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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 5838170" data-attributes="member: 4937">I feel the need to note to the readers what you surely already know, that 3e continued the D&D tradition of assigning the wrong name to a weapon.  A Falchion is not a two-handed scimitar.    Just because Falchion weapons existed doesn't mean that the 3e D&D 'Falchion' existed in 12th century Europe.   Personnally, absent a 'to hit versus AC' table or something similar to finely differentiate weapons, I'd lump falchions with the now missing concept of a 'broadsword' (though perhaps 'backsword' would be a more appropriate term). I still use a variant of the 3.0 system, so 'broadsword' exists as an entry in my weapons table that trades the versitility of a longsword by having only 1 damage descriptor (slashing rather than slashing/peircing) for slightly better damage (2d4 rather than 1d8).  The 'Falchion' entry gets renamed 'Nodachi' and includes all long two-handed back swords, through really, the mechanical distinction between them and the european great sword (less damage, better critical) probably doesn't match the real differences in the characteristics of the two weapons.   Good enough for an RPG though. The Studded Leather entry on my equipment table has been renamed 'Ring Armor', which did in fact exist as the cheap and somewhat effective means of reinforcing leather.</blockquote>