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<blockquote data-quote="AFGNCAAP" data-source="post: 130816" data-attributes="member: 871">The only correct use of the term &quot;broadsword,&quot; IIRC, is for the Dao &amp; for swords like the basket-hilt claymore &amp; schiavona: &quot;broadsword&quot; is a term brought about after medieval times.The term &quot;long sword&quot; didn't really exist in mediaval times, either: IRRC, I think that the term &quot;long sword&quot; was actually used for weapons more akin to a bastard sword.&nbsp; Medieval swords were just called &quot;swords.&quot;In essence, the &quot;long sword&quot; of 3E is more like the &quot;normal sword&quot; of Basic D&amp;D: covers any 1-handed, straight-bladed sword which (typically) is double-edged, &amp; typically uses the edge of the weapon to inflict damage rather than the point.&nbsp; The 3E longsword covers the old longsword &amp; broadswords of 1st &amp; 2nd Ed., &amp; the &quot;normal sword&quot; of Basic D&amp;D.So basically, you have a set of stats that covers a bunch of weapons, from the Roman spatha, to the Viking sword, to the sword of medieval knights, and even the basket-hilt claymore or the schiavona; just like the scimitar can be used to cover such weapons as the cutlass, the saber, the tulwar, the hanger, the Chinese Broadsword or Dao, the Russian shashqa, &amp; the storta.On a side note, the only thing I didn't really see covered stat-wise is something to cover weapons like the falcata: to give you an idea, envision a short-sword sized weapon with a forward-curving blade like a kukri---that's a falcata.&nbsp; That could also cover similar weapons like the cruder khopesh, as well as the yataghan &amp; other forward-curved weapons (a great example being the sword used by the Medjai in The Mummy &amp; The Mummy Returns.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AFGNCAAP, post: 130816, member: 871"] The only correct use of the term "broadsword," IIRC, is for the Dao & for swords like the basket-hilt claymore & schiavona: "broadsword" is a term brought about after medieval times. The term "long sword" didn't really exist in mediaval times, either: IRRC, I think that the term "long sword" was actually used for weapons more akin to a bastard sword. Medieval swords were just called "swords." In essence, the "long sword" of 3E is more like the "normal sword" of Basic D&D: covers any 1-handed, straight-bladed sword which (typically) is double-edged, & typically uses the edge of the weapon to inflict damage rather than the point. The 3E longsword covers the old longsword & broadswords of 1st & 2nd Ed., & the "normal sword" of Basic D&D. So basically, you have a set of stats that covers a bunch of weapons, from the Roman spatha, to the Viking sword, to the sword of medieval knights, and even the basket-hilt claymore or the schiavona; just like the scimitar can be used to cover such weapons as the cutlass, the saber, the tulwar, the hanger, the Chinese Broadsword or Dao, the Russian shashqa, & the storta. On a side note, the only thing I didn't really see covered stat-wise is something to cover weapons like the falcata: to give you an idea, envision a short-sword sized weapon with a forward-curving blade like a kukri---that's a falcata. That could also cover similar weapons like the cruder khopesh, as well as the yataghan & other forward-curved weapons (a great example being the sword used by the Medjai in [I]The Mummy[/I] & [I]The Mummy Returns[/I]. [/QUOTE]

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