Weapons and proficiencies

[toli]

I think this type of question has come up before, but I couldn't find it in the archive section...

Can I happily use a cut and thrust sword with my longsword proficiency.  Obviously only the longsword maneuvers would be available unless I defaulted to cut and thrust.

NT

[Brian Leybourne]

It's certainly around here somewhere (been discussed before). Think of the proficiencies as being the set of maneuvers you know more than the specific weapon itself. Thus I would let someone use their longsword proficiency to swing an approximately longsword-sized club around (but the damage would be different, of course) because what they're using still feels pretty much like what they're used to.

Cut & Thrust using Longsword proficiency? Quite possibly, except that Cut & Thrust weapons are lighter and smaller than a Long Sword so I would probably enforce the default (-3 in this case) to account for the weight etc difference anyway. That's IMO, of course.

Brian.

[Jake Norwood]

If you're using it like a longsword, than yes. That means a complex hilt will get in the way, and the shortened handle will be a problem, but yes, you can, albeit the default might be closer to the "right" way to use a C&T.

Jake

[toli]

Thanks for the reply.  The issues of the hilt and weight differences are what made me question the whole idea.  I generally thought they would be different enough to warrant using the default instead...

NT