The ASI modifier being the damage you deal on a miss is genius. I'd rule that it is bludgeoning damage not slashing

@verityverri6506

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Why bludgeoning? Oõ

@ruga-ventoj

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​@@verityverri6506 basically because if the attack "misses", sometimes its not a full miss but a block due to shields, armor, or opposing weapons. Thus an attack that is blocked hurts due to momentum and force

Never got to comment on this, but after watching the long sword video wanted to give props for both this and that. Bravo, sir. Excellent content.

What would also fit would be an ability to fight against multiple opponents. Greatswords are really good at this. Maybe a weak second attack against an additional enemy or the ability to stop a second enemy

In 5e, the greatsword gets even better if you use the Great Weapon Fighter fighting style because you are much likely to roll a 1 or 2 on d6 dice rather than on a d12.

There are also greatswords dedicated to stabbing rather than slashing, like the estoc.

Personally, I would have looked into weapons like the Montante or Spadone, rather than just focusing on Holy Roman "battle swords." One thing that such comparisons neglect is the use of great swords by bodyguards. Even in the context of German (and explicitly not Swiss) mercenaries, they were mostly used by the "Satellites" of company officers. In such contexts, it was chiefly used as an area denial weapon, optimized to counter and drive back a greater number of enemies. To that end, I might lean toward a Slashing/Bludgeoning combo rather than piercing. I've made mention of using Tasha's weapon damage feats as universal rules before and the knockback mechanic of the Crusher feat would help to simulate the ability of the weapon to drive an enemy away. Even the special critical effect would not be wholly unreasonable in most cases, given the scale of the weapon. That aside though, there are some clear and important distinctions between a two-handed "longsword" and "great sword." In most cases the sword was a side arm, designed to be worn at the hip and be drawn at a moment's notice. Great swords were much longer, often of a size with a pole weapon and as such, were difficult to wear in such a way that made them accessible. In a D&D context, weapons with the "Heavy" property might require a full action to draw in combat, encouraging martial characters to carry an auxiliary weapon (ie: Longsword) for self-defense.

@jansteinhaus5821

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You cannot wear most greatswords, you either carry them with you and have them in your hand when a fight begins or they are somewhere out of reach, best case scenario would be on an adjacent mule.

nice video. I learned quite a bit, and I appreciate the historical context alongside the mechanical analysis over editions. Will be exploring more of this series

It's a lot easier when you use "Short Sword", "Sword", "Longsword", and "Greatsword", but I like the way Shadiversity did it.

Great video! Love this series, good job. I disagree on the type XVa being an example of greatswords. Any longsword long and heavy enough could be considered a greatsword: types XII, XIII, XVIa or XXa could be considered as such. But it's important to have in mind that Oakeshott typology is for medieval swords while true greatswords (spadone, montante or zweihander) come truly in shape and use at the end of the XV century.

While not called a greatsword, I believe that AD&D 2e had the first greatsword, simply called the Two-Handed Sword, yet still being a larger weapon than the longsword. I believe it hit for 1d10 vs. Medium or smaller creatures or 2d6 vs. Larger creatures, though I could be wrong on that.

@altrolerpg

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Based on the tables I could find, it appears to have dealt 3d6 vs larger creatures (Damage Range Listed: 3-18), but you're exactly right! Essentially the same weapon in spirit, just not in name

@DawnOfElaris

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3d6 does make more sense, I realized afterward longswords are d12 vs. Large

Weapons: SWORD, it comes in D6 to D12 damage, Unique Flourish when wielded two handed that deals a chain of damage. D10 sword deals: D10,D8,D6 D4. Is that D10 sword a Hand and half sword, or Broad sword? Does not matter/Do not care, damage and what I can do with it. Is that D12 a Greatsword or Zweihander? No Katana, but again the dead goblins will never know! Dagger: D4 damage, but Unique: No Disadvantage on called shots. Making daggers great for stealth builds, and dispatching single targets ... NINJA!

All these words you spoke, and not one of them was Claymore. For shame!

I know you probably get this a lot, and please dont take this as me not appreciating this content (I think it is great), but I would definitely like a revisit of this series that specifically excludes pathfinder options in the "fixes". Pathfinder did a way better job giving life to the equipment in their system and in nearly every weapon's case the pathfinder's weapon groups, crit effects and traits would be an improvement on the 5th ed version. Instead of just turning 5e weapons into pathfinder weapons it would be cool to hear one extra idea you think could properly represent these weapons in a tabletop system.

@themasterseye

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Or maybe just at the end of the series doing an additional video with 1-2 points on each weapon?