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[Hypersmurf]

Anyway, having said that, I don't think it would be out of line to require a feat to treat a weapon as one catagory less than it is (making a scimitar a light weapon for a medium character, for example).

Well, there's already a feat that does something similar to that.

Monkey Grip in Sword and Fist lets you treat a two-handed weapon as a one-handed weapon... for a -2 penalty.

So using that logic, we would allow you to treat a one-handed weapon as a light weapon... for a -2 penalty.

-Hyp.

 

[Kae'Yoss]

Races of Faerûn has the Weapon Special Ability "hornblade". It's a +1 ability and gnomes can use such weapons as if they were one size category smaller than usual.

The Arms and Equipmend guide has "balanced", which is +2 and Enables a creature one size smaller than the weapon to use it in one hand.
I think you can extrapolate one of these to enable someone to use treat a scimitar as a light weapon.

 

[Kae'Yoss]

I would of course ask him first if he wants to play the "renegade-member-of-an-evil-elven-subrace-wielding-two-scimitar"-cliché. Why won't he settle with two short swords (which are on the proficiency list of the rogue, while scimitars aren't) or maybe a combo of rapier and short sword (or rapier and dagger). The plus with that is that he could finesse those weapons.

Personally I'd stick to two short swords, make both keen and get improved crit and weapon finesse with short sword. (In fact I already went that way once). Then maybe make one icy burst and one flaming burst (fire and ice).

 

[drnuncheon]

I have nothing to contribute here except that I think "Twinkle" and "Icingdeath" are really stupid names for weapons.

Icingdeath sounds like a magic cake knife, and we won't go into the psychology of someone who names his sword "Twinkle".

J

 

[DrSpunj]

Why won't he settle with two short swords (which are on the proficiency list of the rogue, while scimitars aren't) or maybe a combo of rapier and short sword (or rapier and dagger). The plus with that is that he could finesse those weapons.

Personally I'd stick to two short swords, make both keen and get improved crit and weapon finesse with short sword. (In fact I already went that way once). Then maybe make one icy burst and one flaming burst (fire and ice).

The obvious benefit of using the same weapon in each hand is you can save a couple feats (Weapon Focus and Weapon Specialization once each) if you go the Fighter/Rogue route. This often helps make up the difference for the slightly less damage on average you get with 2 light weapons (short swords).

If you're going for a Dex-oriented Weapon Finesse PC, this may be less of an issue since according to Eric Noah's comments on the Fiend Folio Weapon Finesse isn't tied to a single weapon in 3.5e and applies to all possibly finesseable weapons. Especially since 3.5e looks like its dropping Ambidexterity and rolling it into Two-Weapon Fighting, which frees up another feat slot!

DrSpunj

 

[Kae'Yoss]

we won't go into the psychology of someone who names his sword "Twinkle".

I actually like that. Giving a deadly weapon a name that is reserved for things named by young, soppy children, and the fact that his other weapon has a name like "icingdeath" makes me think Salvatore had help from Pratchett there.

It's like the young barbarian from Pratchett's "Sourcery"

..."What's your name, lad?"
"Nijel-"
"You see, Nijel--"
"Nijel the Destroyer," Nijeal added.
"You see, Nijel--"
"--the Destroyer--"
"All right, the Destroyer--" said Rincewind deperately.
"--son of Harebut the Provision Merchant--"...

We must add that Nijel - The Destroyer, son of ... - was about 7 feet tall and wore the traditioanal garb for barbarian heroes - a few studded leather tongs, big furry boots, a little leather holdall, and goosepimples. And woolly underwear! Cause he promised his mother...

 

[Kae'Yoss]

The obvious benefit of using the same weapon in each hand is you can save a couple feats (Weapon Focus and Weapon Specialization once each) if you go the Fighter/Rogue route.

And improved crit, even if you stay straight rogue. If you plan something like that, just use short swords. Rogues usually don't care whether it's 1d6 or 1d8.

If you're going for a Dex-oriented Weapon Finesse PC, this may be less of an issue since according to Eric Noah's comments on the Fiend Folio Weapon Finesse isn't tied to a single weapon in 3.5e and applies to all possibly finesseable weapons.

That's only sensible (we used that as a house rule anyway!).

 

[coyote6]

Check Green Ronin's Plot & Poison book; IIRC, it has some two weapon fighting feats. ISTR that one of 'em was aimed at wielding two Medium-size weapons.

 

[drnuncheon]

I actually like that. Giving a deadly weapon a name that is reserved for things named by young, soppy children, and the fact that his other weapon has a name like "icingdeath" makes me think Salvatore had help from Pratchett there.

...except we're supposed to laugh at Nijel the Destroyer, son of Harebut the Provisions Merchant.

Last time I checked, Drizzt was the source of unintentional hilarity.

J

 

[Vanye]

Nope. Armor changes category, weapons don't.

DMG p242-243.

-Hyp.

And non-armor equipment weighs half as much as it's non-mithral equivalent.

Sucks for the people with low strengths...