannons, swivel guns</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-AU><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Grenade (G): grenade, hand mortar</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-AU><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Siege Engine (E): pre-gunpowder siege engines </FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-AU><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Anyway, should the single handed melee be spilt up? Consider ankus, mace, dirk and hanger these do seem rather different. The category also covers much more ground than the others.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-AU><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Perhaps break up the melee groups into 1h swing, 1h thrust, 2h swing, 2h thrust etc.</FONT></SPAN></P></DIV>
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