Shortsword

Attack Type: Pierce or Slash, roughly equivalent
Fast for: Ranger, Paladin, Rogue	Viable for: Cleric
Uniques: Blade of Losoth, Ebonblade

• Pros: Very common, easy to dual with
• Cons: Low damage, not a whole lot of choices
• High End Choices: The wolfblade your average high end, can insert a star caverns gem into it for more damage, ebonblade is ok but nothing great. Best bet is gathering of the spiders, a document weapon. Blade of losoth and mithril shortswords are good for mages.
• Two Weapon Choices: Steel butterfly blades from felgands best bet as they are designed for dualling, serrated shortswords from shieldhand do some good damage specials, the blackened gladius and wakizashi not too horrible.

Suggested Skill Progression:

• 0-20 Wooden sword from Nepeth, Slim sword from fairy ring.
• 20-40 Worn sword from Fort Vaugn, Blade of Losoth from Drow Caverns, mithril shortsword from yosra
• 40-70 Plain sword from Fort Vaugn, Quality Shortsword from Marika.
• 70-100 Wolfblade from Star Caverns, Gathering of the Spiders doc weapon

Also you can use the list below to find an appropriate weapon for your skill range.

Skill	Weapon	Wt.	Str	Area	NPC	Damage	Parry	Handed

Skill	Weapon	Wt.	Str	Area	NPC	Damage	Parry	Handed
5-10	A wooden sword	2	1	Nepeth	Knight Training Area	Average	Very Poor	One Handed

Skill	Weapon	Wt.	Str	Area	NPC	Damage	Parry	Handed
10-15	A slim sword	2	1	Fairy Ring	Imp	Average	Poor	One Handed
10-15	A small stone sword	1	1	Mt. Kresh	a small child	Average	Very Poor	One Handed
10-15	A dull sword	2	1	Quarry	Orc, Repulsive orc	Average	Serviceable	One Handed
10-15	A short sword	2	1	Drow Caverns	Female Drow	Average	Poor	One Handed

Skill	Weapon	Wt.	Str	Area	NPC	Damage	Parry	Handed
15-20	A fancy sword			Ebonbane Manor	Murris	Greater than Average	Serviceable	One Handed
15-20	A military shortsword		2	Knights Retreat	Captain Fad	Average	Adequate	One Handed
15-20	A practice sword	2		Home of Leau and Drais	Drais	Average	Splendid	One Handed
15-20	A short blade	2	2	Morin Farm	A skeletal sergeant	Average	Adequate	One Handed
15-20	A short sword with a deep red hilt		<11	Ravel	Black Orc	Average	Fine	One Handed
15-20	A small sword		3	Balan	Balan	Average	Very Poor	One Handed
15-20	A wide shortsword	2		Various	Fenton the Ugly Robber	Average	Serviceable	One Handed
15-20	An antique shortsword			Neville	Oterim the Sage	Average	Adequate	One Handed
15-20	A dull sword	2	3	Star Caves	Packrats	Average	Serviceable	One Handed
15-20	A wooden sword	2	2	Orc Mountain	Old Elven Guest	Average	Adequate	One Handed
15-20	A worn sword	2	3	Greenhaven	Kravenor, the sentry guard	Average	Serviceable	One Handed

Skill	Weapon	Wt.	Str	Area	NPC	Damage	Parry	Handed
20-30	A battered sword		4	Various	orcs	Average	Serviceable	One Handed
20-30	A broad shortsword	3	4	Shieldhand Clan	A group of five soldiers	Average	Adequate	One Handed
20-30	A fair shortsword	2		Alataciria	Silvanya, Ciriaryn of Alataciria	Average	Adequate	One Handed
20-30	A ghost sword			Ghost Ship	Ghost of Captain	Average	Good	One Handed
20-30	A goblin sword			Sydryth	Goblin Commander	Average	Very Poor	One Handed
20-30	A highly polished shortsword	2	4	Nepeth	Gate guards, Deputy sherriff	Average	Adequate	One Handed
20-30	A nicked-up shortsword	2	4	Nepeth	Gate guards, Deputy sherriff	Average	Adequate	One Handed
20-30	A orcish sword		4	Dalair	Orc Recruit	Average	Adequate	One Handed
20-30	A shining sword		<8	SE Isle	A fat tribal warrior	Average	Good	One Handed
20-30	A shiny shortsword	2	<12	Nepeth	Hanness	Average	Adequate	One Handed
20-30	A standard issue shortsword	2	4	Nepeth	Gate guards, Deputy sherriff	Average	Adequate	One Handed
20-30	A standard shortsword for knights			Nepeth	Knight Shoppe	Average	Adequate	One Handed
20-30	A standard shortsword for knights	2	5	Morin Farm	Penna the Apprentice Squire	Average	Adequate	One Handed
20-30	A vicious shortsword		4	Altons Caverns	Alton's Caverns	Average	Adequate	One Handed
20-30	A weathered shortsword	2		Treasure Hunter	A mumbling treasure hunter	Average	Adequate	One Handed
20-30	An elven shortsword			Elven Defense Fortress	Elven Warrior	Average	Adequate	One Handed
20-30	An orcish shortsword	3	4	Brunswik	Orcs	Average	Adequate	One Handed
20-30	Blade of Losoth		<14	Drow Caverns	Drow Mage	Average	Poor	One Handed
20-30	A shortsword	2	4	Orc Mountain	Entrance Guard,Patrol Guard	Average	Adequate	One Handed
20-30	A small shortsword	2		Magic Caves	Apprentice Guard	Average	Fine	One Handed
20-30	A small shortsword	2	4	Morr	An undead paladin	Average	Fine	One Handed
20-30	A worn sword		4	Brigand Fortress	Brigand Fortress	Average	Adequate	One Handed

