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[[File:Strifecard (2).png|frame|An empty Strife card]]
In the ''[[Homestuck]]'' universe, weapons can be placed into a '''strife deck''', which allows the player to use objects to [[Aggress|Aggrieve]] enemies. Each strife deck is contained with a '''strife specibus''' and a character with multiple strife specibi will store them within a '''strife portfolio'''. In order for an artifact to be allocated to a strife deck, it must be the same kind of item as the character's chosen '''kind abstratus'''. Also, it must be contained within a [[Captchalogue Deck|captchalogue card]], and then, moved over to the deck {{HS|38}}. Each strife specibus appears to come with one card in its deck by default.

The different strife specibi are divided among the many kind abstrata. They are named with the formula: [weapon]kind. The kind abstrata are limited to twelve characters (including "kind") in name, which means that longer names are shortened, usually by omitting vowels, such as "fncysntakind". The characters used so far include lowercase letters, numbers and the symbol "/" (only used as part of ½, depicted as "1/2", in "½bladekind" and "½bowkind").

Apparently, artifacts allocated to the strife deck can be {{HS|175|used at will}} outside of combat.

It should be noted that [[imp]]s can also place items into their strife deck. They drop their strife specibus card when defeated if they have done so. John has acquired [[bunny]]kind from an imp. Also, all [[MSPA Reader]]s and (possibly) {{Scratch|link}} have the {{HS|2491|pistolkind}} specibus.

It is implied that while it's not impossible for a character that uses the strife deck system to fight with a weapon that doesn't match any specibus type they have (Dave says {{HS|35|having one lets you attack}} but he could just have meant it was the most convenient option, and Equius would have presumably used Ahab's Crosshairs with no problem if it wasn't for his strength breaking it, as seen in [[Equius: Seek the highb100d]]), they fight at their best capacity when they have that weapon as a specibus type. This was indicated by [[Jade Harley|Jade]] {{HS|6383|implying}} that she previously fought best with rifles when she had riflekind as her specibus and [[John Egbert|John]] {{HS|1061|thinking}} that it would be a good idea to use [[Umbrellakind]] when he got an umbrella weapon. It is also implied that while characters fight well when using weapons they have equipped in their strife deck, they aren't inherently masters at using that kind of weapon. It is possible for them to learn, practice, and get better when fighting with that kind of weapon over time {{HS|2827}}. Sollux thinks "a high level psionic has no use for any particular specibus allocation"{{HS|2077}}, which shows that the boons of the strife deck system are somehow made irrelevant by the psychic powers of trolls like him and [[Aranea Serket|Aranea]] in a way that's not totally clear.

Every weapon in ''Homestuck'' has stats that determine their worth in combat {{HS|7640|}}.

The list of kind abstrata {{HS|37|as it appears to John}} is as follows:
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* aerosolkind
* ballkind
* barbwirekind
* batkind
* [[bladekind]]
* bombkind
* bookkind
* [[bowkind]]
* bowlgpinkind
* branchkind
* brasskind
* [[broomkind]]
* bustkind
* candlstkkind
* [[canekind]]
* chainkind
* chainsawkind
* chiselkind
* cleaverkind
* cordkind
* crowbarkind
* curlironkind
* dartkind
* dumbbellkind
* fankind
* fireextkind
* fireworkkind
* [[Fancy Santa|fncysntakind]]
* [[Spoonkind|forkkind]]
* glovekind
* golfclubkind
* <u><abbr title="These letters are covered up by the mouse cursor; this is what they most likely say.">hat</abbr></u>chetkind
* hairdryrkind
* [[hammerkind]]
* hckystckkind
* hosekind
* icepickkind
* iceskatekind
* ironkind
* <u><abbr title="These letters are covered up by the mouse cursor; this is what they most likely say.">jump</abbr></u>ropekind
* knifekind
* ladlekind
* lampkind
* lcrsstckkind
* marblekind
* mopkind
* nailgunkind
* [[needlekind]]
* paddlekind
* peprmillkind
* peprsprykind
* pipekind
* [[pistolkind]]
* pizzactrkind
* plankkind
* plierkind
* plungerkind (appears twice)
* pokerkind
* [[puppetkind]]
* rakekind
* razorkind
* [[riflekind]]
* rockkind
* rollpinkind
* sawkind
* scissorkind
* scrwdrvrkind
* scythekind
* shoekind
* shotgunkind
* <u><abbr title="These letters are covered up by the mouse cursor; this is what they most likely say.">sh</abbr></u>ovelkind
* spadekind
* spatulakind
* [[spoonkind]]
* staplerkind
* stungunkind
* tablelegkind
* [[thrwstarkind]]
* tongskind
* trophykind
* [[umbrellakind]]
* vacuumkind
* woodwindkind
* wrenchkind
* yoyokind
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Many abstrata appear in ''Homestuck'' which do not appear on this list, however. It should also be noted that "plungerkind" erroneously appears twice: fourth in the first column, and sixth from the bottom in the second column.

