Might and Magic VIII: items: Weapon

Slot: Weapon
Item Kind: Weapon
Value (Gold): 200
Min damage: 4
Max damage: 8
Bonus Value: 2

At many social functions in Alvar, it is deemed inappropriate to carry a sword. It is common for Elven warriors to carry a smaller blade in case things become uncivil.

Uses Skill

Dagger

Slot: Weapon
Item Kind: Weapon
Value (Gold): 2500
Bonus Value: 20

Made from the braided bodies of three snakes, this wand pulses like a slow heartbeat. To use it you must equip it like a weapon.

Slot: Weapon
Item Kind: Weapon
Value (Gold): 1100
Min damage: 15
Max damage: 24
Bonus Value: 12

This blade of pure erudine steel can cut armor like butter and gleams with a starlight glow. There are finer swords available, but their numbers can be counted on a single hand.

Uses Skill

Sword

Slot: Weapon
Item Kind: Weapon
Value (Gold): 0
Min damage: 18
Max damage: 36
Bonus Value: 15

Quest Item: No Minotaur kings wear a crown. Instead as their badge of office they carry great axes of the finest workmanship. This axe was lost when Balthazar was betrayed by the Vori Frost Giants. That it is strongly enchanted is clear; when used in battle its blows deliver both normal damage and impart a numbing bite of freezing cold.

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Axe

Slot: Weapon
Item Kind: Weapon
Value (Gold): 250
Min damage: 9
Max damage: 13
Bonus Value: 5

These heavy axes are meant to be carried one-handed for use against both armored and unarmored foes.

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Axe

Slot: Weapon
Item Kind: Weapon
Value (Gold): 100
Min damage: 6
Max damage: 10
Bonus Value: 2

Often carried by mounted knights as a secondary arm, battle hatchets are preferred by some who carry them to the exclusion to any sword.

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Axe

Slot: Weapon
Item Kind: Weapon
Value (Gold): 700
Min damage: 9
Max damage: 24
Bonus Value: 6

This improved halberd has a spiked blade opposite its axe face to provide both balance and a means of penetrating plate armor.

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Spear

Slot: Weapon
Item Kind: Weapon
Value (Gold): 30000
Min damage: 17
Max damage: 19
Bonus Value: 15

(Might +40, 4-10 points Electrical damage, Accuracy -40, Necromancer) Though generally considered unfashionable among current necromantic customs, live sacrifice was once widely practiced. To reduce the cruelty inflicted on his victims, the Necromancer Ferredine the Merciful created a blade capable of bringing about a quicker and less suffered end.

Uses Skill

Dagger

Slot: Weapon
Item Kind: Weapon
Value (Gold): 200
Min damage: 7
Max damage: 11
Bonus Value: 3

A light crossbow of good quality, these weapons feature a grooved table, basic sights and a smooth releasing nut.

Uses Skill

Bow

Slot: Weapon
Item Kind: Weapon
Value (Gold): 600
Min damage: 10
Max damage: 16
Bonus Value: 8

Fashioned from the spinal bones of wyverns and crowned by a dragon's lower spikeplate, these staves are the product of necromantic weaponcraft. It is unusual to find one of these deadly weapons that is not also carrying a powerful enchantment.

Uses Skill

Staff

Slot: Weapon
Item Kind: Weapon
Value (Gold): 20000
Min damage: 15
Max damage: 21
Bonus Value: 12

(Might +20, Endurance +20, 10-20 points of Body damage) Trollish folklore is full of the fables of Sevenstrong Burlfist who with Biter, his faithful wolf companion, and his mighty club, Breaker, endlessly quested for the Silver Rose. Fables? One must wonder, if Breaker exists, then why not too, the Silver Rose?

Uses Skill

Mace

Slot: Weapon
Item Kind: Weapon
Value (Gold): 1100
Min damage: 13
Max damage: 19
Bonus Value: 11

Given to Regnan captains upon gaining their first command, these superior weapons help them to dominate their foes and subordinate.

Uses Skill

Sword

Slot: Weapon
Item Kind: Weapon
Value (Gold): 400
Min damage: 11
Max damage: 15
Bonus Value: 7

The Merchants of Alvar like to see their caravan guards well armed. This well-crafted heavy crossbow has a cranked drawing mechanism.

