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Note: While we are now allowing more offensive-type weapons, there is a level of offensiveness that will not be permissible. Blunt weaponry of massive size or density or any bladed weaponry is not acceptable. Blunted or magical arrows and other projectiles are acceptable, but any arrow with a pierced arrowhead is not allowed.

Please realize that we are going to be doing weapons on a case-by-case basis in conjunction with magic and summons so as to make sure that everything is well-balanced.

Weapons

First Stage

• You have a simple, non-magical weapon that may be good for self-defense in a pinch, but primarily serves as a means for training. It is made of weak types of wood.
  
• This weapon can be more useful than current first stage Knight weapons. Think staves, thin clubs, weak shields, or you can have an item that is less useful than current first stage weapons if you so choose. We wanted to provide more options, not less.

Second Stage

• Your simple weapon has now evolved into a more useful object that you will use in battle.
  
• This weapon cannot be made of stone/crystal nor metal at this stage. It can, however, be made of more dense and less breakable wood than it would have been in the previous stage.

Third Stage

• Your weapon is now more efficient and useful in battle. It may now be made of metal, stone/crystal, or heavy wood.
  

Example: Lady Page uses a hard plastic canoe oar as her useless weapon in first stage. In second stage, Lady Squire's plastic canoe oar is now a wooden one. In third stage, lady Knight's weapon is now an intricately designed metal mace for offensive.

Materials Note: Please also be aware that a weapon made of stone/crystal will be heavier than those made of most metals, and those made of metals heavier than those made of most woods. This will slow your character down so if you are hoping to be a speedy fighter you might not want to go with a giant stone/crystal shield or a giant stone/crystal stave.

Also if your weapon is an item that is not going to be used as a weapon, the materials rules are not as strict. You should, however, note that this is not an item that will be used as a weapon when you are applying for a stamp. A good example would be Valhalla's gyrocompass which has always been metal but never once been used as a weapon.

Weapon and Magic Overlap

This is something that we've been hearing concerns about throughout the entire process of working on this 'patch' for the knights, so we are addressing it here. In your first stage, odds are there are going to be a lot of overlapping weapons that may or may not stop overlapping as the characters advance. Here are some things to think about in this case!

• Vary the design of your weapon! Perhaps have carvings that make it very unique to your character be carved into it. Symbols, small pictures, colors! A Mercury page would not have the same stave that a Jupiter knight would, for example. They would clearly look different. Perhaps a Mars Knight and Venus Knight both have bows, but the Venusian Knight's is more intricately designed, the arrows themselves being physical versus magical ones.
  
• Also think of the fact that if several knights are from the same planet, it would be very interesting for them to have a unified weapon and fighting style. More flavor, but totally optional depending on how you feel.
  
• Magical effects are already overlapping and are going to continue to be okay. Several people can have the same magical effect though we should try to vary it up some!
  
• The only time overlap is going to become a problem is when the weapon and magic are identical for two characters.