Even if you hate Drizzt, Still read this post.

[magnas_veritas]

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).

Paired weapons have a sort of panache, too. Short swords are easiest for that, both in style terms and in plausibility. Then again, for a time, one iteration of our party's ranger/tank used a pair of Monkey-Gripped Greatswords. Then he got revised after the player realized that while it looked cool, it was inefficient as all get-out.

You could use paired hand axes or light hammers easily enough. If you had the spare feats, one could use the Invisible Blade PrC (Dragon # 303, pp. 43-44), which can adapt to paired daggers and kukris fairly easily.

Brad

 

[Korin Tempest]

just figured i'd drop this in.... the scimitar "icingdeath" was found by drizzt in the lair of a dragon by the same name that he and wulfgar slew in Crystal Shard (I believe). Salvatore continually refered to the scimitar as the weapon that he got from the dragon Icingdeath.. then i think he eventually just shortened it to Icingdeath itself...

 

[Viktyr Gehrig]

Drizzt should have been restatted to include Tempest after Masters of the Wild came out. His defense bonus from dual-wielding is a lot higher than the +2 for Twin Sword Style or the +2 for Off-Hand Parry, and the Supreme Two-Weapon Fighting would explain why he fights so effortlessly.

 

[Andion Isurand]

Assuming this is for FR...

...you could create a "1st-level Only" Regional feat for the Drow...

...that represents "special childhood ambidexterity training".

 

[greycastle]

well, actually, one of the reaons he refuses short swords is piercing vs. slashing. Whats the difference?

+5 Keen Vorpal Mithral Ice Burst/Fiery Blast Scimitars...

I myself have started to like the Fey-ri, but personally, i can't really see anything wrong with the shortswords, though slashing appeals to me more.

Would it be reasonable to create "Small Scimitars" that are light weapons by doing

13gp, 1d6, small, 19-20/x2, 3 lb., slashing
or
13gp, 1d4, small, 18-20/x2, 3 lb., slashing

personally i'd opt for the former, as the latter is just a kukri, without wasting a proficiency.

for flavour sake: The small scimitar is an exact replica of a Scimitar, except for the slightly smaller blade, that thins out near the hilt, while retaining the thick slashing blade near along the end (for ideas on what it looks like, look in the RoF at the blade the female fey-ri is holding)

Any opinons?

 

[Hypersmurf]

+5 Keen Vorpal Mithral Ice Burst/Fiery Blast Scimitars...

Uh... that's a +13 (or +15, if it has both elemental abilities) weapon. What level are you talking again?

13gp, 1d6, small, 19-20/x2, 3 lb., slashing
or
13gp, 1d4, small, 18-20/x2, 3 lb., slashing

personally i'd opt for the former, as the latter is just a kukri, without wasting a proficiency.

The former is a Small longsword. The latter is a Small scimitar. A kukri is exotic because it's Tiny.

-Hyp.

 

[greycastle]

...small longsword huh....*scratches chin*....thats a short sword...but....i'm confused...

just out of curiosity, would it matter if you called it a small scimitar? or would that already be a house rule?

Well, thank you all for your advice, and i think this thread is pretty much finished. Unfortunatly, i will however go with the small longsword, but call it a small scimitar, just because of the roleplaying idea *and no it's not for a drizzt look, but simply because i like curvy swords, not straight ones*

Thank you all, once again.

 

[Hypersmurf]

...small longsword huh....*scratches chin*....thats a short sword...but....i'm confused...

No, it's not. A shortsword is a piercing weapon; a Small longsword is a slashing weapon.

-Hyp.

 

[greycastle]

*sigh* i realised that...i was simply implying logically it's stilla short sword...though of course, i'm wrong, if i say it *shrug*...still thanks

 

[Hypersmurf]

*sigh* i realised that...i was simply implying logically it's stilla short sword...though of course, i'm wrong, if i say it *shrug*...still thanks

Sorry, what?

You complain that the shortsword, a light weapon, is piercing rather than slashing.

You propose a slashing weapon that, mechanics-wise, matches a longsword scaled down to size small.

Then you claim that a scaled-down longsword is a shortsword?

And to top it all off, you use the word "logically" in the same sentence?

Aargh.

-Hyp.