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Bow

Slot: Weapon
Item Kind: Weapon
Value (Gold): 650
Min damage: 15
Max damage: 21
Bonus Value: 12

These are made exclusively for members of the Erathian Order of the Blade. Since by tradition they are buried with their fallen wielders on hallowed and guarded grounds, they are rare articles indeed.

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Sword

Slot: Weapon
Item Kind: Weapon
Value (Gold): 1
Min damage: 1
Max damage: 3
Bonus Value: 0

A wooden head and handle studded with short iron spikes, the simple club's best attribute is that it can be constructed from found materials.

Slot: Weapon
Item Kind: Weapon
Value (Gold): 8
Min damage: 2
Max damage: 4
Bonus Value: 0

As much a cutting tool and eating implement as a weapon, this dagger of soft steel will take an edge, but will lose it through very little use.

Uses Skill

Dagger

Slot: Weapon
Item Kind: Weapon
Value (Gold): 100
Min damage: 4
Max damage: 6
Bonus Value: 2

These daggers are often carried by members of the Necromancers' Guild. The crystals used for the blades are found in the Shadowspire mountains. They are incredibly sharp, but have a tendency to shatter.

Uses Skill

Dagger

Slot: Weapon
Item Kind: Weapon
Value (Gold): 500
Min damage: 6
Max damage: 22
Bonus Value: 2

Often carried by Elven caravan guards, these slightly under-proportioned blades are nearly, but not quite, light enough to brandish single-handedly.

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Sword

Slot: Weapon
Item Kind: Weapon
Value (Gold): 350
Min damage: 9
Max damage: 15
Bonus Value: 6

The weapon of a merchantman from the Dark Elven city of Alvar. It's wavy edged blade holds a good edge.

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Sword

Slot: Weapon
Item Kind: Weapon
Value (Gold): 750
Min damage: 12
Max damage: 17
Bonus Value: 7

Dark Elven bowsmiths have discovered that unusual characteristics of the Kreegan spinal column make it the best material for heavy bowstaves. A clever arrangement of composite pulleys make it possible for those of less than superhuman strength to pull these mighty weapons.

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Bow

Slot: Weapon
Item Kind: Weapon
Value (Gold): 650
Min damage: 14
Max damage: 22
Bonus Value: 13

The back-barbed stalt steel head of this weapon is designed to deal grievous damage to even the most ancient of dragons. Naturally, it is the spearfighter's choice for dispatching all foes.

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Spear

Slot: Weapon
Item Kind: Weapon
Value (Gold): 1250
Min damage: 13
Max damage: 29
Bonus Value: 9

A deep biting, perfectly balanced weapon designed for one purpose - the slaying of dragons.

Uses Skill

Sword

Slot: Weapon
Item Kind: Weapon
Value (Gold): 790
Min damage: 9
Max damage: 13
Bonus Value: 7

While they present a united front to the rest of the world, there is much internal strife among the Vampires of Shadowspire. By custom, very serious differences are settled in battle using these deadly blades of exquisite craftwork.

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Dagger

Slot: Weapon
Item Kind: Weapon
Value (Gold): 550
Min damage: 12
Max damage: 16
Bonus Value: 8

While the blacksmiths of the Jadamean Dark Dwarves are not as skilled as their Erathian counterparts, they still produce a product superior to most of what is otherwise available.

Uses Skill

Axe

Slot: Weapon
Item Kind: Weapon
Value (Gold): 0
Min damage: 15
Max damage: 31
Bonus Value: 13

Quest Item: Charles Quixote's personal spear of Dragon slaying, Ebonest is a fine weapon indeed. When used against a Dragon, it seems to aim unerringly for the chinks between its target's tough scales.

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Spear

Slot: Weapon
Item Kind: Weapon
Value (Gold): 20000
Min damage: 16
Max damage: 20
Bonus Value: 12

(Might +20, Swift, 6-12 points of Cold damage, Minotaur) When the Dark Dwarves carved the first Minotaur labyrinth into the heart of Mt. Ashenbane they forged this axe for Xaxius, the first herdmaster.

Uses Skill

Axe

Slot: Weapon
Item Kind: Weapon
Value (Gold): 1250
Min damage: 12
Max damage: 30
Bonus Value: 9

These axes of superior workmanship are issued only to members of The Blackened Horn, the elite warriors who guard Minotaur holy sites.

