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[Waxahachie]

I'm a little bit new to Hell on Earth material, but I've been looking into the Templar archetype recently, specifically with regards to the use of swords by Templars.

The core book has the stats for a (generic) sword, but are there stats for different types of swords? Or does it treat all swords like they're the same thing? I can certainly cobble together my own house rules for swords, but if there's something in the actual game materials that someone could point me to, I'd rather go with that.

Thanks!

[ValhallaGH]

A "Sword" is any bladed weapon with a blade length of 24 to 40 inches, and a short handle designed for one- or two-handed use. It is assumed that any functional sword has both an edge and a point.
Shorter weapons can be covered by the Machete or Big Knife entries.
Pole arms can be covered by the Spear or Fixed-Bayonet entries.

There are specific swords with variant stats, but those are unique weapons, usually with magical properties.


Was there a specific kind of sword that you wanted unique stats for? Because there's enough expertise on this forum to put it together pretty quickly.
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Clint, did you note that he's talking about Classic? Savage stats probably won't do him a lot of good.

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[ScooterinAB]

I always thought that a HoE sword was either a military saber or a handmade weapon. Swords aren't really that common nowadays, and anything bought from a knife store isn't actually a weapon that would hold up to a swing or two.

Thus, for me, more than one set of stats for swords isn't really needed.
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[VonDan]

In Classic HOE every Templar player says there PC was a friend of Jo's and that she gave them a matching pair of Katana and wakizashi with a special history.


I believe i read in a friends books (as the group i played with had 20 and 30 min role play conversations) that the Templar were founded by a former museum security guard who took a car load of the real stuff with him. The Templar are modeled after the Knight Templar so all there gear including swords should be that style, thus standard Templar Starting Sword is a Knight Long Swords.

By the time HOE takes place the Templar would have found a blacksmith to make swords or some of them would have learned how.

It is as much a matter of learning and doing with a hand craft. and by the time of HOE there wold be master sword makers again. I have a friend who started in the SCA knowing nothing and and in 10 or 15 years he makes full $10,000 suites of armor for museums... and swords
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[Waxahachie]

The Classic Hell on Earth supplement called The Last Crusaders discusses relics, one of which is Arthurian, and another from the 15th Century or so. It also talks about cavalry sabers. They all have special magical properties here, but never are base stats mentioned.

Most swords are likely to be cavalry sabers certainly. Some people like to go beyond generic, and my players are often descriptive in building their characters and giving me their background story and why they have what type of sword they ended up with.

I suppose I could shoot down their concept and force a cavalry saber on them, or just give it the same stats and tell them to just pretend that it's really different. The player probably would be willing to go either way. But I thought I'd see if there really were any different stats for different blades. Which it seems there aren't. And that makes sense, as swords really aren't a crucial part of this era.

In any case, I looked at my copy of Savage World Deluxe and have used the stats for the different sword types listed there and am using them as something of a template.

[Clint]

You know I just looked at my copy of HOE Classic, and really all the stats are there.

The listed "sword" covers long swords and scimitars.
The "machete" covers short swords and sabers.
The "large knife" covers rapiers.
And the "great axe" works as the stats for a great sword too.

Pretty much any sword will fall under one of those groups; long, short, light, or huge.
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