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<blockquote data-quote="imurphy943" data-source="post: 5832386" data-attributes="member: 6672709"><p>I see your point. Personally, I don't even <em>consider</em> weapon speed tables- I just use roll d6 for each side. I would like to try weapon vs. AC though.</p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>Personally, I'd hope that seeing all these swords listed would get people to learn the difference between them- and therefore an end to the aforementioned "ludicrous sword" art. There are other ways to do that though. </p><p> </p><p>Your idea for representing these weapons works well within the current system, but it doesn't mean that anybody will know what these swords are- and that's pretty much what I do with unlisted weapons anyway. Personally, I'd like to do away with 'exotic weapons' which don't seem to make much sense.</p><p> </p><p>If more swords were going to be included, it is true that most of them are too alike to justify including- the rapier and the court sword work as a good example.</p><p> </p><p>However, I think that a reasonable amount of detail may be included in only 14 categories of sword:</p><p> </p><p>Rapier</p><p>Rapier, Short</p><p>Chopping, Short (machete, butterfly sword)</p><p>Chopping, One-Handed (falchion, cutlass, falcata, itak, dao, kilij)</p><p>Chopping, Hand-and-a-half (falchion, dao, kampilan, dadao)</p><p>Slashing, Short (wakizashi, et all)</p><p>Slashing, One-Handed (katana, miao dao, sabre, scimitar)</p><p>Slashing, Hand-and-a-half (katana, miao dao)</p><p>Straight-edge, Piercing, Stout (Oakeshott's types XIa, XIV, XV, XVI, XXI, and XXII, Cinquedea)</p><p>Straight-edge, Hacking, One-Handed (early chinese jian, Oakeshott's X and XIII, executioner's sword)</p><p>Straight-edge, Piercing, One-Handed (jian, estoc, Oakeshott's XI, XVa, XIX, XXa)</p><p>Straight-edge, One-Handed (Oakeshott's Xa, XII, XIIIb, XVIII, jian)</p><p>Straight-edge, Piercing, Hand-and-a-half (Oakeshott's XVIa, XVII)</p><p>Straight-edge, Hand-and-a-half (Oakeshott's XIIa, XIIIa, XVIIIb, XX)</p><p> </p><p>These can be easily statted as "Type A"-"Type N" (as of now, "Winesap's Typology of Swords In D&D). People who just care about getting a good weapon can just choose according to stats and have a <em>general</em> idea of the weapon's appearance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="imurphy943, post: 5832386, member: 6672709"] I see your point. Personally, I don't even [I]consider[/I] weapon speed tables- I just use roll d6 for each side. I would like to try weapon vs. AC though. Personally, I'd hope that seeing all these swords listed would get people to learn the difference between them- and therefore an end to the aforementioned "ludicrous sword" art. There are other ways to do that though. Your idea for representing these weapons works well within the current system, but it doesn't mean that anybody will know what these swords are- and that's pretty much what I do with unlisted weapons anyway. Personally, I'd like to do away with 'exotic weapons' which don't seem to make much sense. If more swords were going to be included, it is true that most of them are too alike to justify including- the rapier and the court sword work as a good example. However, I think that a reasonable amount of detail may be included in only 14 categories of sword: Rapier Rapier, Short Chopping, Short (machete, butterfly sword) Chopping, One-Handed (falchion, cutlass, falcata, itak, dao, kilij) Chopping, Hand-and-a-half (falchion, dao, kampilan, dadao) Slashing, Short (wakizashi, et all) Slashing, One-Handed (katana, miao dao, sabre, scimitar) Slashing, Hand-and-a-half (katana, miao dao) Straight-edge, Piercing, Stout (Oakeshott's types XIa, XIV, XV, XVI, XXI, and XXII, Cinquedea) Straight-edge, Hacking, One-Handed (early chinese jian, Oakeshott's X and XIII, executioner's sword) Straight-edge, Piercing, One-Handed (jian, estoc, Oakeshott's XI, XVa, XIX, XXa) Straight-edge, One-Handed (Oakeshott's Xa, XII, XIIIb, XVIII, jian) Straight-edge, Piercing, Hand-and-a-half (Oakeshott's XVIa, XVII) Straight-edge, Hand-and-a-half (Oakeshott's XIIa, XIIIa, XVIIIb, XX) These can be easily statted as "Type A"-"Type N" (as of now, "Winesap's Typology of Swords In D&D). People who just care about getting a good weapon can just choose according to stats and have a [I]general[/I] idea of the weapon's appearance. [/QUOTE]
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