Storage of the two-bladed sword

[Storyteller01]

Store it as two swords until needed (special twist locks on the pommel)? it'd take as much time to draw and lock as it would to just draw, and more than a few sources estimate the lock's cost to be at or around 100 gold. Your GM can be nice about it

Didn't they have a cartoon about a guy who used a double sword? It was "*something something* and the Golden Lance". Wasn't so much a lance as a double-sword grip/pommel that the blades folded into. 'course, the blades could disconnect, so said hero could fight with two swords (the whole enrgy blast thing helped as well).

Anyone know what I'm talking about?

 

[Orm]

Do you recall the bar fight from the movie Kill Bill 1? The lieutenant of the crazy 88 (or what their name was) used a staff that could be divided into two halfs, each one bearing a blade that used the other half as scabbard. Combine that with a locking mechanism and you get
a) a short quarterstaff/walkingstick (b)
b) two (short-)swords with rather long hilts and (p)
c) a double sword (s).
Voila, a very exotic weapon. Use two of them, with four different materials for the blades and you are set to overcome lots of DRs.

Orm

 

[Shellman]

I'm creating a character the has proficiency in the two-bladed sword and starting the game with it. I have never done this before. So, my question is, how is a character supposed to carry this weapon when it is not being wielded? I can't figure out how it might be done.

What kind of sword is it?
What size category is it?

From the DMG pg 265:

Quiver of Ehlonna: This appears to be a typical arrow container capable of holding about twenty arrows. It has three distinct portions, each with a nondimensional space allowing to store far more than would normally be possible. The first and smallest one can contain up to sixty objects of the same general size and shape as an arrow. The second slightly longer compartment holds up to eighteen objects of the same general size and shape as a Javelin. The third and longest portion of the case contains as many as six objects of the same general siz and shape as a bow (spears, staffs, or the like). Once the owner has filled it, the owner can produce any item she wishes, as if it were a regular quiver or scabbard. The quiver of Ehlonna weighs the same no matter whats placed inside it.

Moderate conjuration; CL 9th; Craft Wonderous Item, Leomunds secret chest; Price 1,800 gp; Weight 2 lb.

If I were your DM, Id rule tht the sword takes up two of the six spots available in the largest compartment of the quiver.

 

[TheEvil]

Um...
You would have a double sword take up more space then a spear or a quarterstaff?

What kind of sword is it?
What size category is it?

From the DMG pg 265:

Quiver of Ehlonna: This appears to be a typical arrow container capable of holding about twenty arrows. It has three distinct portions, each with a nondimensional space allowing to store far more than would normally be possible. The first and smallest one can contain up to sixty objects of the same general size and shape as an arrow. The second slightly longer compartment holds up to eighteen objects of the same general size and shape as a Javelin. The third and longest portion of the case contains as many as six objects of the same general siz and shape as a bow (spears, staffs, or the like). Once the owner has filled it, the owner can produce any item she wishes, as if it were a regular quiver or scabbard. The quiver of Ehlonna weighs the same no matter whats placed inside it.

Moderate conjuration; CL 9th; Craft Wonderous Item, Leomunds secret chest; Price 1,800 gp; Weight 2 lb.

If I were your DM, Id rule tht the sword takes up two of the six spots available in the largest compartment of the quiver.

 

[ARandomGod]

Um...
You would have a double sword take up more space then a spear or a quarterstaff?

Well, noone's meantioned my way, but the above almost references it.

Get wooden 'sheathes' that mostly cover the entire blade. Have it spring loaded so that at the touch of a button the wooden ends fly off revealing that the ends of that staff are instead bladed. Unsheathed at the touch of a button, AND easy to say that it's a walking stick. There are lots of places you can't get into with a sword (let alone a two bladed one!), but you can usually take along your trusty staff without evoking too many stares.

 

[Shellman]

Um...
You would have a double sword take up more space then a spear or a quarterstaff?

Um...Yeah, unless the double bladed sword is of a smaller size category to begin with!