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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Keenath" data-source="post: 4212857" data-attributes="member: 59792">Ugh, I forgot about this thread.  Replies forthcoming!No, it doesn't imply that.  Halfling smiths make all sorts of weapons sized for halflings -- but a halfling longsword just acts in all ways like a human shortsword, and a halfling spear acts just like a human shortspear.This is really not a strange concept.  There are material and balance* considerations to take into account when you change sizes like that.  You can't just produce something that looks like a shrunk-down longsword, because it would be too thin to withstand normal use.  You can't make a shrunk-down longbow because the cross-section of the wood is critical to being able to flex properly.  You can't shrink a polearm at all without losing the reach that the long pole gives you, which is rather the point of making a polearm at all.In other words, a halfling smith making a "longsword" would make something much thicker and stubbier-looking than a human longsword -- it would, in fact, look almost exactly like a human shortsword, because a shortsword (gladius, whatever) is shaped not for size of the hand-grip, but to do the job of cutting things on a battlefield.The point is, a "halfling weapon" should be, at the very most, a question of replacing the grip with something sized more appropriately to their hands.*The "center of gravity" kind of balance, not game balance.</blockquote>