A dagger can represent any virtually form of lightweight, simple implement designed to stab. A more complex weapon that requires specific training might be better as a shortsword or rapier, while a heavier weapon might be more suited to be a spear.

Other names for Daggers

• Karambit. A small Indonesian curved knife resembling a claw.
• Katar. a triangular-bladed push dagger, which was used for self-defense and as a status symbol in South Asia.
• Knife. Your average, run-of-the-Mill kitchen or utility knife. Not designed for combat, these blades are not hardened or built to take blows or split steel.
• Shiv. A makeshift knife, typically nothing more than a pointy stick.
• Stiletto. A "dagger" in only the loosest sense. Really, more of a hardened steel spike with a cross guard and handle. These weapons were meant to split mail links and find gaps in plate armor.
• Tanto. A Japanese dagger built in the same technique and style as other Japanese martial blades. These traditionally came partnered with a larger weapon as a set.

Quarterstaff

A quarterstaff or just staff is a long stout staff formerly used as a weapon and wielded with one hand in the middle and the other between the middle and the end.

Other Names for Quarterstaffs

• Bo. A very tall and long staff weapon used in Okinawa and feudal Japan.
• Cudgel or Small stick. A stout stick carried by peasants during the Middle Ages. It functioned as a walking staff and a weapon for both self-defense and wartime.

spear

A simple straight rod that has a sharp end and can be thrown could be represented with these statistics. A weapon with great reach, too heavy to be thrown, and too cumbersome to wield in one hand should instead use the pike statistics. A smaller weapon, or one designed primarily for throwing, might better use the javelin statistics.

Other Names for Spears

• Hasta. A Roman spear. While they were not used for throwing, this is more to do with their rank-and-file practice than their design - hastarii also carried javelins for attacking at range. WP
• Partisan. A European spear with protrusions on the spearhead itself designed for parrying blades.