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The Sharp End is a new series of PDF game

supplements brought to you by Adamant

Entertainment and Ian Sturrock. Each volume in the

series aims to provide you with detailed information

and new rules material concerning one particular type

of hand-to-hand weapon and its variants.

A note on the

weight of swords

Most d20 games vastly overestimate the weight

of swords. It’s a small and relatively unimportant

point, but we may as well ﬁx it where we can.

Your typical real-world one-handed European

sword weighed around 2 pounds. Likewise, most

other medieval weapons weighed less than their

d20 game counterparts, which tend to be listed

with weights that would make them impossible

to wield effectively in combat (though they might

be about the right weight for knocking walls

down). Corrected weights have been given in this

supplement.

The Sharp End is intended for use in almost any game

setting, and any d20-based game system. Games

Masters may, of course, disallow some or all of it

depending on the setting – a titanium sword, for

example, is probably inappropriate for a medieval

game, though a medieval fantasy game might have

“elvium” or “sylvanium” or another invented magical

metal (something between mithral and steel), with

identical game statistics.

Introduction

The sword is the ultimate symbol of the warrior

across many different cultures, particularly the

noble, honorable warrior, whether European knight,

Viking thane, Japanese samurai, or Moro chief. It has

attracted more than enough mystique to go with that

status; every sword-using society has tales of magical

blades, swords that took years to forge and which

could slice through any opposition.

The sword is a natural evolution from the dagger or

knife. At ﬁrst glance it may appear to simply be a very

large knife, but in use it is quite different. It is most

effective at arm’s length from a foe in open combat,

rather than being used to stab them in the back at close

range, hence its associations with nobility rather than

deceit. Still, it’s a weapon, and it is predominantly as

a weapon that this supplement examines the sword.

Does it deserve its reputation as the ultimate melee

combat weapon? Read on and ﬁnd out!

Light Martial

Weapons

Cost

Dmg

(S)

Dmg

(M)

Critical Range

Increment

Weight 1

Type 2

Hardness Hit

Points

Purchase

Notes

African club-sword

3 gp

1d4

1d6

—

1 lb.

Bludgeoning

Hanger

12 gp

1d3

1d4

18–20/

—

2 lb.

Slashing

+1d6 damage against helpless

opponent

Sword, short

10 gp

1d4

1d6

19–20/

—

1 1/2 lb. Piercing

One-handed Martial

Weapons

Longsword

15 gp

1d6

1d8

19–20/

—

2 lb.

Slashing

Rapier

20 gp

1d4

1d6

18–20/

—

3 lb.

Piercing

Saber

18 gp

1d6

1d8

19–20/

—

2 lb.

Slashing

Scimitar

15 gp

1d4

1d6

18–20/

—

2 lb.

Slashing

Smallsword

20 gp

1d3

1d4

18–20/

—

1 lb.

Piercing

Sword, arming

12 gp

1d4

1d6

19–20/

—

2 lb.

Piercing or

Slashing

Two-handed Martial

Weapons

Falchion

75 gp

1d6

2d4

18–20/

—

5 lb.

Slashing

Greatsword

50 gp

1d10

2d6

19–20/

—

5 lb.

Slashing

One-handed Exotic

Weapons

Aztec club-sword

90 gp

1d6

1d8

18–20/

—

1 1/2 lb. Slashing and

bludgeoning

Any damage reduces Critical to

20/x2.

Messer, grosse

25 gp

1d6

1d8

18–20/

—

4 lb.

Slashing

Rapier, dueling

50 gp

1d4

1d6

18–20/

—

4 lb.

Piercing

+2 Circumstance Bonus to initiative

against most weapons.

Saber, cavalry

50 gp

1d6

1d8

18–20/

—

3 lb.

Slashing

Sword, bastard

35 gp

1d8

1d10

19–20/

—

3 lb.

Slashing

Sword, bastard,

waster

9 gp

1d8

1d10

—

3 lb.

Bludgeoning

Two-handed Exotic

Weapons

Cost

Dmg

(S)

Dmg

(M)

Critical Range

Increment

Weight 1

Type 2

Hardness Hit

Points

Purchase

Notes

Executioner’s Sword

100 gp

1d8

1d10

18-20/

—

8 lb.

Slashing

+4d6 damage against helpless foe;

counts as improvised weapon against

non-helpless foe.

Extras: Blade/Point

Shape*

Backsword

-3 gp

—

+ 1/2 lb

Slashing

—

May not be used with Weapon

Finesse.

Rebated blade

x0.75

—

+ 1/2 lb

Bludgeoning

—

May not be used with Weapon

Finesse.

Tapered blade

+1 gp

—

Piercing (in

addition to any

other modes)

—

-1

—

+1 to attack rolls against Heavy

Armor when making a Piercing

attack; -1 to damage when making a

Slashing attack

Tapered blade, wide

+5 gp

—

+ 1/2 lb

Piercing (in

addition to any

other modes)

—

May not be used with Weapon

Finesse; +1 to attack rolls against

Heavy Armor when making a

Piercing attack; -1 to damage when

making a Slashing attack

Wavy blade

+4 gp

—

Extras: Materials

Adamantine

x150

—

+22

+1 Masterwork bonus on attack rolls.

