OT: list of swords or yeah right, a guy who's barely played any RPG is gonna make one - Page 3

Fyron · #21 December 17th, 2003, 01:10 AM

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

narf poit chez BOOM · #22 December 17th, 2003, 02:22 AM

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.

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

deccan · #23 December 17th, 2003, 11:39 AM

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Originally posted by Puke:

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

Obscure exotics indeed. It includes prices for prostitutes' services, by the night, hour and per "quick trick".

narf poit chez BOOM · #24 December 17th, 2003, 12:09 PM

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

Puke · #25 December 17th, 2003, 09:06 PM

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.

Alpha Kodiak · #26 December 17th, 2003, 09:15 PM

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

PvK · #27 December 20th, 2003, 04:14 AM

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

narf poit chez BOOM · #28 December 20th, 2003, 11:23 PM

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

Fyron · #29 December 20th, 2003, 11:25 PM

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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.

Why? D&D is a good system... one of the best, in fact. Certainly copied by most.

PvK · #30 December 21st, 2003, 01:45 AM

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