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<blockquote data-quote="Johris" data-source="post: 6496136" data-attributes="member: 6777145">Coming from a 2E/3E perspective, I think that the &quot;Longsword&quot; was the most common one handed 1d8 weapon.&nbsp; Most fighters were strength based and thus used the default longsword as their one handed weapon. If they wanted more damage, they would use the &quot;Bastard Sword&quot; and have the flexibility of one or two handed use.In 5E, both STR &amp; DEX are equally viable, which i think leads to a re-imagining of what the &quot;Most Common&quot; swords are intended to be.&nbsp; I come to the conclusion that the &quot;Scimitar&quot; and &quot;Short Sword&quot; are now the &quot;Most Common&quot; swords available for use. I loosely use the term &quot;scimitar&quot; as meaning any one handed slashing sword and I use Short sword any any one handed piercing sword.&nbsp; Though at my table if a player wanted to use a scimitar as a piercing or a short sword as a slashing, i would let them.&nbsp;the long sword then, has taken the place of the older editions &quot;Bastard Sword&quot;, still the go to strength based sword, but not the most prevalent.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Johris, post: 6496136, member: 6777145"] Coming from a 2E/3E perspective, I think that the "Longsword" was the most common one handed 1d8 weapon. Most fighters were strength based and thus used the default longsword as their one handed weapon. If they wanted more damage, they would use the "Bastard Sword" and have the flexibility of one or two handed use. In 5E, both STR & DEX are equally viable, which i think leads to a re-imagining of what the "Most Common" swords are intended to be. I come to the conclusion that the "Scimitar" and "Short Sword" are now the "Most Common" swords available for use. I loosely use the term "scimitar" as meaning any one handed slashing sword and I use Short sword any any one handed piercing sword. Though at my table if a player wanted to use a scimitar as a piercing or a short sword as a slashing, i would let them. the long sword then, has taken the place of the older editions "Bastard Sword", still the go to strength based sword, but not the most prevalent. [/QUOTE]

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