Imperialus said:3.0. Sting was an elvin shortsword, troll dagger, and hobbit longsword... that's really all that needs to be said in my oppinion.
Imperialus said:Tolkin was also using a somwhat archeic definition of long-knife.
Imperialus said:I think you missed the point of my post... basically what it boils down to is ("Longknife"+Gygax)*31 years="short sword sacred cow".