Skill	Weapon	Wt.	Str	Area	NPC	Damage	Parry	Handed
30-35	A dangerous sword		6	Burnham Woods	Burnham Wood	Average	Fine	One Handed
30-35	A fine shortsword		<8	Nepeth, Neville	Stanton, Stubby	Average	Fine	One Handed
30-35	A honed sword			Slaver Encampment	Slavering Orc	Average	Fine	One Handed
30-35	A mithril shortsword		11	Iceforge Clan Forge	Yosra, the Captain of the Guard	Average	Nearly Perfect	One Handed
30-35	A sharp shortsword		6	Nepeth	Tower Guard (Nepeth), Young Squire	Average	Fine	One Handed
30-35	An evil shortsword		7	Morr	An undead fallen paladin sergeant	Average	Fine	One Handed
30-35	An iron shortsword		6	Gabaldon	Druid apprentice Lachlans	Average	Fine	One Handed
30-35	Ebonblade			Ebonbane Manor	Murris	Average	Fine	One Handed
30-35	A small shortsword	2	6	Sydryth	Sydryth	Average	Fine	One Handed
30-35	A sword	2	6	Fubs Fortress	A guard patrolling the hall	Average	Serviceable	One Handed
30-35	A sword	3	4<10	Ruined Tower	Orcs	Average	Very Poor	One Handed

Skill	Weapon	Wt.	Str	Area	NPC	Damage	Parry	Handed
35-45	A radiant shortsword	2	7<10	Sylvanthic wolves	Leylia	Average	Very Good	One Handed
35-45	A steel shortsword	2	9	Nepeth	A fat cityguard	Average	Splendid	One Handed
35-45	A wicked shortsword	2	8	Gralains Tomb	Hostile Graverobber	Average	Good	One Handed
35-45	A steel butterfly sword	2	>7	Felgands training camp	Ainan, the promising weapons dualist	Average	Good	One Handed
35-45	A shortsword	2		Paladin Estates	Ruell Bracken	Average	Fine	One Handed
35-45	A silver short sword	2	9	Andeli Castle	Squire	Average	Fine	One Handed
35-45	A silver shortsword	3	4<10	Andeli Castle	Guard, Castle Guard	Average	Adequate	One Handed
35-45	A sword	3		Magic Caves	Big Guard	Average	Good	One Handed

Skill	Weapon	Wt.	Str	Area	NPC	Damage	Parry	Handed
45-55	A blackened gladius		10	Knights Retreat	Baron Stratton the Junior Knight	Average	Nearly Perfect	One Handed
45-55	A plain sword		10	Brigand Fortress	Brigand Fortress	Average	Good	One Handed
45-55	A quality shortsword		6	Various	Marika	Average	Splendid	One Handed
45-55	A serrated shortsword			Shieldhand Clan	Old Ulgar	Average	Adequate	One Handed
45-55	A short broadsword		10	Orc Mountain	Prince Dazarov	Average	Very Good	One Handed
45-55	A tempered glaive	3	7<10	Cyranos House	Virgil the assassin	Average	Very Good	One Handed
45-55	A wakizashi	2	11	Zhamarr	Denzaemon of the Cold Hand Clan	Average	Fine	One Handed
45-55	Gathering of the Spiders	2		Varies	Design documents	Average	Nearly Perfect	One Handed

Skill	Weapon	Wt.	Str	Area	NPC	Damage	Parry	Handed
55-65	A silver sword	3	8	Andeli Castle	Tower Guard (Andeli)	Average	Adequate	One Handed
55-65	Wolfblade		>10	Star Caves	Ancient Werewolf	Average	Nearly Perfect	One Handed
55-65	Wolfblade (with gem)	3		Star Caves	Ancient Werewolf	Average	Very Good	One Handed

Skill	Weapon	Wt.	Str	Area	NPC	Damage	Parry	Handed

Skill	Weapon	Wt.	Str	Area	NPC	Damage	Parry	Handed

If you feel so inclined, weapons listed below (if any) need an eval

Skill	Weapon	Wt.	Str	Area	NPC	Damage	Parry	Handed