I don't use any of them. I just like finding them. :)

I've tested it quickly in the training session at the village ring.

- Dane axe, axe, knife and sword worked as intended, hitting enemies even 6 hexes away in a straight line.
- With the bow and sling it didn't seem to have an effect. Unsure if it has the sideways effect as the spear does.
- The spear has no effect from adjacent hex. If attack comes from 1 hex away the attack traces a sideways line. See attached screenshot. I've tried the spears extra reach skill but can't confirm or deny if it works or not as the enemy was not cooperating. :D

In the screenshot: Spearman attacks a bowman and the warrior next to him gets hit as well. The line is not straight but goes sideways. Reproduced it several times. If the enemy is elsewhere relative to the attacker, the path of the attack seems to change as well, or perhaps doesn't work at all, as I've seen no secondary hits from other positions. Hope it helps.

I finally got that spear during the storyline and gave it to Nefja. It's hung once only on me, but the game has a habit of doing that anyway, it's not that spear. Does it (hangs) in conversations sometimes, like the one in the druid grove when Lann runs out crying. Anyway, back to the spear... Nefja damaged *herself* using it one time, so yeah, it's broken.

Quoting myself: "Talisman_SilverCross (+5 melee damage reduction) Property: Robust

Note: Silver Cross has no icon, so don't know if it's used in-game."

The silver cross *is* used in-game. It is worn by Leofric in York and can be looted from his corpse. It, like Morcant's rosary, has no icon but does have effect.

The Talisman of Macha and the Silver Cross were bugs, fixed in patch 1.05.

If any blues see this, any chance of getting this thread stickied?