Falx?

[Leon]

Is there anything in the various massive array of DnD books that gives stats for a Falx or should i just upsize a Kukri or invert a Scimitar.

Our party has the remains of a Slaughterstone Eviscerator, namely its blades and are looking to make some use of all the preshaped Adamantine. I couldnt recall the name of the weapon at the time but a quick search fixed that. The Falx looks to be a more useful item to have over a sycthe which was the DMs offer at the time.

[Yora]

The falx is pretty much what a scythe used for combat should look like.

[Greenish]

I should think that, depending on the length of the shaft, scimitar, falchion or glaive stats would be a pretty good approximation.

Because in D&D, curved blade means high crit range, straight blade is medium crit range, and axes are poor crit range/high crit modifier.

[Leon]

Ok, Thanks for the quick replies.
Given the size of these things i'd hazard a falchion would be close in size.
Just was wondering if there were anying more than sycthe like etc.

[Greenish]

Ok, Thanks for the quick replies.
Given the size of these things i'd hazard a falchion would be close in size.
Just was wondering if there were anying more than sycthe like etc.

Do you mean "scythe-like" as in by description, or by mechanics (lower damage/very high crit modifier & trip)?

Talenta Tangat is a "curved blade mounted on a short haft", but it does curve the wrong way. Talenta Sharrash also has the head affixed in wrong angle by the picture, though the description would be pretty spot on: it "consist of a sickle-like blade in the end of a long pole". (I've understood the larger falx were polearms.)

[Psyx]

Use a falchion for Dacian falx and scimitars for smaller ones, I'd say.

[Shademan]

FALX


Warschyte(the kind thats in the PHB)

yeah, theyre pretty much the same methinks

[Fax Celestis]

...and here I thought someone had a question for me. Silly me, learn to not omit letters.

[Keld Denar]

Is it bad that I thought the same thing? Then I realized that the L is on the other side of the keyboard from both A and X, so it would be one hellova fat finger to pull off...

[tenshiakodo]

The Falx is used in a completely different fashion than a scythe, however. It's used to make overhead strikes; it's intended to pierce shields (as shown in the picture) and enemy helmets.

The Dacian Falx, in particular, is often described as a polearm.

Ugh, I better stop before I start sounding like a katana fanboy, lol. I guess there's nothing wrong with using a scythe's stats, although I think a Falx would be a high crit range weapon instead of a high crit damage one.

[Fax Celestis]

The Falx is used in a completely different fashion than a scythe, however. It's used to make overhead strikes; it's intended to pierce shields (as shown in the picture) and enemy helmets.

The Dacian Falx, in particular, is often described as a polearm.

Ugh, I better stop before I start sounding like a katana fanboy, lol. I guess there's nothing wrong with using a scythe's stats, although I think a Falx would be a high crit range weapon instead of a high crit damage one.

Take scythe.
Make scythe 17-20/x2 instead of 20/x4.
Call it a day.

[Greenish]

Take scythe.
Make scythe 17-20/x2 instead of 20/x4.
Call it a day.

That's a higher crit range than any other martial weapon. In fact, I can't think of any exotic weapons with such a high crit range.

So, a keen falx, 13-20/x2. Nifty.

[Spiryt]

And thus I think that's just a mistake, and 18 - 20 is proper answer

Anyway, take a falchion, call it " falx" - done. Weapon qualities in 3.5 are anyway completely abstract, so you can pretty much do whatever you like with existing stat blocks.

[PersonMan]

Take scythe.
Make scythe 17-20/x2 instead of 20/x4.
Call it a day.

I thought we were talking about falxes, not days.

I have nothing more to contribute, other than saying: Yeah, this works.

[Greenish]

And thus I think that's just a mistake, and 18 - 20 is proper answer

I thought it might've been a mistake, but if it's 2-handed slashing weapon, 2d4 18-20/x2, I'd be more inclined to call it "falchion with tripping" instead of "modified scythe".

Oh well, that's just how my head works.

