War Pick Weapon
Ph 218 mme 21 a war pick has high crits dealing an extra 1d8 damage at levels 1 10 2d8 damage at levels 11 20 or 3d8 damage at level 21 30 on a critical hit.
War pick weapon. War picks were known to be frequently used by smaller races such as dwarves gnomes deep gnomes duergar and halflings. Category light proficiency martial. A war pick is an anti armor weapon similar to the farming tool called a mattock. Usually this spike was slightly curved downwards much like a miner s pickaxe.
A war hammer is a late medieval weapon of war primarily used for close combat action whose design resembles the hammer its appearance is similar to that of an ice axe originating in europe and the middle east in response to plate armour technology it was also introduced to south asia by the mughal empire of india. This weapon adapted from the pickaxe tool has a head with a slightly curved armorpiercing spike and a hammerlike counterweight. A war pick is a military one handed melee weapon in the pick weapon group. Roll20 brings pen and paper gameplay to your browser with features that save time and enhance your favorite parts of tabletop games.
Cost 4 gp weight 3 lbs. War pick is a weapon in demon souls. The idea is to concentrate a huge amount of force of a hammer swing into a small sturdy point which then has the power behind it to penetrate armor or mail. Proficiency with a war pick allows you to add your proficiency bonus to the attack roll for any attack you make with it.
It gains the versatile d10 property when wielded in this way. Damage 1d3 small 1d4 medium critical x4 type piercing. The term is sometimes used interchangeably with war hammer. A hammer that specializes in pierce attacks.
Despite being designed for the purpose of warfare footman s picks were often utilized by prospectors as a digging tool. The horseman s pick was a weapon of middle eastern origin used by cavalry during the middle ages in europe and the middle east. This was a type of war hammer that had a very long spike on the reverse of the hammer head. Following through with one s swing and landing the hit will deal a direct hit which does more damage than normal.
If you have the exotic weapon master feat you can wield the war scythe as a war pick. When you take the attack action you can attempt the trip attack combat manuever dc 8 your proficiency bonus your strength modifier against a creature as one of your attacks.