DnD stats for the machete....

[zdanboy]

Welcome!!!

Withought further babling here it comes:

What would be the DnD stats for the machete???

I am thinking military type combat machetes here......

I am toying with 2 choices:

1) Short sword stats

2) Scimitar stats

And could anyone provide a picture od what a fantasy machete (say used by hobgoblins) might look like???

 

[trentonjoe]

I think it should be the scimitar.

 

[Zhure]

ditto re: scimitar

 

[Jeremy]

The machete strikes me as more of a chopping weapon then a slicing weapon, I'd be inclined to stat it as a hand axe or the like with 1d6 damage and 20/x3 criticals. But that's just me.

 

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[Zhure]

It is a nice word.

 

[zdanboy]

Back on topic here folks....

Alas the machete would be used as a hobgoblin weapon.....

Chopping and slicing......

I wonder what a 2-handed version would be like....

But.....

Back on topic.....post what stats would be best....

And if someone can point me to where i could get a image.....or post one themselves....would be mega cool......

 

[AuraSeer]

I've seen machetes that you can use two-handed, but never one so big that you need two hands for it. So, I'd call an oversize machete equivalent to a battleaxe: Medium size, 1d8 damage, crit x3.

Wielding two-handed would be rather pointless for a standard hobgoblin, since they have no Strength bonus. An exceptionally strong one could wield with two hands if he felt like it, in order to get the 1.5x damage mod.

 

[Kae'Yoss]

I wonder what a 2-handed version would be like....

Big

 

[hammymchamham]

Big

I believe the techinical term is "large"