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Trickster
2024-04-22, 06:19 AM
What could I conceivably do to one scimitar as a player? 5e was so barren on the subject I don't have many ideas on how to implement it into my upcoming campaign.

Beni-Kujaku
2024-04-22, 06:53 AM
What could I conceivably do to one scimitar as a player? 5e was so barren on the subject I don't have many ideas on how to implement it into my upcoming campaign.

What do you mean "do to a scimitar"? Do you mean "how could I use a scimitar"? In combat or outside of combat? Or do you mean "How could I modify a scimitar to make it better"? Probably with magic or special materials. Or do you mean "how can I break somebody else's scimitar"? As in sundering it, or removing its magic, or making it otherwise ineffective?

As is, I'm not sure what it is you are asking.

Trickster
2024-04-22, 07:33 AM
Ah, my bad. I meant how could I improve a scimitar?

pabelfly
2024-04-22, 07:54 AM
Ah, my bad. I meant how could I improve a scimitar?

First, there are various different materials you can make a scimitar out of (see here (https://forums.giantitp.com/showthread.php?442820-Special-Materials-Index))

You can create a masterwork version of a weapon (adding +1 to attack rolls), make it magical (adding +1 to damage rolls), and then there are various magical enchantments you can add to weapons (see here (https://www.enworld.org/threads/d-d-3-5-weapon-special-abilities-handbook-thread-jwt.471593/))

There are various modifications you can make to the weapon itself, such as adding a crystal and a weapon template (see here (https://web.archive.org/web/20140309180825/http://brilliantgameologists.com/boards/index.php?topic=12837))

The character wielding a scimitar can take various feats to improve how they use a scimitar, like Weapon Focus, Weapon Specialization, Improved Critical and so forth. A few weapon styles require the use of a weapon like a scimitar to work too.

There are also spells that can be cast to improve how the weapon works.

And I've probably missed a few things in that list.

Kurald Galain
2024-04-22, 07:58 AM
Ah, my bad. I meant how could I improve a scimitar?

Play a Magus. Because they can use their weapon's crit range with spell attacks, and scimitar has a very good crit range.

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