Are thrown weapons lost?


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Hi,

New player here. Yesterday I played a paladin for the first time and I threw a couple of javalins through out the game and then is what I noticed that I don't know what happens to them afterwards!. What are the rules for retrieving thrown javelins? The core rule book only mentions retrieving ammunition for projectile weapons, but I couldn't find a section for thrown weapons. I would assume since they are larger, I would have 100% chance of finding it (unless I throw it off a cliff or something).

Is this assumption correct?


Yes. Generally it's assumed you can find a hurled weapon without problem after combat, as they're much larger and sturdier than general ammunition. If your GM has a rule how he wants it done, you might want to ask them though.


The rules are, move into the square you threw it in, move action to pick it up, move action to put it away.

They don't get broken like ammunition on hits, and don't have a 50/50 chance to be lost like missed ammunition. Assume it lands in the square you threw it at, and pick it up when you get there. Or if you miss, assume it goes to the end of the range increment in a straight line. There's no RAW for it, so go with whatever sounds good.

RAW: They aren't destroyed, but it doesn't say where they go.

Grand Lodge

I think the only exception are shuriken, I recall them being treated like ammunition since you can throw more than one at a time, but that may just be old 3.0 rules I'm recalling.


Jorda75 wrote:
I think the only exception are shuriken, I recall them being treated like ammunition since you can throw more than one at a time, but that may just be old 3.0 rules I'm recalling.

It appears to still apply.


Rules-as-written doesn't cover thrown weapon recovery.

If you want the detail, I'd suggest lost or broken on a natural 1. If you want to track location of misses during combat use the splash weapon rules for scatter.

Grand Lodge

You can retrieve each javelin, as long as you're able and willing to enter and search around the place where you threw it.

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