asian weapons [Archive] - Wizards Community

asian weapons [Archive] - Wizards Community

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AAB
07-04-07, 01:11 AM okay. i thought i saw it somewhere but when i went looking i couldn't find it. is there a semi-comprehensive list of asian weapons (i'm specifically looking for chinese right now, but more would be nice) and their statistics in DnD?

i was having trouble statting my chinese weapons because i thought (could be wrong here) that a dao should pretty much be a longsword and a jian would be a slashing rapier. but i wasn't sure if a jian would fit as a "finesseable" weapon in DnD terms. if not i'd have used longsword for jian and scimitar for dao, but then i run into a problem because in my mind (could also be wrong here) a dao should do more damage than a jian.

somebody with knowledge help me....
calronmoonflower
07-04-07, 03:39 AM Oriental Adventures has quite a few Oriental names for standard D&D weapons.
TarlSS
07-04-07, 08:05 AM A dao has a curved blade, a jian is a longsword. Well, the ones I've seen were actually shortswords, but those were from the Bronze Age.

That's what the Shanghai Museum lists them as, anyway. I'd trust them.

A mace is a "quan"
A straight edged sword is a "jian".
A curved sword is a "dao". This goes for scimitars and katana. Mostly because the Japanese characters for Katana mean "Da Dao" so they just used that. Interestingly enough they call pirates "Haidao" or Seaswords.
A spear is a "mao"
A shield is a "dun"
A staff is a "gun"
A bow is a "gong"
An axe is a "yue"
Daggeraxes and halberds are known as "ge"
Glaives, Naginatas and other such polearms are "kuan dao"

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
AAB 07-04-07, 01:11 AM	okay. i thought i saw it somewhere but when i went looking i couldn't find it. is there a semi-comprehensive list of asian weapons (i'm specifically looking for chinese right now, but more would be nice) and their statistics in DnD? i was having trouble statting my chinese weapons because i thought (could be wrong here) that a dao should pretty much be a longsword and a jian would be a slashing rapier. but i wasn't sure if a jian would fit as a "finesseable" weapon in DnD terms. if not i'd have used longsword for jian and scimitar for dao, but then i run into a problem because in my mind (could also be wrong here) a dao should do more damage than a jian. somebody with knowledge help me....
calronmoonflower 07-04-07, 03:39 AM	Oriental Adventures has quite a few Oriental names for standard D&D weapons.
TarlSS 07-04-07, 08:05 AM	A dao has a curved blade, a jian is a longsword. Well, the ones I've seen were actually shortswords, but those were from the Bronze Age. That's what the Shanghai Museum lists them as, anyway. I'd trust them. A mace is a "quan" A straight edged sword is a "jian". A curved sword is a "dao". This goes for scimitars and katana. Mostly because the Japanese characters for Katana mean "Da Dao" so they just used that. Interestingly enough they call pirates "Haidao" or Seaswords. A spear is a "mao" A shield is a "dun" A staff is a "gun" A bow is a "gong" An axe is a "yue" Daggeraxes and halberds are known as "ge" Glaives, Naginatas and other such polearms are "kuan dao"