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<blockquote data-quote="Mal Malenkirk" data-source="post: 4594082" data-attributes="member: 834">Funny thing is that even a single bastard sword isn't meant to be used in one hand.You can let go of one hand for some maneuver in order to gain reach but no one is history has ever set foot on a battlefield wielding a bastard sword in one hand and a full shield on his other arm, for example.&nbsp; But we do it all the time in D&amp;D.&nbsp; MY PCs do it all the time!&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> (Though I normally just imagine he is better than ordinary warriors with a normal arming sword).And yet when we reach the dual bastard sword...&nbsp; it's too much for my little brain.&nbsp; Hell, it's even too much for the Hollywood fight choreograher!&nbsp; I dare you to find a live action movie where someone wields two bastard sword sized weapons.&nbsp; There are none.&nbsp; No leverage, unable to recover quickly from your blow, severely handicapped whenever someone gets inside your guard (which would happen all the time)...&nbsp; To fight well with two bastard swords, you need to leave Hollywood fantasy and enter the realms of japanimation.&nbsp; Or, just imagine you are using standard arming sword more efficiently.&nbsp; It's an uber weapon focus!&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />I guess we all have different cheese tolerance level.&nbsp; But by the rules it's perfectly legal.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mal Malenkirk, post: 4594082, member: 834"] Funny thing is that even a single bastard sword isn't meant to be used in one hand. You can let go of one hand for [I]some[/I] maneuver in order to gain reach but no one is history has ever set foot on a battlefield wielding a bastard sword in one hand and a full shield on his other arm, for example. But we do it all the time in D&D. [U]MY[/U] PCs do it all the time! ;) (Though I normally just imagine he is better than ordinary warriors with a normal arming sword). And yet when we reach the dual bastard sword... it's too much for my little brain. Hell, it's even too much for the Hollywood fight choreograher! I dare you to find a live action movie where someone wields two bastard sword sized weapons. There are none. No leverage, unable to recover quickly from your blow, severely handicapped whenever someone gets inside your guard (which would happen all the time)... To fight well with two bastard swords, you need to leave Hollywood fantasy and enter the realms of japanimation. Or, just imagine you are using standard arming sword more efficiently. It's an uber weapon focus! ;) I guess we all have different cheese tolerance level. But by the rules it's perfectly legal. [/QUOTE]

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