Tentacle Sword

[Black Omega]

"So, as you can see, the true brilliance of the sword-chuck lies in neither the sword nor the chuck. Rather, it is their synthesis that makes them deadly."

The problem, of course, being balance. If a sword-chuck was like a 2-bladed shortsword that Monks could use at their unarmed BAB... hey, wait a minute... dang, Fighter may have had something here.

Swordchucks are kinda cool, actually. Take nunchaku, extend a sharp spike from the butt of both handles. I've seen this weapon used in a martial arts movie a while ago, and aside from avoiding certain movies they looked pretty cool. I think the shortsword analogy works. 1d6 damage, slashing. With a short blade you can do all normal nunchaku moves. I think you are on to something.

 

[Hypersmurf]

I think the shortsword analogy works. 1d6 damage, slashing.

Shortswords are piercing.

-Hyp.

 

[Black Omega]

Shortswords are piercing.

Yes, they are. But since 'swordchuks' would be used in sweeping motions, for that I changed it to slashing.

 

[Hypersmurf]

So what you meant to say was "I think the shortsword analogy doesn't work. 1d6, slashing."?

-Hyp.

 

[Black Omega]

So what you meant to say was "I think the shortsword analogy doesn't work. 1d6, slashing."?

I simply wasn't being very precise when I mixed general thoughts and game mechanics. I think the analogy works. It's a small weapon doing 1d6 in damage and threatening a crit on 19-20/x2, like a short sword. That's it's slashing instead of piercing simply didn't seem that important. Better?

 

[Hypersmurf]

Ah. A Small longsword, then

-Hyp.

 

[Black Omega]

Ah. A Small longsword, then

LOL. If you prefer, yes, that's exactly right.

 

[Destil]

Destil, have you ever seen Kenshin (the anime series)?

If you have, think of Cho.

It's on the (quite long) list of anime I want to watch, at the moment...