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Entifidich
Ebon Hand Cultist
(1/7/04 2:07 am)
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Small equipment??
Are there any small-sized weapons in this module?
Again, after searching the wole book, I can't remeber seeing any small-sized humanoids who might be wielding a weapon or armor that could be used by halflings.
Am I wrong or does the player of a halfling character have to buy the equipment he'll need and won't ever find anything useful?
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srmilich
Tolling Bell Cultist
(1/7/04 2:18 am)
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Re: Small equipment??
I don't think any of the NPC's have small equipment. The only small characters I remember are Descritaad the halfling, who uses a scimitar two-handed, and Firre the gnome, who I think uses an axe (don't have my books to verify). Questin Himble, a halfling from Hommlet uses a dagger, but thats about it.
I think your halfling will have to buy equipment.
Just in case I misunderstand, you are not talking about 3.5 small equipment, are you? Like a small longsword or something? This module was written pre 3.5, it only has small, medium and large sized weapons.
Hope that helps in some small way.
Cheers,
Simon.
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Cordo Crowfoot
Deathmantle Cultist
(1/7/04 3:52 am)
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Re: Small equipment??
If you are using 3.5 weapon sizes I would pick about 20% of the weapons, best being the ones that make the most sense, and size them to small.
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Entifidich
Ebon Hand Cultist
(1/7/04 4:25 am)
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Re: Small equipment??
Thanks, I'll do like Cordo suggested.
I was indeed talking about the 3.5 rules where a medium-sized shortsword counts as a longsword when wielded by a halfling.
But I also just thought about something.
If they find a dagger, the halfling can still use it as a shortsword. In that case it won't be that much of a difference I think.
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 Infiniti2000
Brother of Venom
(1/7/04 7:03 am)
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Re: Small equipment??
Descritad would have Small weapons in her bag of holding, in D'Gran's room I think is where it's located. Anything Firre is using would also be Small. Other than that, I don't believe anything is Small by default, although you can make any random treasure (not associated with a body, like the skeleton in the pool by Vranthis) Small, if you want.
"I was indeed talking about the 3.5 rules where a medium-sized shortsword counts as a longsword when wielded by a halfling."
This is not true. A character using an inappropriately sized weapon gets a -2 penalty, cumulative for each size difference. It also changes the weapon's designation (light, one-handed, two-handed).
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Andorax
Brother of Venom
(1/7/04 7:16 am)
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Re: Small equipment??
Although true, what Infiniti2000 didn't mention is that there is also a variant rule in the 3.5 DMG for counting "certain" weapons as equivalent when sized up/down, and avoiding the -2 penalty as a result.
For example Shortsword <-> Longsword <-> Greatsword. A Large Shortsword (light) counts as a Medium Longsword (one-handed) and a Medium Longsword (one-handed) counts as a Small Greatsword (two-handed).
This variant rule is particularly helpful in a 3.0 module converted to 3.5, since the 3.5 module didn't take into account weapon sizing in the same manner.
Likely, Descritad's weapon is either a regular Medium Scimitar (with variant rules) or a Small Falchon (if you aren't using the variant described above).
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