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

[narf poit chez BOOM]

so, Fyron, are you saying, in your cryptic, vorlonish way that the player's handbook will have what i'm looking for?

thanks.

[President_Elect_Shang]

I have a really nice one[chart] but it is one of my books somewhere, it has been so long since I played, I miss it.

[Puke]

nah, the weapons in the new D&D books have almost no basis in reality, and seem to have been made up on the spot by the writers. plus, they're not very comprehensive.

here is a fantasy equipment list for GURPS, but it is not an exhaustive weapons list if you are looking for details or obscure exotics:

http://authors.aspalliance.com/steve...urps/equip.asp

a quick google search turns up this list of weights and measures of someones very large sword collection, as well as some historical data. mostly european, and not many details on weapon type:

http://www.palus.demon.co.uk/Sword_Stats.html

similar to the above, but a bit different:

http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/cariadoc...n_weights.html

and this web site looks like it has more resources than you can shake a stick at:

http://therionarms.com/links.shtml

[narf poit chez BOOM]

from one of those, it looks like the basterd sword varied from a proto-rapier to a heavy long sword...although that might not be true, if a) the whole thing is bs or if what i think about long swords isn't true.

[ December 16, 2003, 10:12: Message edited by: narf poit chez BOOM ]

[Fyron]

Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:
so, Fyron, are you saying, in your cryptic, vorlonish way that the player's handbook will have what i'm looking for?

thanks.

I fail to see how that was cryptic? Yes, that is what I said, exactly. You can even get the Arms and Equipment Guide, which will have some more swords, as well as give you a big listing of other swords from various cultures that are equivalent to the D&D swords. Such as a bastard sword and a katana; they are nearly the same thing, except that the katana is a masterwork bastard sword (masterwork meaning it costs a lot, gets an attack bonus (or was it damage?), and is much harder to make). No point having 300 different sword entries.

[Fyron]

A bastard sword is NOT a long sword. There is a significant difference.

[Fyron]

Originally posted by Puke:
nah, the weapons in the new D&D books have almost no basis in reality, and seem to have been made up on the spot by the writers. plus, they're not very comprehensive.

If you are using the weights for playing D&D, it doesn't really matter. They are actually based on reality, just not 100% accurate. Keep in mind that different swords of the same type weigh different amounts. The values in the D&D books are averages and approximations.

[ December 16, 2003, 16:23: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]