{April Fools Free Zone} What is the damage for a broadsword??

[(Psi)SeveredHead]

There were two types of full plate armor, fighting armor and jousting armor.

Nobody, and I mean nobody, was stupid enough to go to war wearing jousting armor. It was really hard to kill someone wearing this armor (as long as they stayed on their horse), but if they fell off they couldn't get up without help from a crane. I'm not kidding. This is why nobody wore it, except when jousting, when the object was not to kill the other guy.

In war, knights wore the fighting plate armor (which they just called "armor). This armor was light enough to vault onto a horse. You couldn't do somersaults, but you could get up fast enough to prevent a peasant from sticking a dagger into an armpit.

 

[hong]

There were two types of full plate armor, fighting armor and jousting armor.

Nobody, and I mean nobody, was stupid enough to go to war wearing jousting armor. It was really hard to kill someone wearing this armor (as long as they stayed on their horse), but if they fell off they couldn't get up without help from a crane. I'm not kidding. This is why nobody wore it, except when jousting, when the object was not to kill the other guy.

In war, knights wore the fighting plate armor (which they just called "armor). This armor was light enough to vault onto a horse. You couldn't do somersaults, but you could get up fast enough to prevent a peasant from sticking a dagger into an armpit.

I'm sure there's a joke here somewhere involving Queen's "We Will Rock You", but I can't find it.

 

[Kaptain_Kantrip]

Bastion Press' "Arms & Armor" offers up these goodies:

Basket-hilted backsword (knight's broadsword)
20 gp, Dmg: 1d6 (blade) or 1d4 (basket), crit. 18-20/x2, Wt. 6 lb., Type S (blade) or B (basket), Reach 5 ft.

A&A also has stats for the chinese dao in it, called dadao, which can be wielded either one or two-handed.

Dadao (Chinese broadsword)
25 gp, Dmg: 1d6, Crit. 19-20/x3, Wt. 5 lb., Type: S, Reach 5 ft.