[Spiryt]

Tripping should go to hell IMO, it overpowers the scythe stat block a bit, and really there's nothing inherently more suitable for tripping in falx than in you average two handed axe.

[Fax Celestis]

That's a higher crit range than any other martial weapon. In fact, I can't think of any exotic weapons with such a high crit range.

So, a keen falx, 13-20/x2. Nifty.

You're spending a feat on it already. It should be better.

[Greenish]

Tripping should go to hell IMO, it overpowers the scythe stat block a bit, and really there's nothing inherently more suitable for tripping in falx than in you average two handed axe.

But without tripping it would have the same exact stats as a falchion, so suggesting to modifying a scythe into one seems rather superfluous.

[Edit]:

You're spending a feat on it already. It should be better.

Ah, you're suggesting it should be exotic?

[Spiryt]

But without tripping it would have the same exact stats as a falchion, so suggesting to modifying a scythe into one seems rather superfluous.

Those are freaking 2 numbers : damage and crit, how does it matter what "modifies " into what?

Besides, that's exactly what I have said :

Anyway, take a falchion, call it " falx" - done. Weapon qualities in 3.5 are anyway completely abstract, so you can pretty much do whatever you like with existing stat blocks.

[Greenish]

Those are freaking 2 numbers : damage and crit, how does it matter what "modifies " into what?

Yes, but I was trying to make heads or tails out of Fax's suggestion. (He apparently meant the 17-20 crit range, too.)

And how does it matter? Well, telling someone to modify a scythe's stats until they're identical to a falchion is just silly, and Fax ain't, which caused some confusion for me.

[Roland St. Jude]

...and here I thought someone had a question for me. Silly me, learn to not omit letters.

I thought we were going to talk about the rare AD&D Module R1 - To the Aid of Falx, so you're not alone in your disappointment.

[Fax Celestis]

But without tripping it would have the same exact stats as a falchion, so suggesting to modifying a scythe into one seems rather superfluous.

[Edit]:Ah, you're suggesting it should be exotic?

Absolutely. A scythe, which we are basing it upon, is exotic.

[Greenish]

Absolutely. A scythe, which we are basing it upon, is exotic.

It is?

(3.5) SRD lists it as a martial weapon, at least.

[Psyx]

Absolutely. A scythe, which we are basing it upon, is exotic.

Bets? I don't think so, Stiiiiiimpy...

[Fax Celestis]

Bets? I don't think so, Stiiiiiimpy...

GAH. NWN has ruined my memory. You could probably make it martial, but I'd make it a 18-20. 17-20 as exotic would be neat, and would make taking the feat an interesting option for two-handed critfishers.

[Matthew]

I thought we were going to talk about the rare AD&D Module R1 - To the Aid of Falx, so you're not alone in your disappointment.

Ha, you know I never made that association before. The number of threads started with something similar to this title over the years clued me in straight away, but I love the monochrome front cover of R1:

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No falx in evidence, however!

[Leon]

So maybe a bonus to Sunder items of armour as well as trip and the threat range.

Which in the case of these ones would be rather brutal as they are Adamantine.

[Greenish]

So maybe a bonus to Sunder items of armour as well as trip and the threat range.

I don't think you can sunder armour. However, 17-20 crit range with tripping sounds quite decent for an exotic weapon, if you want it to be one.

I could definitely see it as a martial weapon with falchion's stats too, but in the end it'll be your DM's call.

[Shademan]

The Falx is used in a completely different fashion than a scythe, however. It's used to make overhead strikes; it's intended to pierce shields (as shown in the picture) and enemy helmets.

The Dacian Falx, in particular, is often described as a polearm.

Ugh, I better stop before I start sounding like a katana fanboy, lol. I guess there's nothing wrong with using a scythe's stats, although I think a Falx would be a high crit range weapon instead of a high crit damage one.

youre thinking of a farming scythe, not a military schyte, which is VERY simillar to a flax.

[arguskos]

youre thinking of a farming scythe, not a military schyte, which is VERY simillar to a flax.

Why are we talking about grain? Are we threshing flax seed now? HARHARBADJOKEISBAD