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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lokiare" data-source="post: 6263736" data-attributes="member: 83996">Unfortunately all swords in D&D work that way, and in real life a good solid hit from any of them will kill someone. So using their real world intents won't work in D&D. Now if we look at short swords which are about the same length as a small sword and see that they deal less damage than a long sword and we see that a dagger, which is smaller still, deals less than a short sword, then we should be able to set the damage for a small sword at 1d6 like the short sword. Maybe its used more for piercing than slashing, but there is no 1d6 weapon that is only piercing. However there is one that is slashing and piercing and that is the short sword. So the small sword would fall under the broader category of short sword because the short sword has all of its traits (size, weight, and damage type)Some short swords were flexible, but usually had a wider sword blade. They were much less flexible than a small sword though. Still we are talking about how D&D categorizes damage and that is not based on how devastating the weapon is in real life. It is based on the size of the weapon. We can see this pattern in different swords, axes, spears, etc...etc... so a smaller sword would do less damage than a larger one, thus a small sword is the same as a short sword for damage.Why would I admit that, you haven't really shown any facts that counter my argument. What I've shown you clearly distinguishes the swords Flynn uses from the larger and heavier rapier which is represented in D&D as having the same damage potential as the long sword.Any class can do that with a high dexterity. That's not back stabbing, that's just sneaking. Flynn getting advantage is simply flanking, something that should be in the game, if it isn't already. Jumping around is athletics or strength, tumbling is dexterity. He does both well which just means he has higher than average Str and Dex scores.All of this can be done by a fighter. Flynn still doesn't open locks, disable traps, poison people, lie, cheat, and steel, etc...etc... A rogue is a bad fit.</blockquote>

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