Arms and Equipment Guide 3rd edition

This article is about the 3^rd-edition accessory. For the 2^nd-edition accessory, see Arms and Equipment Guide.

Arms and Equipment Guide 3rd edition
Basic Information
Author(s)	Eric Cagle, Jesse Decker, Jeff Quick, James Wyatt
Editor(s)	David Noonan, Jennifer Clarke Wilkes, Kim Mohan
Publisher	Wizards of the Coast
Type	Accessory
Cover Artist(s)	Eric Peterson
Interior Artist(s)	David Day, David Martin, Justine Mara Andersen, Sam Wood, Scott Roller
Cartography	Todd Gamble
Game Edition	3rd
Binding	Hardcover
Released	March 2003
Pages	160
ISBN	978-0-7869-2649-7
Link to citation	[cite this]

The Arms and Equipment Guide is an accessory for 3^rd-edition of Dungeons & Dragons^®. The sourcebook details a wide assortment of gear for players and dungeon masters.

“

Get Ready for Whatever the Adventurer's Life Throws at You

Heroes need to be prepared for anything, which means having the right weapons and gear on hand at all times. The well-stocked pages of this book hold an impressive inventory of merchandise to get you into and out of all manner of trouble:

• A caravanload of equipment, trade goods, alchemical items, poisons, mounts, and vehicles
• over 230 magic weapons and armors, such as the flameshroud axe, lance of the unending charge, and vampire hunter armor
• over 125 magic items, including new artifacts, such as elixir armor, rings of the hive mind, the ghost rod, and the bag of endless caltrops
• Rules for vehicle combat on land, sea, and air

Within these pages, players and Dungeon Masters will find what they need to outfit their characters for nearly every contingency.

”

Contents

• Introduction
• Chapter 1: Weapons and Armor
• Chapter 2: Adventuring Gear
• Chapter 3: Vehicles
• Chapter 4: Hirelings and Creatures
• Chapter 5: Magical Items
• Chapter 6: Special Magical Items
• Appendix: Treasure Tables

Index

Click here for index

Adventuring Gear

armor maintenance kit • barbed wire • billhook • bolt cutter • boot sheath • butterfly net • candelabra • candle mold • cask • false book • fishing tackle • flotation bladder • fog-cutter • folding saw • forger's kit • fowler's snare • glass cutter • grappling hook • hacksaw • hammock • hand keg • hoe • housebreaker harness • howdah • ice axe • keg • listening cone • marbles • mess kit • mortar and pestle • music box • muzzle • navigator's kit • periscope • pitchfork • pulley • rake • skis and poles • spider poles • springwall • stake • stilts • tent • tongs • tree seat • wrist sheath

Armors and Weapons

Ammunition

alchemist's arrow • blunt arrow • bullet (acid • flame • priest's) • Flight arrow • signal arrow • thundering arrow • tumbling bolt

Armor

bark armor • bone armor • brigandine • chitin armor • coral armor • dendritic • elven darkleaf armor • lamellar • leather scale • wood armor

Exotic Melee

battlepick, gnome • bladed gauntlet • butterfly sword • chain-and-dagger • claw bracer • duom • fullblade • gyrspike • khopesh • manti • mercurial greatsword • mercurial longsword • panther claw • sai • sapara • stump knife • three-section staff • tiger claws • tonfa • triple dagger • war fan • ward cestus • whip dagger
Referenced only
bec de corbin • bo • cestus • drusus • gladius • katana • partisan • wakizashi

Exotic Ranged

bolas • calculus, gnome • chakram • fukimi-bari • great crossbow • gauntlet, spring-loaded • harpoon • shotput, orc • skiprock, halfling • spinning javelin • throwing iron • whip-dagger

Martial Weapons

lucerne hammer • maul

Clothing

Footwear

dancing shoes • high boots • hip boots • low boots • riding boots • sandal • silent shoes • slippers • snowshoes

Headwear

snow goggles • thieving helmet

Outerclothes

belt • cape • cloak • hood • robe • sash • tabard • toga • tunic • turban

Overclothes

breeches • chemise • codpiece • doublet • dress • girdle

Creatures

Animal Mounts, Basic

Camel • Dire badger • Dire bat • Dire boar • Dog, riding • Dolphin • Elephant • Llama • Porpoise • Rhinoceros

Animal and Magical Beast Mounts

Axebeak • Blink dog, riding • Deinonychus • Hippocampus • Lizard, riding • Megaraptor • Owlbear • Triceratops • Worg