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Axe

Slot: Weapon
Item Kind: Weapon
Value (Gold): 20000
Min damage: 17
Max damage: 23
Bonus Value: 14

(Accuracy +40, 10-20 points of Light damage) The Forge of Chaos was destroyed in the making of the Swords of Balance. Legend says the Blade of Light, Elsenrail, and the Blade of Dark, Glomenthal, will play major roles in the last act of the universe.

Uses Skill

Sword

Slot: Weapon
Item Kind: Weapon
Value (Gold): 250
Min damage: 6
Max damage: 14
Bonus Value: 5

The fine craftsmanship and balance of this alloy steel headed spear mark it as the work of the weaponsmiths of Alvar.

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Spear

Slot: Weapon
Item Kind: Weapon
Value (Gold): 500
Min damage: 11
Max damage: 16
Bonus Value: 6

By laminating together layers of wood, steel, and bone the bowsmiths of Alvar have created a bow of perfect balance, strength and accuracy. The process consumes a lot of time, craft and expensive materials which explains the steep price these bows command.

Uses Skill

Bow

Slot: Weapon
Item Kind: Weapon
Value (Gold): 300
Min damage: 8
Max damage: 10
Bonus Value: 6

The grip on this blade has clearly been rewrapped many times. It is said that such blades were used by the first Vampires who appeared millennia before the Silence. Could this possibly be one of those ancient weapons?

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Dagger

Slot: Weapon
Item Kind: Weapon
Value (Gold): 300
Min damage: 5
Max damage: 13
Bonus Value: 3

This hammer was designed as secondary infantry arm designed to finish off armored opponents who have fallen to the ground.

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Mace

Slot: Weapon
Item Kind: Weapon
Value (Gold): 30000
Min damage: 19
Max damage: 35
Bonus Value: 15

(10-20 points of Fire damage, Slow, Speed -20) When the arch assassin, Demetri Razen was finally brought to justice, it was found that his skin was granted unusual hardness by a permanent enchantment. Normal blades would not cut him, so Finality was forged to deliver the death blow sentenced by the Enrothian courts.

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Sword

Slot: Weapon
Item Kind: Weapon
Value (Gold): 150
Min damage: 4
Max damage: 10
Bonus Value: 2

Though evolved from the farm implement which shares its name, the flail's great reach and striking power make it a fearsome weapon.

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Mace

Slot: Weapon
Item Kind: Weapon
Value (Gold): 450
Min damage: 5
Max damage: 23
Bonus Value: 2

Capable of splitting armor, these two-handed axes are a favorite among soldiers facing mounted knights.

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Axe

Slot: Weapon
Item Kind: Weapon
Value (Gold): 20000
Min damage: 12
Max damage: 16
Bonus Value: 10

(Vampiric, 10 points of Poison damage, Vampire) At the conclusion of the Vampires' War of the Chalice, Korbu exacted horrific retribution on his defeated enemy, Calden Fain. It is better for the world that knowledge of the necromantic arts which rendered Fain--body and soul--into this living blade, is lost.

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Dagger

Slot: Weapon
Item Kind: Weapon
Value (Gold): 20000
Min damage: 17
Max damage: 23
Bonus Value: 14

(Might +40, 10-20 points of Dark damage) The Forge of Chaos was destroyed in the making of the Swords of Balance. Legend says the Blade of Light, Elsenrail, and the Blade of Dark, Glomenthal, will play major roles in the last act of the universe.

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Sword

Slot: Weapon
Item Kind: Weapon
Value (Gold): 290
Min damage: 4
Max damage: 10
Bonus Value: 2

After the Gowdar Deep Goblins were wiped off the face of Jadame in the Goblin-Ogre Wars, thousands of these weapons appeared on the common market.

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Sword

Slot: Weapon
Item Kind: Weapon
Value (Gold): 15000
Min damage: 18
Max damage: 33
Bonus Value: 15

(+10 to all attributes, 10-20 points of Body damage) The great Vampire, Korbu was known to use living men to guard his crypt during daylight hours. Compelled by a spell of enslavement, these sorry souls would walk their rounds carrying these mighty halberds. When Korbu mysteriously vanished, and the slave spell failed, a few of these weapons appeared in the larger world.

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Spear

Slot: Weapon
Item Kind: Weapon
Value (Gold): 400
Min damage: 6
Max damage: 21
Bonus Value: 3

A versatile weapon combining the qualities of an axe and a spear, the halberd is designed to perform in formation and individual close quarter fighting.

