Re: OT: list of swords or yeah right, a guy who\'s barely played any RPG is gonna make one
 

Not in any legal form. Look at the web enhancements on www.wizards.com .

Re: OT: list of swords or yeah right, a guy who\'s barely played any RPG is gonna make one
 

looked at it. searched for web enhancements: weapons, weapon, swords, sword, weapons lists, a list of weapons and armor. got nothing. and it'll chop of end s's in a search.

i'll be getting that handbook tommorrow.

i'm obviously not going to copy any weapons they invented. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

[ December 17, 2003, 00:36: Message edited by: narf poit chez BOOM ]

Re: OT: list of swords or yeah right, a guy who\'s barely played any RPG is gonna make one
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Obscure exotics indeed. It includes prices for prostitutes' services, by the night, hour and per "quick trick". http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Re: OT: list of swords or yeah right, a guy who\'s barely played any RPG is gonna make one
 

that's disgusting for a number of reasons...not to mention extremly disturbing.

Re: OT: list of swords or yeah right, a guy who\'s barely played any RPG is gonna make one
 

wow, i hadn't noticed that. as with most things, you have to bear in mind location, availability, and quality when figuring in the final price. number on a table are just a baseline example.

Re: OT: list of swords or yeah right, a guy who\'s barely played any RPG is gonna make one
 

While this is a store, their listings usually include weights and other dimensions. They also have info on some armor and clothing, as well as some miscellaneous items.

Chivalry Sports

Re: OT: list of swords or yeah right, a guy who\'s barely played any RPG is gonna make one
 

The Palladium books by Mathew Ballent have some good lists of weapon and armor stats. Looks like it's still being printed, e.g.:

http://www.warehouse23.com/item.cgi?PAL401

Personally, I'd avoid using D&D as a source for any original work, unless compatibility with it (or player familiarity) is something you want.

PvK

Re: OT: list of swords or yeah right, a guy who\'s barely played any RPG is gonna make one
 

thanks, i ordered that. i'll see what it has, but it's not going to arrive any time soon.

Re: OT: list of swords or yeah right, a guy who\'s barely played any RPG is gonna make one
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Why? D&D is a good system... one of the best, in fact. Certainly copied by most. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

Re: OT: list of swords or yeah right, a guy who\'s barely played any RPG is gonna make one
 

Because (again, personally) it seems to me D&D is its own genre (and one that doesn't appeal much to my personal tastes), with a rich history originating in often rather ahistorical and nonsensical goofball inventions from the clueless gallery, even if they have improved greatly since the early days. If one wants to be a part of the genre of D&D and games that have borrowed from D&D, fine. (Nethack is a good example of a game that I really like that does borrow from D&D, but I'd probably like it better if it didn't.) But if one wants to do something unique and/or historical, using D&D as source material would, I expect, tend to import bits that originate from D&D rather than history.

PvK