SECONDARY WEAPON TABLES

Players can choose one Tier 1 secondary weapon during character creation. The GM can make other weapons available throughout the campaign as the PCs level up.

TIER 1 (LEVEL 1)

NAME	TRAIT	RANGE	DAMAGE	BURDEN	FEATURE
Shortsword	Agility	Melee	d8 phy	One-Handed	Paired: +2 to primary weapon damage to targets within Melee range
Round Shield	Strength	Melee	d4 phy	One-Handed	Protective: +1 to Armor Score
Tower Shield	Strength	Melee	d6 phy	One-Handed	Barrier: +2 to Armor Score; -1 to Evasion
Small Dagger	Finesse	Melee	d8 phy	One-Handed	Paired: +2 to primary weapon damage to targets within Melee range
Whip	Presence	Very Close	d6 phy	One-Handed	Startling: Mark a Stress to crack the whip and force all adversaries within Melee range back to Close range.
Grappler	Finesse	Close	d6 phy	One-Handed	Hooked: On a successful attack, you can pull the target into Melee range.
Hand Crossbow	Finesse	Far	d6+1 phy	One-Handed	—

TIER 2 (LEVELS 2–4)

NAME	TRAIT	RANGE	DAMAGE	BURDEN	FEATURE
Improved Shortsword	Agility	Melee	d8+2 phy	One-Handed	Paired: +3 to primary weapon damage to targets within Melee range
Improved Round Shield	Strength	Melee	d4+2 phy	One-Handed	Protective: +2 to Armor Score
Improved Tower Shield	Strength	Melee	d6+2 phy	One-Handed	Barrier: +3 to Armor Score; -1 to Evasion
Improved Small Dagger	Finesse	Melee	d8+2 phy	One-Handed	Paired: +3 to primary weapon damage to targets within Melee range
Improved Whip	Presence	Very Close	d6+2 phy	One-Handed	Startling: Mark a Stress to crack the whip and force all adversaries within Melee range back to Close range.
Improved Grappler	Finesse	Close	d6+2 phy	One-Handed	Hooked: On a successful attack, you can pull the target into Melee range.
Improved Hand Crossbow	Finesse	Far	d6+3 phy	One-Handed	—
Spiked Shield	Strength	Melee	d6+2 phy	One-Handed	Double Duty: +1 to Armor Score; +1 to primary weapon damage within Melee range
Parrying Dagger	Finesse	Melee	d6+2 phy	One-Handed	Parry: When you are attacked, roll this weapon’s damage dice. If any of the attacker’s damage dice rolled the same value as your dice, the matching results are discarded from the attacker’s damage dice before the damage you take is totaled.
Returning Axe	Agility	Close	d6+4 phy	One-Handed	Returning: When this weapon is thrown within its range, it appears in your hand immediately after the attack.

TIER 3 (LEVELS 5–7)

NAME	TRAIT	RANGE	DAMAGE	BURDEN	FEATURE
Advanced Shortsword	Agility	Melee	d8+4 phy	One-Handed	Paired: +4 to primary weapon damage to targets within Melee range
Advanced Round Shield	Strength	Melee	d4+4 phy	One-Handed	Protective: +3 to Armor Score
Advanced Tower Shield	Strength	Melee	d6+4 phy	One-Handed	Barrier: +4 to Armor Score; –1 to Evasion
Advanced Small Dagger	Finesse	Melee	d8+4 phy	One-Handed	Paired: +4 to primary weapon damage to targets within Melee range
Advanced Whip	Presence	Very Close	d6+4 phy	One-Handed	Startling: Mark a Stress to crack the whip and force all adversaries within Melee range back to Close range.
Advanced Grappler	Finesse	Close	d6+4 phy	One-Handed	Hooked: On a successful attack, you can pull the target into Melee range.
Advanced Hand Crossbow	Finesse	Far	d6+5 phy	One-Handed	—
Buckler	Agility	Melee	d4+4 phy	One-Handed	Deflecting: When you are attacked, you can mark an Armor Slot to gain a bonus to your Evasion equal to your Armor Score against the attack.
Powered Gauntlet	Knowledge	Close	d6+4 phy	One-Handed	Charged: Mark a Stress to gain a +1 bonus to your Proficiency on a primary weapon attack.
Hand Sling	Finesse	Very Close	d6+4 phy	One-Handed	Versatile: This weapon can also be used with these statistics—Finesse, Close, d8+4.

TIER 4 (LEVELS 8–10)

NAME	TRAIT	RANGE	DAMAGE	BURDEN	FEATURE
Legendary Shortsword	Agility	Melee	d8+6 phy	One-Handed	Paired: +5 to primary weapon damage to targets within Melee range
Legendary Round Shield	Strength	Melee	d4+6 phy	One-Handed	Protective: +4 to Armor Score
Legendary Tower Shield	Strength	Melee	d6+6 phy	One-Handed	Barrier: +5 to Armor Score; –1 to Evasion.
Legendary Small Dagger	Finesse	Melee	d8+6 phy	One-Handed	Paired: +5 to primary weapon damage to targets within Melee range
Legendary Whip	Presence	Very Close	d6+6 phy	One-Handed	Startling: Mark a Stress to crack the whip and force all adversaries within Melee range back to Close range.
Legendary Grappler	Finesse	Close	d6+6 phy	One-Handed	Hooked: On a successful attack, you can pull the target into Melee range.
Legendary Hand Crossbow	Finesse	Far	d6+7 phy	One-Handed	—
Braveshield	Agility	Melee	d4+6 phy	One-Handed	Sheltering: When you mark an Armor Slot, it reduces damage for you and all allies within Melee range of you who took the same damage.
Knuckle Claws	Strength	Melee	d6+8 phy	One-Handed	Doubled Up: When you make an attack with your primary weapon, you can deal damage to another target within Melee range.
Primer Shard	Instinct	Very Close	d4 phy	One-Handed	Locked On: On a successful attack, your next attack against the same target with your primary weapon automatically succeeds.

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This content is from the [Daggerheart SRD](https://github.com/seansbox/daggerheart-srd/blob/main/contents/Secondary Weapon Tables.md) by Darrington Press, licensed under CC BY 4.0.

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