Racial Weapon (5e Variant Rule)

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A racial weapon is a weapon generally only used by a specific race or subrace, or is granted proficiency by a race or subrace description.

List of Racial Weapons

26 official and unofficial racial weapons.

Weapon	Race	Kind	Type	Damage	Damage Type	Properties	Source
Atlatl	Rakasta, Longshanks Halfling	Simple	Ranged	Varies, Varied	Piercing	Exotic, Ammunition, Range, Range (2x/3x), Special	Rlyehable
Battleaxe	Dwarf	Martial	Melee	1d8	Slashing	Versatile (1d10)	SRD5
Handaxe	Dwarf	Simple	Melee	1d6	Slashing	Light, Range (20/60), Thrown	SRD5
Longbow	High Elf, Wood Elf	Martial	Ranged	1d8	Piercing	Ammunition, Heavy, Range (150/600), Two-Handed	SRD5
Shortbow	High Elves, Wood Elves	Simple	Ranged	1d6	Piercing	Ammunition, Range (80/320), Two-Handed	SRD5
Chatkcha	Thri-kreen	Martial	Ranged	1d6	Slashing	Light, Range (30/120), Thrown, Exotic	Monster Manual (5e)
Hand Crossbow	Drow	Martial	Ranged	1d6	Piercing	Ammunition, Light, Loading, Range (30/120)	SRD5
Light Repeating Crossbow	Derro	Simple	Ranged	1d8	Piercing	Ammunition, Light, Special, Two-Handed, Exotic, Range (40/160)	Out of the Abyss
Greater Silver Sword	Githyanki	Martial	Melee				Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Gythka	Thri-kreen	Martial	Melee	1d8	Slashing	Two-Handed	Monster Manual (5e)
Light Hammer	Dwarf	Simple	Melee	1d4	Bludgeoning	Light, Range (20/60), Thrown	SRD5
Warhammer	Dwarf	Martial	Melee	1d8	Bludgeoning	Versatile (1d10)	SRD5
Hoopak		Martial	Melee	1d6	Piercing	Ammunition, Range (40/160), Special	Dragonlance Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Javelin	Rakasta	Simple	Melee	1d6	Piercing	Range (30/120), Thrown	SRD5
Kasa	Rakasta	Martial	Melee	1d6	Slashing	Finesse, Light, Exotic	Rlyehable
Mancatcher	Kuo-toa	Martial	Melee	1d6	Piercing	Reach, Special, Two-Handed, Exotic	Monster Manual (5e)
Net	Sea Elf	Martial	Ranged	—		Range (5/15), Special, Thrown	SRD5
Double-Bladed Scimitar		Martial	Melee	2d4	slashing	Special, Two-Handed, Exotic	Eberron Rising from the Last War
Spear	Sea Elf, Longshanks Halfling	Simple	Melee	1d6	Piercing	Range (20/60), Thrown, Versatile (1d8)	SRD5
Hooked Shortspear	Derro	Martial	Melee	1d4	Piercing	Light, Special, Exotic	Out of the Abyss
Longspear		Martial	Melee	1d10	Piercing	Finesse, Reach, Two-Handed, Exotic	Rlyehable
Longsword	Githyanki, High Elf, Wood Elf	Martial	Melee	1d8	Slashing	Versatile (1d10)	SRD5
Rapier	Drow	Martial	Melee	1d8	Piercing	Finesse	SRD5
Shortsword	Drow, High Elf, Wood Elf, Githyanki	Martial	Melee	1d6	Piercing	Finesse, Light	SRD5
Trident	Sea Elf	Martial	Melee	1d6	Piercing	Range (20/60), Thrown, Versatile (1d8)	SRD5