2 bladed sword

[GreyLord]

One aspect that I really liked in 3.X was the two bladed sword. It's time for me to create a new character, and building on that concept I'm thinking of using a two bladed sword.

I feel that I could use a Ranger for this, though I'm thinking maybe using some of the feats from the Martial Power for a fighter build instead.

Any ideas on how to present the two bladed sword to the DM so that he would think it's acceptable...and what powers would be the best to take for this.

I'm jumping into an ongoing campaign already, they are currently doing one of the portions of the Tomb of Horrors, and then it sounds like if we survive that, we'll go into the Revenge of the Giants.

 

[Abstruse]

Just reskin a two-weapon Ranger's dual longswords or whatever weapon it is as a single double-bladed weapon. Won't make any mechanical difference, it'd just be all fluff.

 

[Peraion Graufalke]

The two-bladed sword of 3.X seems to be the equivalent of the double sword found in the Adventurer's Vault and updated here.

It works quite well for tempest fighters with powers like Rain of Blows. It's a light blade, so take a look at powers with appropriate riders - Dragon #366/Dragon Annual 2009 has some, for example. MCing into rogue is also a viable option.

If you're looking for a heavy blade version, there's the double scimitar from the Eberron Player's Guide, updated in the link above.

 

[ffy]

page 9 of adventurer's vault lists a double sword, its a d8/d8 weapon, one end is heavy blade with defensive, the other is light blade with off hand.
page 10 has a sidebar:

DOUBLE WEAPONS
Wielding a double weapon is like wielding a weapon in each hand. The first die given in the damage column of the table for a double weapon is for the primary (or main) end of the weapon; the second damage die is for the secondary (or off-hand) end. You can use either end of a double weapon to deliver an attack unless a power specifies a main or off-hand weapon attack.
An enchanted double weapon receives an enhancement bonus on both ends, but weapon properties or powers conferred by the enchantment affect only the primary end of the weapon. Like two-handed weapons, double weapons cannot normally be wielded by Small creatures unless the weapon has the small property.

you could easily use the double sword as listed for your ranger powers.

 

[Dice4Hire]

page 9 of adventurer's vault lists a double sword, its a d8/d8 weapon, one end is heavy blade with defensive, the other is light blade with off hand.
page 10 has a sidebar:


you could easily use the double sword as listed for your ranger powers.

There is eratta on the sword, it is no longer this.

 

[ffy]

ah, sorry for spreading misinformation. only recently got into d&d and im not quite used to checking errata on everything i find in books (yet)

 

[Klaus]

One aspect that I really liked in 3.X was the two bladed sword. It's time for me to create a new character, and building on that concept I'm thinking of using a two bladed sword.

I feel that I could use a Ranger for this, though I'm thinking maybe using some of the feats from the Martial Power for a fighter build instead.

Any ideas on how to present the two bladed sword to the DM so that he would think it's acceptable...and what powers would be the best to take for this.

I'm jumping into an ongoing campaign already, they are currently doing one of the portions of the Tomb of Horrors, and then it sounds like if we survive that, we'll go into the Revenge of the Giants.

Easy as pie: take a quarterstaff as a weapon, take the Staff Fighting feat, describe it as a dual-bladed sword.

 

[KarinsDad]

Easy as pie: take a quarterstaff as a weapon, take the Staff Fighting feat, describe it as a dual-bladed sword.

It's better to use the double sword, or to just use two swords, one in each hand with fluff as a single weapon (with the appropriate abilities to use them).

Using a quarterstaff results in problems for Character Builder when you want to add a magical weapon, but the type of magical properties only applies to bladed weapons.

 

[Klaus]

If the CB is an issue (bacuse you want a blade-only enchantment), sure. But if you want, say, a defensive weapon, the quarterstaff works.

 

[Aexalon]

The double sword still is defensive, but is now a light blade (d6 & defensive & off-hand / d6 & off-hand). A Quarterstaff with Staff Fighting is a staff (d8 & defensive & stout / d8 & off-hand).