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Spear

Slot: Weapon
Item Kind: Weapon
Value (Gold): 30000
Min damage: 18
Max damage: 24
Bonus Value: 15

(Speed +70, Accuracy +70, Armor Class -20) Havoc's enchantment makes it able to readily defeat any target's defenses. Unfortunately, its aggressive spirit makes it indifferent to parrying movements.

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Sword

Slot: Weapon
Item Kind: Weapon
Value (Gold): 100
Min damage: 2
Max damage: 12
Bonus Value: 0

Though a common farming implement, this hayfork is of sturdy construction and could be an excellent, if improvised, weapon.

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Spear

Slot: Weapon
Item Kind: Weapon
Value (Gold): 2000
Min damage: 16
Max damage: 32
Bonus Value: 12

Crafted from purified erudine alloy and then tempered in a pool of roiling lava, this sword's practically undullable and perfectly balanced blade backs up its intimidating appearance.

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Sword

Slot: Weapon
Item Kind: Weapon
Value (Gold): 30000
Min damage: 16
Max damage: 20
Bonus Value: 12

(Might + 70, Accuracy +70, Personality -50, Intellect -50) So called because of its power to demonize its wielder, nevertheless, there are many who would willingly pay the price for the power offered by ""Hell's Cleaver.

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Axe

Slot: Weapon
Item Kind: Weapon
Value (Gold): 200
Min damage: 5
Max damage: 10
Bonus Value: 0

These lightweight bows of simple construction are meant for bringing down small game animals - not for direct combat.

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Bow

Slot: Weapon
Item Kind: Weapon
Value (Gold): 300
Min damage: 9
Max damage: 13
Bonus Value: 5

Built for use in the field, this medium crossbow is designed for hunting, but is equally effective as a battle weapon.

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Bow

Slot: Weapon
Item Kind: Weapon
Value (Gold): 200
Min damage: 3
Max damage: 18
Bonus Value: 0

This simple poleaxe appears to have been made by attaching the blade of a farm implement to a poorly crafted spear.

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Spear

Slot: Weapon
Item Kind: Weapon
Value (Gold): 400
Min damage: 4
Max damage: 14
Bonus Value: 2

A highly specialized piece of equipment intended to equalize contests between foot soldiers and mounted, armored opponents, these modified spears are effective if slightly clumsy weapons.

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Spear

Slot: Weapon
Item Kind: Weapon
Value (Gold): 100
Min damage: 3
Max damage: 12
Bonus Value: 0

Some swordsmen swear that the soft metal of an iron sword gives them certain combat advantages. Those swordsmen never seem to be very old.

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Sword

Slot: Weapon
Item Kind: Weapon
Value (Gold): 40
Min damage: 2
Max damage: 8
Bonus Value: 0

Many dangers face the Jadamean traveler. Even the least battle-minded carry some sort of weapon. These iron ended walking sticks are a common choice.

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Staff

Slot: Weapon
Item Kind: Weapon
Value (Gold): 20000
Min damage: 15
Max damage: 21
Bonus Value: 13

(Endurance +40, Luck +40, Ogre Slaying) Before there was a Regnan Empire, the ancestors of the Trolls of Ironsand lived on Regna Island. With this blade and a horde of sea raiders, Hareck I ousted the Trolls and formed his pirate nation.

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Sword

Slot: Weapon
Item Kind: Weapon
Value (Gold): 800
Min damage: 12
Max damage: 21
Bonus Value: 9

The weight of this sword's untapered blade would make it unwieldy if not for its exacting counterbalance.

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Sword

Slot: Weapon
Item Kind: Weapon
Value (Gold): 1600
Min damage: 16
Max damage: 31
Bonus Value: 13

Minotaurs have very little tolerance for intruders in their hallowed mazes. This fact is well evidenced in the attention paid to weapons constructed for the labyrinth guards.

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Spear

Slot: Weapon
Item Kind: Weapon
Value (Gold): 50
Min damage: 4
Max damage: 8
Bonus Value: 0

Because of their ease of use, crossbows like these are stockpiled in militia armories everywhere. Their low pull strength and mediocre workmanship however, make them only moderately effective.

