The Armory (2002)

Back cover summary:

Give your Hero an edge!

Welcome to the Armory. The ICE armsmaster have selected over 50 new weapon attack tables for your combat enjoyment. So retire those old, worn out weapons and take these new attack tables for a spin. Fun, lethal and exotic, the Armory has it all. Need mor killing power? Then check out the great sword. If you prefer finesse, then perhaps the dainty hand crossbow is more your style. The Armory also features an appearance by a very special guest star: Aaron Williams' Nodwick! Take the guess work out of tossing your henchbeings around with the Nodwick Attack Table. How far can you toss the average henchgnome? And what really happens when you fumble? Choose your weapons and slay your opponents with flair. The Armory makes it easy, with rules that let you choose your criticals and new easy on the eyes attack tables.

User summary: This book is a supplement for Iron Crown's Rolemaster game system. The book mostly contains charts for new weapons or weapons which previously used other weapon charts with modified statistics. However, the charts are condensed and only provide one type of A-E critical strike per chart.

The new weapon charts include bastard axe, bastard sword, cutlass, foil, great sword, knife, long scimitar, long sword, katana, kyotetsu-shoge, nagamaki, naginata, ninjato, no-dachi, shuriken, wakizashi, comet hammer, jitte, nunchaku, rope dart, sai, steel whip, three section staff, tiger claw, tiger hook, war fan, bardiche, beaked axe, bec de corbin, fauchard, glaive, guisarme, harpoon, heavy spear, lucerne hammer, man catcher, militaryfork, partisan, pike, pole axe, ranseur, trident, aklys, blowpipe, boomerang, cat o' nine tails, dart, gladiator's net, hand crossbow, nodwick, lasso, mullet, staff sling, and atlatl/woomera.

Note: The book gives Kurt Fischer, Coleman Charlton, Peter Fenlon, Terry Amthor, Bruce Neidlinger, Bruce Shelley, and Leonard Cook a designer credit for contributing to the previous Arms Law information which is used extensively throughout the book.