===Damaged or altered===
If an item used to strife is damaged or fundamentally altered during use, its related kind abstratus will change itself into a type to match. This is presumably to avoid getting suddenly disarmed when the item doesn't match the old abstratus and cannot be allocated. To correct this, the item must be restored to its old shape. However, if a strife deck user has a strife card of the weapon before alteration, and after alteration, it seems that it doesn't change the strife card. For example, [[Calliope]] uses a Wandkind specibus and a Pistolkind specibus in her strife deck, so presumably, her wand / pistol will automatically change strife cards. Often this can result in a fraction being added to the name; [[Dave Strider|Dave]]'s sword is cut in half, so he now has 1/2bladekind, and [[Feferi Peixes|Feferi]] had a second fork added to the other side of her Trident making it a [[2x3dentkind|2x3dent]]. [[Jane Crocker|Jane]]'s [[Junior Battermaster's Bowlbuster Stirring Solution 50000|Junior Battermaster's Bowlbuster Stirring/Poking Solution 50000]] can be switched from a spoon to a fork and back, changing Jane's abstratus with it. [[Kanaya Maryam|Kanaya]]'s lipstick can be changed to chainsaw mode and back, which presumably causes her abstratus to change to chainsawkind. During his first imp strife, John had broken his slegehammer while Aggrieving, and in the process removed the hammerhead from the handle (Handlekind). After the strife, he put the hammerhead back on the handle, changing it back to Hammerkind.

==Kids' kind abstrata==
*[[John Egbert]]'s is [[hammerkind]], originally holding both a hammer and a sledgehammer. John also acquired a [[bunny]]kind specibus from a [[Imp|Shale Imp]], which he had stored in his strife portfolio. There is also an [[umbrellakind]] specibus card in his house, which could be useful if used with [[Barber's Best Friend]]. He briefly wielded '''handlekind''' when his hammer was broken in a fight.
*[[Rose Lalonde]]'s is [[needlekind]] and held her knitting needles as its first weapon.
*[[Dave Strider]]'s was [[bladekind]] and originally held a ninja sword, but like John's, it suffered from a modification resulting from the sword being broken in half, and became '''½bladekind'''.
*[[Jade Harley]]'s is [[riflekind]] and holds her trusty hunting rifle. She {{HS|3976|has also used}} [[paperkind]]. After ascending enough of the [[god tier]]s, she surpasses the need for a strife specibus altogether. She may now wield any kind of weapon regardless of which specibus it belongs to {{HS|6383}}.
*[[Jane Crocker]]'s is [[Spoonkind|spoonkind and forkkind]], which holds the Junior Battermaster's Bowlbuster Stirring/Poking Solution 50000.
*[[Jake English]]'s is [[pistolkind|2xpistolkind]] and holds his unbelievably deudly firearms.
*[[Roxy Lalonde]]'s is both [[fistkind]] and [[riflekind]], as was expected by her pre-scratch iteration.
*[[Dirk Strider]] is a practitioner of [[bladekind]] and [[puppetkind]], and also has the apparently difficult-to-use [[Fancy Santa|fncysntakind]].

==Trolls' kind abstrata==
*[[Aradia Megido]] used the '''whipkind''' specibus before her death. After, she uses telekinesis, similar to Sollux; she continues to use this strifing method after entering the soulbot.
*[[Tavros Nitram]] uses his trusty [[lancekind]] specibus, having always wanted to improve as a jouster so he can someday join the ranks of the cavalreapers.
*[[Sollux Captor]], as a high-level psionic, has no need for a specific strife specibus;{{HS|2077}} his telekinesis allows him to manipulate and fling any objects, such as [[Thrwstarkind|throwing stars]].
*[[Karkat Vantas]] uses the [[sicklekind]] specibus, as he aspires to be a threshecutioner.
*[[Nepeta Leijon]] uses the [[clawkind]] specibus, and she already had her Claw Gloves allocated when she was introduced.
*[[Kanaya Maryam]] uses [[makeupkind]] and chainsawkind specibus, which allows her to equip her lipstick as a weapon. Her lipstick transforms into a chainsaw.
*[[Terezi Pyrope]]'s is [[canekind]]. She uses her cane to wallop enemies when she enters [[The Medium]]. The cane she uses has a sword blade hidden inside it: the top of the cane is its handle and the bottom is its sheath. It is unknown if using her cane in this manner alters her specibus.
*[[Vriska Serket]] has the [[dicekind]] specibus, which uses her enchanted set of 8 eight-sided dice, the Fluorite Octet. By rolling the dice, she can potentially execute a large variety of attacks at random.
*[[Equius Zahhak]] primarily uses the [[fistkind]] specibus, although he carries around the [[bowkind]] specibus in case he is ever able to actually fire an arrow, and also the useless '''½bowkind'''.
*[[Gamzee Makara]]'s specibus is [[clubkind]]. He appears to regularly wield juggling clubs, as it is dangerous to leave his hive unarmed. At a later point in the story, he wields the powerful [[jokerkind]], allowing him to use any possible weapon (but only if it looks really, really silly).
*[[Eridan Ampora]] uses the [[riflekind]] specibus, wielding [[Riflekind#Ahab's Crosshairs|Ahab's Crosshairs]]. Later he gets the [[wandkind]] specibus to use his Empiricist's Wand.
*[[Feferi Peixes]] uses the [[2x3dentkind]] specibus, allowing her to use two-ended tridents, referred to in Alternian parlance as double culling forks.
*[[Damara Megido]] seems to use [[needlekind]] or [[wandkind]].
*[[Cronus Ampora]] probably uses [[riflekind]] like Eridan; Meenah can find his Ahab's Crosshairs during part 2 of [[Openbound]].
*[[Meenah Peixes]] uses [[2x3dentkind]], wielding a golden 2x3dent similar to Ψdon's Entente.