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Bow

Slot: Weapon
Item Kind: Weapon
Value (Gold): 30000
Min damage: 16
Max damage: 20
Bonus Value: 12

(Swift, Accuracy -50, Dark Elf) An ingenious combination of the mechanical and magical went into the creation of this self-cocking crossbow which launches its quarrels with incredible force. That the same launching force causes it to kick like a mule means only the most skilled can use it to any good effect.

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Bow

Slot: Weapon
Item Kind: Weapon
Value (Gold): 600
Min damage: 9
Max damage: 18
Bonus Value: 6

The Lizardmen produce a weapon capable of giving sturdy service.

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Sword

Slot: Weapon
Item Kind: Weapon
Value (Gold): 650
Min damage: 8
Max damage: 18
Bonus Value: 6

The blacksmiths on the Dagger Wound Islands craft a wide variety of spearheads. This trident is one of their most unusual designs. The barbed tines cause extra damage during straight thrusting attacks.

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Spear

Slot: Weapon
Item Kind: Weapon
Value (Gold): 15
Min damage: 2
Max damage: 6
Bonus Value: 0

With a blade in length between sword and dagger, these weapons are meant for the knife fighter who desires a bit of extra reach. This particular weapon is of mediocre workmanship in soft steel.

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Dagger

Slot: Weapon
Item Kind: Weapon
Value (Gold): 20000
Min damage: 15
Max damage: 20
Bonus Value: 10

(Accuracy +50, Swift, Bow skill +4) Legends tell of many great archer heroes, but none greater than Brennan Morland of whom it was said once pierced a gold sovereign at 300 paces in an archery tournament. Now, holding his bow you must wonder if the legend owes more to the bow than the man.

Uses Skill

Bow

Slot: Weapon
Item Kind: Weapon
Value (Gold): 50
Min damage: 3
Max damage: 9
Bonus Value: 0

Produced in great numbers, these slightly overbalanced swords are the arms of militiamen across the land.

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Sword

Slot: Weapon
Item Kind: Weapon
Value (Gold): 50
Min damage: 2
Max damage: 8
Bonus Value: 0

A slight improvement over the common club, maces are better balanced, more durable, and deliver greater damage.

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Mace

Slot: Weapon
Item Kind: Weapon
Value (Gold): 12000
Min damage: 10
Max damage: 19
Bonus Value: 7

Though at first it appears to be the same type of mace carried by Sun Temple clerics everywhere, this item seems to thrum with conflicting energies.

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Mace

Slot: Weapon
Item Kind: Weapon
Value (Gold): 250
Min damage: 7
Max damage: 9
Bonus Value: 5

Daggers of this quality are rare indeed. Made of erudine and rare woods, finished in gold, and set with a sizable ruby, this would be a rich man's extravagance if it were not also so effective a weapon.

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Dagger

Slot: Weapon
Item Kind: Weapon
Value (Gold): 150
Min damage: 5
Max damage: 7
Bonus Value: 3

This dagger is a typical example of those produced by the weaponsmiths of Alvar. It is made of hardened steel and has excellent balance.

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Dagger

Slot: Weapon
Item Kind: Weapon
Value (Gold): 775
Min damage: 15
Max damage: 19
Bonus Value: 11

Forged by the Minotaurs for their wars with the Ogres, these axes are forged of a secret alloy formula. Their edges are difficult to dull and even harder to sharpen.

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Axe

Slot: Weapon
Item Kind: Weapon
Value (Gold): 800
Min damage: 10
Max damage: 26
Bonus Value: 6

Only those possessed of great strength and balance can gracefully swing these mighty blades let alone control them in the heat of combat.

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Sword

Slot: Weapon
Item Kind: Weapon
Value (Gold): 1300
Min damage: 13
Max damage: 28
Bonus Value: 10

When the Minotaurs went to war with the Frost Giants of faraway Vori, their king Balthazar commissioned this polearm to arm his troops. He reportedly said, ""Since they will be gone so long, arm them with something versatile.

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Spear

Slot: Weapon
Item Kind: Weapon
Value (Gold): 1500
Min damage: 15
Max damage: 33
Bonus Value: 12

Minotaur herdsmen lead their troops into battle wielding these devastating war axes of superlative balance and workmanship.

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Axe

Slot: Weapon
Item Kind: Weapon
Value (Gold): 900
Min damage: 8
Max damage: 26
Bonus Value: 5

These two-handed axes are commonly used by Minotaurs who have the strength necessary to handle their great weight.

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Axe