Weapon Proficiency

At the start, your character will be able to employ but a limited number of weapons. The number is determined by class. When the character moves up in levels of experience to the next higher combat melee table, he or she is assumed to have acquired proficiency in an additional weapon. The new weapon is of his or her choice. Note that proficiency with a normal weapon is subsumed in using a magical weapon of the same type. If proficiency with any given weapon is not held by the character it is used at a penalty as shown on the table.

Initial Number of Weapons shows the number which the character may select to be proficient with, i.e. a cleric could select a flail and staff, club and mace, or any combination of two permitted weapons.

Non-proficiency Penalty indicates the subtraction from the character’s “to hit“ dice which applies to attacks by the character using such a weapon in missile or melee combat.

Added Proficiency in Weapons gives the number of additional weapons the character can use with proficiency upon attaining the indicated number of levels above the 1st. Thus, at 1st level a cleric can use two weapons with proficiency, at 5th level the cleric selects another for a total of three, at 9th level the total is four, at 13th five, etc.