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<blockquote data-quote="Epametheus" data-source="post: 378793" data-attributes="member: 719">I've seen the weapon that you're talking about referred to as a Swallow.&nbsp; I've literally only seen the thing in Squaresoft games (specifically, Chrono Chross, Final Fantasy V (some translations call it the Twin Lance), and Final Fantasy IX), though I know the Wind Sword in Onimusha is the same style of weapon.&nbsp; I'm guessing that it was probably considered a horribly impractical weapon.As a simple balance issue, a double-weapon that did damage as a katana would be flat-out superior to dual-weilding a pair of katanas (assuming that you ahve all the feats, dual-wielding katanas would give you a -4 on every attack, compared to the double weapon's -2).&nbsp; I guess it'd cost 800 or so gold, but a 3rd level character can usually manage that.A perhaps more reasonable version of the Swallow would have it be a pair of masterwork Scimitar blades instead Katana blades.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Epametheus, post: 378793, member: 719"] I've seen the weapon that you're talking about referred to as a Swallow. I've literally only seen the thing in Squaresoft games (specifically, Chrono Chross, Final Fantasy V (some translations call it the Twin Lance), and Final Fantasy IX), though I know the Wind Sword in Onimusha is the same style of weapon. I'm guessing that it was probably considered a horribly impractical weapon. As a simple balance issue, a double-weapon that did damage as a katana would be flat-out superior to dual-weilding a pair of katanas (assuming that you ahve all the feats, dual-wielding katanas would give you a -4 on every attack, compared to the double weapon's -2). I guess it'd cost 800 or so gold, but a 3rd level character can usually manage that. A perhaps more reasonable version of the Swallow would have it be a pair of masterwork Scimitar blades instead Katana blades. [/QUOTE]

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