Weapons

Weapons of Gor:

Arrows, Sheaf and Flight: Sheaf arrow is slightly over a yard long, the flight arrow is about forty inches in length. Both are metal piled and fletched with three half-feathers, from the wings of the Vosk gulls. Mixed in with the arrows were the leather tab, with its two openings for the right forefinger and the middle finger, and the leather bracer, to shield the left forearm from the flashing string. Raiders of Gor pg 68

• Sheaf of Arrows contains 50 arrows. Guardsman of Gor pg 9

Axe of Torvaldsland:     Marauders of Gor pg 101 - 102

• one of the most fearful weapons of Gor
• use of the axe:
• feints are often used
• short strokes
• handle
• jabbing, punching
• full swing
• elementary stratagems:
• pretend to take full swing, but held short, not followed through
• opponent taken, axe turned off guard, by the back cut, from left to right
• opponent carries shield too high
• step to left with a looping stroke, cut off shield arm
• low stroke dangerous to human foot
• defense:
• lure the full stroke, yet escape it
• presses the advantage for an instant
• seeming to expose more of the body
• tempt the opponent
• thinking he fights an unskilled foe
• prematurely commit the weight of his body to full blow
• not easy to get behind the axe of one who knows how to use it

Axe Belt of Torvaldsland: is fixed in a broad leather belt worn from the left shoulder to the right hip, fastened there by a hook, that the weight of the ax will not turn the belt, which fits into a ring in the master belt.     Marauders of Gor pg 50
Bola: Consists of three long straps of leather, each about five feet long, each terminating in a leather sack, which contains, sewn inside, a heavy, round metal weight.  Nomads of Gor pg 24
Canhpi: a long handled, stone bladed tomahawk.  Blood Brothers of Gor pg 9
Crossbow: The assassin's weapon.   Raiders of Gor pg 2
Harpoon, Light: Used with a beaded throwing board   Beasts of Gor pg 280

• foreshaft of bone
• with a bone head and point

Harpoon, Long: 8' length, 2 1/2" diameter.      Beasts of Gor pg 258

• major shaft of wood
• foreshaft of bone
• head of harpoon set in foreshaft
• drilled with a point of sharpened slate

Helmet: bronze, worked in the Greek fashion, with a unitary opening somewhat in the shape of a Y. it bore no insignia and its crest plate was empty.   Outlaw of Gor pg 21
Horn Bow: Small, for use from the saddle, lacks the range and power of the Gorean longbow or crossbow; still, at close range, with considerable force, firing rapidly, arrow after arrow, it is a fearsome weapon.   Nomads of Gor pg 66

• Tuchuk War Arrows - barbed (pg 247)

Lance, Kailla: Black, cut from the poles of young tem trees. They may be bent almost double, like finely tempered steel, before they break. A loose loop of boskhide, wound twice about the right fist, helps to retain the weapon in hand-to-hand combat. It is seldom thrown. Carried in the right fist, easily, and are flexible and light, used for thrusting. They an be almost as swift and delicate in their address as a saber.   Nomads of Gor pg 15
Long Bow, Gorean:   Raiders of Gor pg 2
height of a tall man; its back is flat (facing away from bowman); its belly is half rounded (facing bowman); inch and one half wide/inch and a quarter thick at center.

• point blank range: fire through a 4" beam
• 200 yards: can pin a man to a wall
• 400 yards: can kill a bosk
• rate of fire: 19 arrows in a gorean Ehn (80 earth seconds)
• used in a standing/kneeling position
• impractical in close quarters
• cannot be kept set/loaded
• weapon of peasants (pg 3)

Master Belt of Torvaldsland: called master belt to distinguish it from the ax belt and the sword belt, and because it is, almost always, worn. A pouch and other accouterments may hang from it. It is said it gets it's name because it is sometimes used in the disciplining of bond-maids. Marauders of Gor pg 51
Miscellaneous Weapons: Light engines, mostly catapults and ballistae, would be transported over the ditches by harnessed tarn team.   Tarnsman of Gor pg 164
Quarrel: Small arrow of the crossbow; initial velocity is the better part of a pasang per second. Tarnsman of Gor pg 100
Quiva: Balanced saddle knife, about a foot in length, double edged; it tapers to a dagger like point; is regarded, on the whole, as more of a missile weapon than a hand knife; are wrought in the smithies of Ar.   Nomads of Gor pg 67 & pg 124
Shield, Round: The round shield, concentric overlapping layers of hardened leather riveted together and bound with hoops of brass, fitted with the double sling for carrying on the left arm. Normally the Gorean shield is painted boldly and has infixed in it some device for identifying the bearer's city. Outlaw of Gor pg 21
Shield, Turian: Have metal embossments on their oval shields, unlike the rounded shields of most Gorean cities.   Nomads of Gor pg 113
Short Bow (of the gorean north):   Marauders of Gor pg 52

• short, heavy arrows
• heavy headed
• lacks range and power of Peasant Bow
• short range, within 150 yds can administer a considerable strike
• more manageable in close quarters
• resembling somewhat the Tuchuk bow of layered horn
• more useful in close combat on a ship
• easier to fire through a ships hole port (the oar withdrawn)

Silver Tubes: Charged, cylindrical weapons, manually operated; incorporated principles much like the "Flame Death Mechanism"    Priest-Kings of Gor pg 229
Spear, Gorean: About seven feet in height, heavy, stout, with a tapering bronze head some eighteen inches in length. It is a terrible weapon and, abetted by the somewhat lighter gravity of Gor, when cast with considerable force, can pierce a shield at close quarters or bury its head a foot deep in solid wood. Outlaw of Gor pg 21
Staff: some six feet in length, some two inches in width. (peasant weapon) Slave Girl of Gor pg 139
Sword Belt of Torvaldsland: is commonly supported in its own belt, looped over the left shoulder, which is the common gorean practice. It can also be hung, by its sheath and sheath straps, from the master belt.    Marauders of Gor pg 51
Trident: 3 pronged fish spear, used by the arena fighters called Fishermen. Vagabonds of Gor pg 91