Detachable buckler

Advanced 45 GP

Described in: Core book

Nicknames: the gong / the target

Description

Attached to a Knight’s off-hand arm, detachable bucklers are a part of their meta-armour. While folded, it provides passive defensive bonuses without getting in their way. The user can use a two-handed weapon or one in each hand without issue. In short, it is a small arm-mounted shield, lined with big spikes just in case. When unfolded, however, it becomes a full-frontal shield. Combined with a meta-armour’s force field, it helps evade incoming fire and any big pointy teeth that get too close.

Hands-free: While folded, the buckler does not require a hand to be used. Its wearer can use two-handed weapons or a weapon in each hand, but not other shields

Attack

Folded buckler

Damages	Violence	Reach	Energy	Effect(s)
2 + Strength	2	Contact - ≤5ft	-	Defence (2) Defence (2) - Twinned (ambidextrous) Twinned (ambidextrous) - [Free hand] [Free hand]

Damages	2 + Strength
Violence	2
Reach	Contact

Effect
Defence (2) Defence (2)
Twinned (ambidextrous) Twinned (ambidextrous)
[Free hand] [Free hand]

Unfolded buckler

Damages	Violence	Reach	Energy	Effect(s)
2 + Strength	2	Contact - ≤5ft	-	Defence (3) Defence (3) - Reaction (3) Reaction (3) - Stun (1) Stun (1) - Twinned (ambidextrous) Twinned (ambidextrous)

Damages	2 + Strength
Violence	2
Reach	Contact

Effect
Defence (3) Defence (3)
Reaction (3) Reaction (3)
Stun (1) Stun (1)
Twinned (ambidextrous) Twinned (ambidextrous)

Availables enhancements

Azurine weapon

10 PG

(The weapon dealt the killing blow to a boss of the Lady.)

Effect	Condition
Damages +1D6, Violence +1D6	Lady creatures only.

Blood red weapon

10 PG

(The weapon dealt the killing blow to a boss of the Flesh.)

Effect	Condition
Damages +1D6, Violence +1D6	Flesh creatures only.

Chrome tinted with glowing coloured lines

15 PG

(Over the course of a single conflict phase, the Knight dealt the killing blow to or took at least 6 brutes and/or badasses out of combat. The weapon does not have the scatter X effect.)

Effect	Condition
Cadence (2) Cadence (2)	-

Engraved claw marks

10 PG

(The weapon dealt the killing blow to a boss of the Beast.)

Effect	Condition
Damages +1D6, Violence +1D6	Beast creatures only.

Engraved code of Avalon

20 PG

(The weapon allowed the Knight to accomplish their major motivation, or helped an ally accomplish theirs. A Knight of the Round Table must give permission for the Code to be engraved on the weapon.)

Effect	Condition
[Hardened] (1) [Hardened] (1)	-

Engraved Knight's crest

15 PG

(The weapon helped the Knight accomplish one of their lesser motivations at least five times.)

Effect	Condition
[Fierté] (1) [Fierté] (1)	-

Engraved laughing skull

15 PG

(The weapon dealt the killing blow to or took a boss out of combat, and the Knight wielding it had 10 or fewer HP.)

Effect	Condition
Obliteration Obliteration	-

Engraved oak

10 PG

(The weapon dealt the killing blow to a behemoth of the Anathema.)

Effect	Condition
Damages +2D6	Anathema Behemoth-class only

Engraved reaper

5 PG

(The weapon dealt the killing blow to or took a badass out of combat.)

Effect	Condition
Damages +1D6	-

Engraved shattered cogs

10 PG

(The weapon dealt the killing blow to a boss of the Machine.)

Effect	Condition
Damages +1D6, Violence +1D6	Machine creatures only.

Engraved shield

5 PG

(The weapon was used to protect an ally or an innocent from harm.)

Effect	Condition
Defence (1) Defence (1)	-

Engraved suit of armor

20 PG

(The weapon dealt the killing blow to or took a boss out of combat, and the Knight wielding it had 10 or fewer HP)

Effect	Condition
[Force field] (2) [Force field] (2)	The weapon must be held

Grooves shaped into lines and arrows

5 PG

(The weapon dealt the killing blow to or took a boss out of combat (not a boss of the Anathema))

Effect	Condition
[Bonus dégâts] (3) [Bonus dégâts] (3)	-

Iridescent arabesques

5 PG

(The weapon dealt the killing blow to a boss of the Anathema.)

Effect	Condition
Radiance (1) Radiance (1)	Or give +1 if radiance already active

Sculpted broken mask

10 PG

(The weapon dealt the killing blow to a boss of the Mask.)

Effect	Condition
Damages +1D6, Violence +1D6	Mask creatures only.

Shining falcon and feathers

20 PG

(The weapon dealt the killing blow to one of the Overlords of the Anathema. The weapon does not have the anti-Anathema effect.)

Effect	Condition
Anti-Anathema Anti-Anathema	-

Stylised flames

5 PG

(The weapon dealt the killing blow to or took a band out of combat.)

Effect	Condition
Violence +1D6	-

Agressive

5 PG

Effect	Condition
Damages +1D6	Agressive style only

Barbed

10 PG

Effect	Condition
Wounding Wounding	-

Custom-made

20 PG

Effect	Condition
[Sur mesure] [Sur mesure]	-

Indestructible

15 PG

Effect	Condition
[Indestructible weapon] [Indestructible weapon]	-

Networked

10 PG

Effect	Condition
Assisted aim Assisted aim	-

Protector

10 PG

Effect	Condition
[Tank] [Tank]	If multiples weapons, all must have the enhancement to the bonus being effective

Radiant

5 PG

Effect	Condition
Radiance (2) Radiance (2)	-

Sister

5 PG

Effect	Condition
Twinned (ambidextrous) Twinned (ambidextrous)	Lessen malus only when attacking with the weapon with the enhancement

Twin

10 PG

Effect	Condition
Twinned (akimbo) Twinned (akimbo)	When used with its twin only

Vicious

10 PG

Effect	Condition
Finecrafted Finecrafted	-

FAQ

Does a buckler’s hands-free effect when folded prevent the use of a second shield in the other hand, or does it just prevent holding a shield on the same side as the folded buckler? – page 424
Q&A > Arsenal questions > Weapons - Jan. 17, 2025, 12:31 p.m.

There cannot be two shields on the same arm, but there can be a folded shield in main hand and a pavise in the off-hand, or a folded buckler on both arms while holding a twohanded sword, for instance