Equipment and Weapons

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[[Image:Dogweapons1thumbs.jpg|thumb|300px||All the currently made weapons in Overgrowth.]]

Weapons play a major role in the fierce and violent universe of Overgrowth.
Each race has its own weapon types with different abilities.
This article describes the weapons introduced so far.

= Dog Weapons =

== [http://blog.wolfire.com/2009/03/dog-weapons-part-one-polearms/ Polearms] ==
The polearms are longer weapons, with some sort of blade affixed to the end of a pole, to allow for greater reach. This allows for dogs to wage battles against without allowing their enemies to enter close-quarters combat, limiting the effectiveness of natural weapons such as teeth and claws.
The dogs use three major types of polearm:
<gallery perrow="4">
Image:pole2.jpg|[[Spear]]
Image:pole1.jpg|[[Glaive]]
Image:pole3.jpg|[[Rabbit Catcher]]
</gallery>

== [http://blog.wolfire.com/2009/03/dog-weapons-part-two-blades/ Blades] ==
The dogs use single-edge blades on their swords and daggers, which they use at closer range than the polearms. The blades are a strong example of the rectangular motifs used in the dog culture, and carry a distinctive, polygonal-shaped blade. As with the polearms, there are three types of bladed weapons utilized by the dogs:

<gallery perrow="4">
Image:blade2.jpg|[[Small Knife]]
Image:blade3.jpg|[[Bastard Sword]]
Image:blade1.jpg|[[Double-Handed Broadsword]]
Image:blade4.jpg|[[Bastard Sword]]
</gallery>

== [http://blog.wolfire.com/2009/03/dog-weapons-part-three-the-hammer/ Warhammers] ==

The dog warhammer is a massive weapon, and must be carried in both hands. It is very cumbersome and unwieldy in battle, but still remains commonly used by the leaders of [[clan Stone]], because of its cultural and historical significance (see below). Though cumbersome, the weapon is highly effective against heavily armored or unusually tough opponents.

<gallery perrow="4">
Image:hammer1.jpg|[[War Hammer|War hammer]]
</gallery>

=Throwing=

Originally, weapons could only be used in close combat situations but in a165 throwing was introduced which added ranged combat to Rabbot's abilities. Throwing will almost always result in a kill on impact, players must factor in Rabbot's movement (rolling can mess up the throw, for example), and is easy to perform (there is an auto-target system implemented which doesn't require input from the player) but has a significant downside. If missed, the target may pick up the weapon and kill Rabbot with it. This may also happen if other enemies are nearby.

The auto-target system is dead accurate (when the target is moving in a predictive manner) but there are plans to tone it down in the future.

[[Category:Weapons]]
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