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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FireLance" data-source="post: 1779778" data-attributes="member: 3424">Yes, it was possible, but I don't think it was often done. Not all DMs are experienced or confident enough to tinker with the rules. Then there was that additional quirk of 3.0e that made the kukri a Tiny exotic weapon. So, if I invent a halfling rapier, which does the same amount of damage and has the same threat range as a kukri, but does piercing instead of slashing damage, would it be a martial or exotic weapon? Fortunately, the kukri was also re-classified as a martial weapon in 3.5e, which cleared up a lot of issues. The new weapon rules do two things. One, by introducing the concept of sizing weapons to the user, it greatly increased the scope of weapon options for Small characters (without adding to the DM's work). Two, by introducing simple rules for scaling the weapon damage to size, it made it easier to introduce new weapons which could be easily adapted to users of any size.I don't think anybody would disagree with the above advantages. From what I've read, the main problems seem to be that the penalty for using weapons made for a different sized user fails to simulate the historical accuracy of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, and that it is difficult to keep track of the difference between a Small scimitar and a Medium kukri. For the former, I guess there is always the optional weapon equivalency rules, and for the latter, perhaps we can come up with a unique name for a weapon of each size so that a Small scimitar is a kukri, a Medium scimitar is a scimitar, a Large scimitar is a falchion, a Huge scimitar is a great scimitar, a Tiny scimitar is a light kukri, and since I'm out of ideas, you'll just have to come up with names for the Gargantuan scimitar, the Colossal scimitar, the Dimunitive scimitar and the Fine scimitar yourselves.EDIT: I forgot about the Colossal falchion and the Fine kukri. The 3.5e weapon size system must really be overloading what limited mental capacity I have.</blockquote>

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