==Cherubs' kind abstrata==
*[[Calliope]] uses both [[wandkind]] and [[pistolkind]]. Interestingly enough, her picture for pistolkind is half of the picture for 2xpistolkind.
*[[Caliborn]] uses both [[riflekind]] and '''sceptrekind'''. His future self {{English|link}} also uses both of these.

==In ''Hiveswap''==
''[[Hiveswap]]'' replaces discrete kind abstrata with [[abilitech]]s, which are not strictly limited to weapons. However, some characters' weapons do line up with existing kind abstrata: [[Jude Harley]]'s [[flare gun]] fits [[pistolkind]], while [[Trizza Tethis]] uses the classical [[fuchsia caste|heiress]]' [[2x3dentkind]]. <!--I don't know that this section even needs to be here, but it can be deleted when abilitech and Hiveswap articles are more flesh out generally.-->

=={{dubcanon material|In ''[[Homestuck: Beyond Canon]]''}}==
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Another, different list of kind abstrata is made available to [[Harry Anderson Egbert]]:

<div style="column-count:3; clear:both;">
* <u><abbr title="These letters are covered up by the mouse cursor.">crl</abbr></u>ngirnkind{{Source|commentary|source = "A Daughter Astray" chapter commentary|quote = Some people were curious about the kind abstratus that's partially hidden by the cursor. To you, beloved Patrons, I can exclusively reveal that it was "CRLNGIRNKIND".|date = April 30, 2020|refid=crlngirnkind}}
* aerosolkind
* anvilkind
* [[Toby Fox|anyngdogkind]]
* axekind
* bassoonkind
* bolaskind
* bombkind
* bookkind
* bottlekind
* [[bowkind]]
* branchkind
* bsbllbatkind
* bwlngbllknd
* bwlngpinkind
* [[canekind]]
* chainsawkind
* cheesknfkind
* chiselkind
* [[clawkind]]
* [[clubkind]]
* cndlstckkind
* coffeemgkind
* crcktbatkind
* daggerkind
* dartkind
* [[dicekind]]
* dumbbellkind
* [[fistkind]] (appears twice)
* flmthrwrkind
* footkind
* [[forkkind]]
* fthrdstrkind
* golfclubkind
* gunkind
* [[hammerkind]]
* hatchetkind
* hckystckkind
* hntddollkind
* hoekind
* hrstrtnrkind
* icepickkind
* irnngbrdkind
* knifekind
* knkldstrkind
* ladlekind
* [[lancekind]]
* lasergunkind
* lcrsstckkind (appears twice)
* lwnmowerkind
* macekind
* machetekind
* nailclprkind
* nailgunkind
* [[needlekind]]
* <u><abbr title="These letters are covered up by the mouse cursor; this is what they most likely say.">nws</abbr></u>paperkind
* nunchuckkind
* <u><abbr title="Spelled differently from the previous photo.">pepprmllkind</abbr></u>
* pinkind
* pipekind
* [[pistolkind]]
* [[Hunk Rump|pornmagkind]]
* [[puppetkind|<u><abbr title="These letters are covered up by the mouse cursor; this is what they most likely say.">p</abbr></u>uppetkind]]
* pwrdrillkind
* rapierkind
* razorkind
* rockkind
* rollpinkind
* ropekind (appears twice)
* saltshkrkind
* scissorkind
* scythekind
* shoekind
* shotputkind
* shurikenkind
* spadekind
* spearkind
* [[spoonkind]]
* staffkind
* [[tridentkind]]
* wirekind
* wlkngstkkind
* wrenchkind
* wtrngcankind
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===Omega kids' abstrata===
*[[Harry Anderson Egbert]] uses [[scissorkind]]. {{HS2|212}}
*[[Vriska Maryam-Lalonde]] uses fluffy dice. {{HS2|349}}

===On [[Deltritus]]===
*[[Ly'lac]] uses [[bombkind]] - one of the original abstrata appearing in both ''Homestuck'' and ''Beyond Canon'' - which encompasses both cartoon bombs and conventional incendiary weapons like hand grenades and missiles.{{HS2|815}}

== References ==
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