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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Maro" data-source="post: 5464208" data-attributes="member: 6670132">Hello! This is only my...fourth? Fifth? Post here, so bear with me if this is all hum-drum and stupid. I looked around the House Rules section and to my surprise, I could not find a thread like this. Magic weapon properties, yes, but as far as actual weapons, No.This thread is basically designed to be a place where all the obscure (or fictional, such as in Dark Sun) weapons are listed, discussed, typed, classed, statted - the whole works. I know that many specific weapon types (For example, a Gladius) can be thrown in more general categories (short sword), but I'm looking to the more...unique weapons which don't fit so neatly.Specifically, at this moment, I'm looking at the Falx (Sica) and Rhomphaia - two long extant weapons of Thrace, renown in their time for their brutality, and so effective that they forced the Romans to adapt their armor into the lorica segmentata - what we now all think of as the armor of the Roman legionaries today. So, first up we have the Falx - a forward curving sword-type weapon 3-6 feet long, bladed on the concave edge. They can be found in one and two handed varieties, and were useful for hooking behind shields or into armor, and the weight distribution of the blade makes them ideal for piercing through the armor of the classical period. The strength of the Falx was so great that it could crash through the Roman Scutam (Tower Shield) with relative ease, cave in helmets, and the like.Their use was primarily in a hooking and pulling motion, severing limbs easily - much like the pruning tool from which they evolved.(Apparently you guys don't have Spoiler tags <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown    :("  data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" /> )<img src="http://www.copii-arme-medievale.ro/images/mari/sabii-spade-pumnale/20-falx%20dacic.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /> - Modern renditions of Falxes.<img src="http://www.geticagame.com/images/art/dacian_warrior_falx.jpg?iact=hc&vpx=1141&vpy=44&dur=1858&hovh=274&hovw=184&tx=148&ty=150&ei=8PNZTeHmE8O78gaBic3sDA&oei=8PNZTeHmE8O78gaBic3sDA&page=1&tbnh=148&tbnw=99&start=0&ndsp=21&ved=1t:429,r:6,s:0" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /> - Midway between Falx and Rhomphaia.<img src="http://www.enciclopedia-dacica.ro/ranistorum/site_eng/Images/falx_02.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />- A Greatfalx.Next, we have the Rhomphaia; a very similar weapon, except it has a much smaller handle, ranging in total size between 4-6 feet. The blade often has a less pronounced curve, but not always (The Thracians were a collections of hundreds of tribes, and so standardization is minimal). Its greater blade and shallower curve gave it more defensive ability than the falx, but it was somewhat harder to wield as well.<img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3083/2498451691_d06cca505e.jpg?iact=hc&vpx=229&vpy=85&dur=1582&hovh=194&hovw=259&tx=207&ty=104&ei=8PNZTeHmE8O78gaBic3sDA&oei=8PNZTeHmE8O78gaBic3sDA&page=1&tbnh=148&tbnw=199&start=0&ndsp=21&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /> -A long, very straight Rhompaia.<img src="http://www.enciclopedia-dacica.ro/armata_daca/falx.jpg?iact=hc&vpx=413&vpy=420&dur=1&hovh=90&hovw=360&tx=203&ty=86&ei=OfJZTfGED8Wt8Aa2x5yKDQ&oei=OfJZTfGED8Wt8Aa2x5yKDQ&page=1&tbnh=45&tbnw=178&start=0&ndsp=21&ved=1t:429,r:16,s:0" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /> - A pretty picture of a short Rhompaia.<img src="http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/033/a/1/Thraikioi_rhomphaiaphoroi_by_RevoltingFriendship.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /> - Very good sketch of a Thracian wielding a Rhomphaia.<img src="http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh270/arnspac/Dacian/Rhomphia3.jpg?iact=hc&vpx=188&vpy=382&dur=1027&hovh=136&hovw=372&tx=244&ty=51&ei=O1FaTb_iFsGRgQeYic2UDQ&oei=MVFaTeD5L4et8AbL8tCIDQ&page=2&tbnh=136&tbnw=235&start=21&ndsp=21&ved=1t:429,r:8,s:21" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /> - A Big 'ol Rhomphaia.So...I COULD re-purpose one of the pre-existing weapons for this, but I am trying to add weapons for the campaign, and all of the standard weapons will exist as-is. So right now, I'm thinking of these being four separate weapons; the Falx, Great Falx, and the Rhomphaia, and Great Rhomphaia. All four, of course, are heavy blades.After some discussion with a friend of mine, we settled on the following:Falx - +2, 2d4, High Crit, VersatileGreatfalx - +2, 2d6, High Crit, ReachRhomphaia - +2, 1d8, Brutal 2, VersatileGreat Rhomphaia - +2 1d12. Brutal 2, ReachSo...my question to you is - does this seem balanced? How would you adjust these values? These are for Superior weapons, at the moment.Feel free to post your own unique weapons, should you know of some.Thank you,-Maro</blockquote>

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