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<blockquote data-quote="Cap'n Kobold" data-source="post: 7808622" data-attributes="member: 6802951">I'll agree that the weapons in the picture look like longswords, but historical longswords which were almost exclusively two-handed weapons. As opposed to the D&amp;D &quot;longsword&quot; which is a category covering any sword from one-handed but occasionally used in two, to two-handed,&nbsp; but occasionally used in one. A medieval arming sword counts as a D&amp;D longsword, but would be a fair bit shorter than the actual longswords in the picture. &nbsp;What sort of moves? Unless you're trying to intimidate your opponent by spinning your weapon in flashy display flourishes (which you wouldn't do whilst they were in reach of you to start with), your weapon isn't likely to go far offline from your opponent. If your swings are so wild that they endanger someone standing 5 ft to your side, you're a) putting too much effort into the swing, and b) using a weapon that you're not strong enough for.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cap'n Kobold, post: 7808622, member: 6802951"] I'll agree that the weapons in the picture look like longswords, but historical longswords which were almost exclusively two-handed weapons. As opposed to the D&D "longsword" which is a category covering any sword from one-handed but occasionally used in two, to two-handed, but occasionally used in one. A medieval arming sword counts as a D&D longsword, but would be a fair bit shorter than the actual longswords in the picture. What sort of moves? Unless you're trying to intimidate your opponent by spinning your weapon in flashy display flourishes (which you wouldn't do whilst they were in reach of you to start with), your weapon isn't likely to go far offline from your opponent. If your swings are so wild that they endanger someone standing 5 ft to your side, you're a) putting too much effort into the swing, and b) using a weapon that you're not strong enough for. [/QUOTE]

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