Changes: Flail

Latest revision as of 05:20, 31 August 2011

A flail is a melee weapon similar to a club with the inclusion of a chain connecting the handle to the striking surface. It inflicts bludgeoning damage. Neverwinter Nights includes two types of flails — the light flail and the heavy flail.

Flails originated as farm implements, used for threshing grain. When farmers were called to fight, they discovered that flails were also useful for threshing opponents. A variant in which the long striking surface is replaced by a spiked ball would have use only as a weapon, but might also have less basis in history. Regardless of its historical roots, the spiked ball variant is classified as a morningstar within Neverwinter Nights.

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-A '''flail''' is a [[melee]] [[weapon]] used specifically as a [[bludgeoning damage|bludgeoning]] weapon. It differs from a [[club]] in that the bludeoning surface is usually attached to the end of a chain.
+A '''flail''' is a [[melee]] [[weapon]] similar to a [[club]] with the inclusion of a chain connecting the handle to the striking surface. It inflicts [[bludgeoning damage]].
+[[Neverwinter Nights]] includes two types of flails &mdash; the [[light flail]] and the [[heavy flail]].
-==Notes==
-* There are 2 types of flails in [[Neverwinter Nights]], [[light flail]]s and [[heavy flail]]s.
+Flails originated as farm implements, used for threshing grain. When farmers were called to fight, they discovered that flails were also useful for threshing opponents.
+A variant in which the long striking surface is replaced by a spiked ball would have use only as a weapon, but might also have less basis in history. Regardless of its historical roots, the spiked ball variant is classified as a [[morningstar]] within Neverwinter Nights.
 [[Category:Blunt weapons]]
 [[Category:Weapons]]