Damascus steel

x10

—

+10

Fibreglass/

plastic composite

x0.25

—

x0.25

—

-2

—

-2

Mithralite

x15

—

x0.5

—

+14

+2 bonus to Initiative when armed

with this.

Obsidian & Wood

—

18–20/

—

x0.75

Slashing and

bludgeoning

-1

Only available as short sword,

arming sword, or longsword; weapon

becomes Exotic; damage reduces

Critical to 20/x2.

Pattern-welded steel

—

Recycled tool steel

x1.5

—

Stainless steel

x0.75

—

-2

—

Titanium alloy

—

x0.5

—

-2

Wood

x0.25

—

x0.75 or

Bludgeoning

-1

-2

Extras: Hilt & Guard*

Basket hilt

+4 gp

—

+ 1/4 lb. —

—

… as knuckleduster —

1d2

1d3

—

Bludgeoning

—

… as sword

—

sword

type

sword

type

—

As sword type

—

Bayonet attachment

+1 gp

Use

—

Short swords or arming swords only.

Shell hilt

+3 gp

—

Extras: Sharpening

Sharpening kit

2 gp

—

2 lb

—

Whetstone

2 cp

—

1/2 lb

—

*You can only have one Extra from the Blade/Edge shape list. *You can only have one Extra from the Hilt & Guard list.

Club-Sword, African: The African club-sword is

provided as a sample weapon made from wood . It’s

based on the statistics of the short sword, with the

wood materials modiﬁcations applied to them, but

other tribes may use club-swords that more closely

resemble longswords or other weapons.

Rapier: The rapier may superﬁcially resemble a

longsword, but tends to be a little longer and heavier

(despite perceptions to the contrary). In fact its blade

is more tapering than that of a longsword, and has a

very different balance, making the rapier best suited

to stabbing and lunging rather than slashing. You can

use the Weapon Finesse feat to apply your Dexterity

modiﬁer instead of your Strength modiﬁer to attack

rolls with a rapier sized for you, even though it isn’t

a light weapon for you. You can’t wield a rapier in

two hands in order to apply 1-1/2 times your Strength

bonus to damage.

Club-Sword, Aztec: The Aztec club-sword is

provided as a sample weapon made from obsidian and

wood. It’s based on the statistics of the longsword,

with the obsidian and wood materials modiﬁcations

applied to them. Aztec club-swords are the preferred

weapon of the Aztec Knight prestige class.

Rapier, Dueling: This is a rapier a good six inches

longer than usual, taking it to up to well over 4’

long in total. No other weapon combines speed and

deadliness to such a degree. Against anyone armed

with an ordinary melee weapon (that is, anything but

a weapon with reach, or another dueling rapier), the

wielder of the dueling rapier gains a +2 Circumstance

Bonus to initiative. You can’t wield a dueling rapier in

two hands in order to apply 1-1/2 times your Strength

bonus to damage.

Grosse Messer: A grosse messer (literally “big

knife”) is a long, heavy, curved, single-edged sword

popular among infantry for its effectiveness and

cheapness. A grosse messer is too large to use in one

hand without special training; thus, it is an exotic

weapon. A character can use a grosse messer two-

handed as a martial weapon.

Hanger: This hunting sword was designed for giving

the coup de grace to a wounded quarry. It was later

adopted by archers, who found it equally useful for

ﬁnishing off enemy soldiers they had downed with

arrow shot. Its short, heavy slashing blade is perfect

for beheading a foe. The German weapon known as a

“Messer” is similar.

Saber: The saber is a curving sword, but better

balanced and longer than a scimitar. It’s often used by

light cavalry who may need to dismount and wield it

on foot, and is equally effective in either role. You can

use the Weapon Finesse feat to apply your Dexterity

modiﬁer instead of your Strength modiﬁer to attack

rolls with a saber sized for you, even though it isn’t

a light weapon for you. You can’t wield a saber in

two hands in order to apply 1-1/2 times your Strength

bonus to damage.

Longsword: The longsword is the classic knight’s

sword, perfect for use as a primary weapon for a

warrior who wields a shield with the off-hand. A

longsword will invariably be between 3’ and 3’9”

long in total. It tends to have a reasonably long hilt

and a big pommel, so that it can be used two-handed

if desired, even if the second hand is predominantly

gripping the pommel rather than the handle. A

longsword with a basket hilt is known as a broadsword

in modern parlance, but tended to be called an Irish

sword, Gaelic sword, Highland sword, or claymore

(not to be confused with the two-handed sword of

the same name) when used by Irish and Scots troops

between the 16th and early 20th centuries.

Saber, Cavalry: Heavier and longer than standard

saber or sword, the cavalry saber is intended to be

used from horseback, where its weight is an advantage

for slashing down at the heads of infantry. On foot,

it is a little too heavy to be used effectively without

long practice or training, but it is the choice of

some experienced ﬁghting-men for the extremely

devastating wounds it can inﬂict. If used from

horseback as part of a Ride-By Attack, it may be

wielded as a martial weapon.

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