Weapons made from different mataerials


Rules Questions


Can you make blunt weapon equivalents out of wood? (Ex. War Hammer)


Sure, they are called practice weapons.. though they won't have the same heft as the real weapon.
I supposed if you had a druid cast Ironwood on the item after it was crafted, it'd be the same, and that'd hold it for a few days.. But you'd have to have permanency cast to make it permanent. You're talking about a lot of expense there.


Why are you interested in wooden weapons like this? And yeah having Ironwood cast is the only way i could see it working to make it like it is in the book.

Scarab Sages

Jade Regent has a Bokken, or wood Katana. It uses Katana feats, but it's damage and crit profile are as a club. I'd treat any solid wood weapon the same unless you have ironwood cast on it.


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A club or a quarterstaff are made entirely from wood.
A warhammer (and most hafted weapons) normally have both wood and steel components. Could they be made entirely from wood? IIRC there are certain types of wood that can stand in for metal components, that would probably be the best solution.

I can't recall which one, but one of the PF books has a section on weapons using different "tech" levels. Perhaps a wooden warhammer would have the "fragile" condition.


CrazyElf wrote:

Sure, they are called practice weapons.. though they won't have the same heft as the real weapon.

I supposed if you had a druid cast Ironwood on the item after it was crafted, it'd be the same, and that'd hold it for a few days.. But you'd have to have permanency cast to make it permanent. You're talking about a lot of expense there.

I agree with you they would be practice weapons if they are slashing weapons.

I have a state fair two handed hammer( ring the bell win a prize) and it weighs the same as a five lbs sledge hammer. I wouldn't want to be hit with this if it was a practice weapon lol.

Scarab Sages

Jeff Clem wrote:


I have a state fair two handed hammer( ring the bell win a prize) and it weighs the same as a five lbs sledge hammer. I wouldn't want to be hit with this if it was a practice weapon lol.

In game terms, that would be a Greatclub.


Imbicatus wrote:
Jeff Clem wrote:


I have a state fair two handed hammer( ring the bell win a prize) and it weighs the same as a five lbs sledge hammer. I wouldn't want to be hit with this if it was a practice weapon lol.
In game terms, that would be a Greatclub.

True. Thanks for your input everyone.


Now if your DM allows it you can add weight to your wooden weapons by adding something like iron or something like lead, something you could pour in or force in and then cap with a wooden plug. I could see that adding weight and upping the weapons damage closer to what it would do if it was the real weapon. Tho maybe not the crit range. I hope that could help you some what as well.

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