Weapons

Here is a list of all of the games weapons. Further description required.

antique sword
while relatively ineffective at slashing compared to other swords, the antique sword's abnormally high weight lends it to dismembering opponents, taking off heads and arms far easier than even the riding sword due to the shape of it's blade. in survival it's an early weapon that works well as a primary, although it struggles greatly with shields.

shortsword
the shortsword is a very balanced weapon in that it's reliably good at most things, with the downside of not excelling at any. it's light blade gives it the application of slashing many times rapidly, but it's slim shape also gives it the ability to penetrate some wooden shields. while it struggles with dismembering enemies, the shortsword is no slouch in the category of stabbing (even if hindered by it's poor length), easily rending skull and flesh when an opportunity arises. it's sleek design and minimal cross-guard also make it very good in situations that warrant throwing, although it's best tossed as one would a spear.

riding sword
the riding sword is what happens when a weapon is made for one specific purpose, it's the end-all-be-all of slashing. despite its heft, the riding sword can be swung rather quickly, and does heavy damage because of said weight. it's fairly reliable for stabbing, although it has antique-sword syndrome in that swords counter it pretty heavily. it would make a fine dismemberment tool, if not to for it's tapered design rendering the activity a game of chance as to where on blade the joint in question is hit by. overall, a reliable weapon, but in survival it gets progressively worse as the game goes on, due to the increasing quantities of armored enemies. while one might think an infernal imbue of fire would help, slashing repeatedly, as opposed to simply stabbing once and killing the enemy immediately, chews through the embue, meaning it won't last for long.

rapier
while technically listed in the category of "exotic" it's decidedly a sword. and oh, what a sword it is, a ca-bob stick weaponized. the rapier sits around a shaky middleground between sword and spear, because, much like the game's only spear, it's arguably useless in close-quarters combat, excels at keeping enemies just out of breath-smelling distance, and is useful only when stabbing enemies. it's as normal as Nancy and as frank as Frankford, it's just a long pokey stick, nothing more, nothing less