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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kerrick" data-source="post: 5033206" data-attributes="member: 4722">Cestus isn't in the PHB, but I'd agree. Sap is closer to a club, IMO. Punching dagger does use a punching action... it could fall under unarmed as a martial weapon.Yeah... It could go either way - kukri is a slashing weapon, but it's also Light. It's not a perfect fitIt's the same basic principle - just the blade is a bit longer and heavier. I could split bastard sword, greatsword, and falchion off into Great Blades (two-handers) and add daikatana as an exotic. (Side note: While a couple of the cultures in the PP metasetting are semi-Oriental, katanas could really fit anywhere. I don't know if you've read Michael Stackpole's Cartomancy trilogy, but he has a fantastic culture based on elements of Japanese, Chinese, French, and a couple others. There are blademasters who use what amount to katanas, though they aren't called that.Slings are peasant's weapons - they're very simple to make and use; shepherds use them to defend their flocks from wolves and other predators. Longbow... I dunno. I made it so that all composite bows have a Strength rating, and you must have that minimum Strength to use it (a la Odysseus' bow), so technically they're exotic. I could see requiring 13 Str to use a longbow effectively, though.</blockquote>