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.

Name	Size	Reach	Speed	Defense	Base Damage	Attack Types	Primary Attack Types	Armor Pierce	Grapple	Hardness	HP
Sword, sidesword	M	4	4	4	1-6	SCP	SP	0	0	10	3

Civilian sword, German, late 16th Century


Spada da Lato, Italian, mid 16th Century


Sword of the robes, Catalan, 16th Century