Dagger by ST

[Shostak]

Originally Posted by Bill_in_IN

I'm curious about such a chart and bows. There are already bigger more powerful bows available as ST increases.

Right. That’s how bows work in real life; the “ST” is built into the bow. For example a small bow does 1d-1 at ST 9. A ST 10 character using that same bow can only ever put ST 9 into it, since that is the draw engineered into the bow*. So, that ST 10 character has a stronger bow made, and now does +1 damage. When he trains up to ST 11, he gets another bow made, this one built to have ST 11 and dealing even more damage due to its increased power. TFT calls them different species of bows ST, but there is no need to do so.

But swords, clubs, and pointed sticks are different. Different in that the ST powering the damage they deal is not built into the weapon. Instead, that is supplied by the person wielding the weapon. A weak person slashing with a short sword should deal less damage that a stronger person using the same blade.

*yes, I know that technically the archer is supplying the ST, but the bow has an upper limit on how much energy (ST) it can hold.