Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Woolff 08-15-05, 02:13 AM	With the proper craft skill, would it be possible to craft and use (with the Exotic Weapon Profincency Feat) a broad blade longsword or bastard sword as a variation of the Broad Blade Short Sword found in the Complete Adventurer? No modification to what it does (Shifting at least 2 points to Combat Expertise or fight defensively gain an additional +2 AC.), just make that abilty to another sword.
daimyotx 08-15-05, 04:58 AM	Modifying the RAW a little, I'm sure you could do something like this. I mean if you can have Mercurial weapons, I'm sure you could have Broad-bladed weapons. I'd definitely require an exotic weap. proficiency. That being said-- Looking at the way weapons work in real-life (ya ya.. we're talking high fantasy and not real life.. blah blah.. ), you have to worry about balance issues. A short sword can easily have a very broad blade because its center of balance is a lot closer to the wielder. In weapons with longer blades, the blade was only as wide as was necessary to maintain its rigidity (for the purposes used). Big, huge claymores had big, huge blades -- but they were only large enough to maintain the rigidity required in such a long weapon.