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Name	Mace
Skill	Maces & Flails
Damage	8
Accuracy	+3
Base delay (%)	14 (140%)
Min delay	7 at skill 14
Hands	1H
Size	Little
Ranged?	No

A short club with a metal head.

"[My plan] does not propose to fill your lobby with squabbling colony agents, who will require the interposition of your mace at every instant to keep the peace among them."

-Edmund Burke, "On Conciliation With America", speech in Parliament. 1775.

This weapon falls into the Maces & Flails category. It is a one handed weapon.

The mace is a fairly light Maces & Flails weapon. Many backgrounds can start with one.

Strategy

As a "simple" starting weapon, the mace is slightly weaker than the falchion, but stronger than a hand axe. Maces & Flails scale with strength and have good single-target damage, making them good for characters planning to use heavy armour.

Although a decent option for the early game, you'll want to find something more powerful in fairly short order. Flails are stronger and attack just as quickly, though at an accuracy penalty.

	Image
Mundane
Magical
Artifact

Weapons
Axes	Battleaxe • Broad axe • Executioner's axe • Hand axe • War axe
Maces & Flails	Club • Demon whip • Dire flail • Eveningstar • Flail • Giant club • Giant spiked club • Great mace • Mace (Hammer) • Morningstar • Sacred scourge • Whip
Long Blades	Demon blade • Double sword • Eudemon blade • Falchion • Great sword • Long sword • Scimitar • Triple sword
Polearms	Bardiche • Demon trident • Glaive • Halberd (Scythe) • Partisan • Spear • Trident • Trishula
Ranged Weapons	Arbalest • Hand cannon • Longbow • Orcbow • Shortbow • Sling • Triple crossbow
Short Blades	Dagger • Quick blade • Rapier • Short sword
Staves	Lajatang • Magical staff • Quarterstaff
Throwing	Boomerang • Dart • Javelin • Large rock • Stone • Throwing net

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 {{weapon
   |name      = Mace
   |cost      = ?
- |weight    = 12.0
   |skill     = Maces & Flails
   |damage    = 8
   |accuracy  = +3
-  |basedelay = 140%
+  |basedelay = 14 (140%)
+ |mindelay  = 7 at skill 14
   |hands     = 1H
-  |size      = ?
+  |size      = Little
   |ranged    = No
   |acquirement = ?
 }}
+{{flavour|A short club with a metal head.
-{{flavour|A short metal spiked military club. This effective instrument dents armour and breaks bones through blunt force.
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 -Edmund Burke, "On Conciliation With America", speech in Parliament. 1775.}}
+{{crawlquote|This weapon falls into the [[Maces & Flails]] category. It is a one handed weapon.}}
-{{crawlquote|This weapon falls into the '[[Maces & Flails]]' category. It is a one handed weapon, and it is better for the strong.}}
+The '''mace''' is a fairly light [[Maces & Flails]] weapon. Many [[background]]s can start with one.
-The '''mace''' is a fairly light [[Maces & Flails]] weapon. Although a decent option for the early game, you'll want to find
+==Strategy==
-something more powerful as soon as possible.
+As a "simple" starting weapon, the mace is slightly weaker than the [[falchion]], but stronger than a [[hand axe]]. Maces & Flails scale with [[strength]] and have good single-target damage, making them good for characters planning to use heavy armour.
+Although a decent option for the early game, you'll want to find something more powerful in fairly short order. [[Flail]]s are stronger and attack just as quickly, though at an accuracy penalty.
 {| class="prettytable" style="border:none; margin:auto; padding:0; text-align: center"
-! || Common || Dwarven || Orcish
+! || Image
 |-
-| '''Mundane''' || [[File:Mace 1.png]] || [[File:Dwarven mace 1.png]] || [[File:Orcish mace 1.png]]
+| '''Mundane''' || [[File:Mace1.png]]
-|-
-| '''Magical/Artifact''' || [[File:Mace 2.png]] || [[File:Dwarven mace 2.png]] || [[File:Orcish mace 2.png]]
-|}
-{| class="prettytable" style="border:none; margin:auto; padding:0; text-align: center"
-! || [[Unrandart]] Maces
 |-
-| '''[[Unrandarts#+5,_+5_Mace_of_Brilliance|Mace of Brilliance]] || [[File:Mace of brilliance.png]]
+| '''Magical''' || [[File:Mace2.png]]
 |-
-| '''[[Unrandarts#+7,_+6_Scepter_of_Torment|Scepter of Torment]] || [[File:Sceptre of torment.png]]
+| '''Artifact''' || [[File:Mace3.png]]
 |}
 {{weapons}}
 [[Category:Maces & Flails]]