Maces & Flails
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The Maces & Flails skill denotes how powerful your character is with bludgeoning and bashing instruments. These weapons are some of the most damaging in the game. It crosstrains with the Axes skill and the Staves skill.
Aptitudes
| At | Ba | Co | DE | Dg | Ds | Dj | Dr | Fe | Fo | Gr | Gh | Gn | Hu | Ko | Mf | Mi | MD | Mu | Na | Op | On | Sp | Te | Tr | Vp | VS |
| -1 | 1 | -1 | -3 | -1 | -1 | -2 | 0 | N/A | 0 | 0 | -1 | 8 | 0 | -1 | -2 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | -1 | -2 | -1 |
List of Maces & Flails
| Name | Dam | Hit | Delay | Min delay | Hands | Size | Cuts Hydras? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Club | 5 | +3 | 13 | 6 (14 skill) | One | Any | No |
| Whip | 6 | +2 | 11 | 5 (12 skill) | One | Any | No |
| Mace | 8 | +3 | 14 | 7 (14 skill) | One | Any | No |
| Flail | 10 | 0 | 14 | 7 (14 skill) | One | Any | No |
| Morningstar | 13 | -2 | 15 | 7 (16 skill) | One | Any | No |
| Demon whip | 11 | +1 | 11 | 5 (12 skill) | One | Any | No |
| Sacred scourge | 12 | +0 | 11 | 5 (12 skill) | One | Any | No |
| Dire flail | 13 | -3 | 13 | 6 (14 skill) | Two | Medium+ | No |
| Eveningstar | 15 | -1 | 15 | 7 (16 skill) | One | Any | No |
| Great mace | 17 | -4 | 17 | 7 (20 skill) | Two | Medium+ | No |
| Giant club | 20 | -6 | 16 | 7 (18 skill) | Two | Large | No |
| Giant spiked club | 22 | -7 | 18 | 7 (22 skill) | Two | Large | No |
Strategy
Maces & Flails have no special gimmicks. They don't have the reaching of a Polearm, cleaving of an Axe, and scale with strength (as opposed to Long Blades). To compensate, these weapons generally have higher base damage, tied with Long Blades.
See Also
| Skills | |
|---|---|
| Weapons | Short Blades • Long Blades • Ranged Weapons
Axes • Maces & Flails • Polearms • Staves • Unarmed Combat • Throwing |
| Physical | Fighting • Armour • Dodging • Stealth • Shields |
| Magical | Spellcasting • Invocations • Evocations • Shapeshifting |
| Spell Schools | Air • Alchemy • Conjurations • Earth • Fire • Hexes • Ice • Necromancy • Summoning • Translocations |