Guard Creatures

Blink dog • Ethereal marauder • Gargoyle • Hell hound • Krenshar • Manticore • Mimic • Otyugh • Owlbear • Phantom fungus • Rust monster • Sea lion • Shadow mastiff • Shocker lizard • Vargouille

Humanoid-Shaped Mounts

Girallon • Gray render • Ogre

Monster Mounts

Couatl • Dragon • Equine golem • Gelatinous cube • Hieracosphinx • Hydra • Nightmare • Purple worm • Rust monster • Soarwhale • Tendriculos • Wyvern • Zaratan

Pets

animated object • dog • homunculus • pseudodragon

Vermin Mounts

giant ant • giant dragonfly • giant praying mantis • monstrous scorpion • monstrous spider

Food and Drink

Dried Fruits and Vegetables

apple • apricot • carrot • cherry • currant • dates • elderberry • fig • green bean • mushroom • onion • pea • peach • pear • prune • raisin • tomato

Exotic Foods

chilies • coffee • coconut • hickory nuts • lotus • maple sugar • paprika • pimento • sarsaparilla • tobacco • vanilla

Flours

barley • buckwheat • rye • wheat

Meat and Fish

beef • buffalo • cod • herring • pork • salmon • sardine • salted fish

Nuts

almond • cashew • chestnut • hazelnut • pine nut • pistachio • walnut

Oils

almond oil • hazelnut oil • olive oil • rapeseed oil • safflower oil • sesame oil • sunflower oil • walnut oil

Spices and Seasonings

angelica • anise • basil • bergamot • borage • caraway • cardamon • chives • cinnamon • clary • cloves • coriander • costmary • cubeb • Cumin • dillweed • fennel seed • fenugreek • garlic • ginger • horehound • horseradish • hyssop • juniper • laurel • lemon balm • liquorice • lovage • marjoram • mint • nutmeg • oregano • parsley • pepper • poppy • rosehip • rosemary • saffron • sage • salt • tarragon • thyme • turmeric • woodruff

Sweeteners

honey • marzipan • molasses • sorghum • sugar

Unique Beverages

mushroom wine

Hirelings

Aquatic Exotic Troops

merfolk • sahuagin • triton

Exotic Troops

aasimar • bugbear • centaur • gnoll • goblin • hill giant • hobgoblin • kobold • minotaur • ogre • ogre mage • tiefling • troglodyte

Nonhuman Hirelings

dwarf • elf • gnome • halfling • half-elf • half-orc

Professions

alchemist • apothecary • cartographer • cooper • fletcher

Magic

Artifacts

crystal of the Ebon Flame • iron flask of Tuerny • regalia of evil (crown of evil) • Rod of Seven Parts

Cursed Items

armor of vulnerability

Intelligent Items

wave • whelm

Wondrous Items

gloves of brachiation • pixie dust • preserving jar

Poisons

Contact Type

black lotus extract • carrion crawler brain juice • dragon bile • nitharit • sassone leaf residue • terinav root

Ingested Type

arsenic • lich dust • lockjaw • oil of taggit • striped toadstool

Inhaled Type

burnt othur fumes • insanity mist • ungol dust

Injury Type

black adder venom • bloodroot • blue whinnis • choldrith toxin • deathblade • fang dragon venom • giant wasp poison • greenblood oil • haluroot • purple worm poison • shadow essence • shreef oil • wyvern poison

Vehicles

Air Vehicles

dirigible • ornithopter

Land Vehicles

carriage • cart • chariot • siege tower • sled • stagecoach • wagon

Water Vehicles

barge • catamaran • galley • gondola • ironclad • keelboat • launch (boat) • longship • submersible • yacht

Vehicle Augmentations

ballista • catapult • ramming prow

Miscellaneous

Commodities

dye • paint • perfume • rug • tapestry

Languages

Aboleth language • Abyssal language • Aquan • Celestial language • Common • Draconic language • Dwarven language • Elven language • Giant language • Gnome language • Goblin language • Ignan • Infernal language • Kuo-toan • Orc language • Sylvan • Undercommon • Worg language

Materials

Baatorian green steel • bronze • Gehennan morghuth-iron • Solanion truesteel
Referenced only
alchemist's fire • quicksilver • sand

Miscellaneous

cursed item • guild • intelligent item • mercenary • oar • poison ivy

Appendix

External Links

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• Arms and Equipment Guide Gallery. Wizards of the Coast. (2003-03-22). Archived from the original on 2016-11-01. Retrieved on 2021-10-21.
• Excerpts: Arms and Equipment Guide (HTML). Excerpts Archive. Wizards of the Coast. (2003-03-02). Archived from the original on 2016-11-01. Retrieved on 2021-10-21.