Police Baton

Weapon Profile

Category

Simple

Damage

1d6 bludgeoning

Range

Melee · 0–5 ft

Grade

I · Standard

Rarity

Common

Tier

II · Industrial

Training

Simple Weapons

Cost

15

Weight

2 lb

Without training in simple weapons, you add no proficiency bonus to attacks with this and roll them at disadvantage. Proficiency

To make: 8 gm of materials and 1 day of work, at a workshop with the right tools. To repair: 2 gm and 1 day. Downtime

Properties

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• weaponSomething you attack with. Held in a hand, and covered by a weapon proficiency.
• lightSmall enough for an off-hand strike as a bonus action.
• non-lethal

A weighted composite baton that collapses to the length of a hand. Civil enforcement services across settled space issue them. Its damage is non-lethal by default: a creature reduced to 0 hit points by it falls Unconscious and stable instead of dying.

Rules

• Damage from a baton is non-lethal by default: a creature reduced to 0 hit points by it falls Unconscious and stable instead of dying.

Grades

The same object, worked to a better standard. The grade is the rung; the bonus is what the rung is worth at the table.

1. Grade I · Standard
2. Grade II · Refined +1
3. Grade III · Pristine +2
4. Grade IV · Masterwork +3