Melee Weapons Skill

Melee weapons represents the ability to effectively wield and deal damage with melee weapon. This skill is broken up into 1 handed or 2 handed, slashing crushing or piercing, and every purchase of this skill must apply to a weapon subtype, and each subtype ranks up separately.

On melee weapon attacks, your skill in the subtype that applies to the weapon is added to the applicable statistic and weapon base damage to determine the dice pool.

Subtype	Example Weapons
1 Handed Slashing	Short Sword, Long Sword, Scimitar
1 Handed Crushing	Sap, Club, Mace
1 Handed Piercing	Dagger, Stiletto, Rapier
2 Handed Slashing	Greatsword
2 Handed Crushing	Greatclub, Maul
2 Handed Piercing	Spear