Medium Sword (3.5e Equipment)
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Medium Sword
Simple Two-Handed Melee
| Cost: | 12.5 gp |
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| Damage (Small): | 1d5 (or 1d6-1) |
| Damage (Medium)1: | 1d7 (or 1d8-1) |
| Critical: | 19-20/x2 |
| Weight2: | 3 lbs |
| Type3: | Slashing |
| HP4: | 5 |
| Hardness: | 10 |
1. See Damage Increases by Size to calculate the damage for a weapon larger than Medium or smaller than Small.
2. Weight figures are for Medium weapons. A Small weapon weighs half as much, and a Large weapon weighs twice as much.
3. When two types are given, the weapon is both types if the entry specifies "and", either type (player's choice at time of attack) if the entry specifies "or", or each end of the double weapon is a different type if the entry specifies "/".
4. The hp value given is for Medium armor, weapons, and shields. Divide by 2 for each size category of the item smaller than Medium, or multiply it by 2 for each size category larger than Medium.
The Medium Sword, also called "Long Shortsword" or "Short Longsword", stays in between the Shortsword and the Longsword in terms of both lenght and weight.
Its use requires more skills than wielding a Shortsword but is not as difficult as a common Longsword's handling; a wielder without martial weapon proficiency can use a Medium Sword tho-handed as a simple weapon without penalties, or one-handed with a penalty of -2 to attack rolls.
A wielder with the martial weapon proficiency feat can use the Weapon Finesse feat to apply the Dexterity modifier with a -2 penalty on attack rolls instead of the Strength modifier to attack rolls with a Medium Sword properly sized, even though it isn’t a light weapon for the user.
The Medium Sword counts as a Shortsword or as Longsword (but not as these two last weapons together) for the purpose of any of the following feats: Greater Weapon Focus, Greater Weapon Specialization, Improved Critical, Weapon Focus, and Weapon Specialization.
If a character has any of these feats both on the Shortsword and on the Longsword, the bonuses of the feats from the two last weapons are not cumulative within the Medium sword.
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