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Sword, sidesword
Sword, Blade, Sidearm, Civilian, Dueling, Pirate, Courtier, Latin Europe
The term ‘sidesword’ is a modern term used to refer to a certain class of civilian swords midway between an arming sword or cut-thrust sword and a rapier. There has been much debate over the definition or even use of this term, but for game purposes it means a double-edged civilian cut-and-thrust weapon derived from the cut-thrust sword (see Sword, Cut-Thrust) which is similar and overlaps considerably with this type. Some ‘sideswords’ fall into the Oakeshott XIX category, others are outside the basic Oakeshott typology. The sidesword is characterized by a slim, strait or slightly tapering blade, and a guard featuring a 'complex hilt' of some kind, with such features as finger rings, a knucklebow, side rings, and / or thumb rings.
Civilian sword, German, late 16th Century Spada da Lato, Italian, mid 16th Century Sword of the robes, Catalan, 16th Century
Name | Size | Reach | Speed | Defense | Base Damage | Attack Types | Primary Attack Types | Armor Pierce | Grapple | Hardness | HP |
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Sword, sidesword | M | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1-6 | SCP | SP | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 |