Mace

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Name	Mace
Skill	Maces & Flails
Damage	8
Accuracy	+3
Base delay (%)	14 (140%)
Min delay	7 at skill 14
Hands	1H
Size	Little
Ranged?	No

A short club with a metal head. "[My plan] does not propose to fill your lobby with squabbling colony agents, who will require the interposition of your mace at every instant to keep the peace among them." -Edmund Burke, "On Conciliation With America", speech in Parliament. 1775.

This weapon falls into the Maces & Flails category. It is a one handed weapon.

The mace is a fairly light Maces & Flails weapon. Many backgrounds can start with one.

Strategy

As a "simple" starting weapon, the mace the strongest weapons for raw stats, tied with the long sword. Maces / swords don't have the reaching of a spear or cleaving of an axe, but they are stronger in combat. Unlike the long sword, Maces & Flails scale with strength rather than dexterity, making it somewhat better for characters planning to use heavy armour.

Although a decent option for the early game, you'll want to find something more powerful in fairly short order. Flails are stronger and attack just as quickly, though at an accuracy penalty.

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