They are treated as having a statistical bonus of 1.

Guns, Measures, the Healing Rod, and the Rod of Faith do not calculate a statistical bonus.

Additionally, the stats are divided by 128 after multiplication, not 256.

The primary stat for an Axe, Hammer, or Hand-bomb is Vitality, but the secondary stat is Strength.

Additionally, the stats are divided by 218 after multiplication, not 256.

The primary stat for a Dagger, Ninja Sword, or Bow is Speed, but the secondary stat is Strength.

The primary stat for a Katana or Staff is Magic, but the secondary stat is Strength.

The primary and secondary stat for a Mace is Magic.

The primary and secondary stat for an unarmed attack is also Strength, but the stats are not added to 1 after being divided by 256 unarmed attacks can only ever be more damaging than armed attacks if the attacker's combined strength and level are significantly higher than his Attack score with any weapon.

The primary and secondary stat for any Sword, Greatsword, Spear, Crossbow, Rod, or Pole is Strength.

Stat breakdowns (and formulary exceptions) are as follows: Because the statistical bonus multiplies the damage roll, both stats are important, but as your level increases, primary stats contribute more and more to the damage you do with that type of weapon. The way the bonus is found is usually 1 + ( ( PrimaryStat + Level ) * SecondaryStat ) / 256.

Each weapon type has a primary stat and a secondary stat which contribute to the damage bonus. The statistical bonus of an attack depends on the weapon equipped. Even with Brawler, the normal Attack value is ignored in favor of the average between the character's Level and Strength.

Unarmed attacks default to an Attack value of 11 if the attacker has not yet acquired the Brawler license.

Pole attacks are reduced by the target's Magic Defense rather than physical Defense.

However, these weapons have no statistical bonus, so they're best used by lower-level or statistically inferior characters.

Guns, Measures, and the Healing Rod and Rod of Faith ignore defense altogether: they take the attack value times the random value of 1-1.125 and square the result.

Axes, Hammers, and Hand-bombs don't use the normal 1-1.125 random value range, and instead use a range of 0-1.111 (which would seem to indicate that they're far worse than normal weapons, but they can make up for this in the statistical bonus below).

Ignoring scalar effects like Bravery/Faith/Protect/Last Stand/etc., every weapon attack is a product of the weapon's damage roll and its statistical bonus.ĭamage rolls are generally calculated by multiplying the attacker's Attack score with a random number between 1 and 1.125 before subtracting the target's Defense.

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