Twinblade (3.5e Equipment)

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Twinblade

Exotic Two-Handed Melee

Cost:	70 gp gp
Damage (Small):	1d4/1d4
Damage (Medium)1:	1d6/1d6
Critical:	19–20/×2
Weight2:	5 lbs
Type3:	Slashing or Piercing
HP4:	10
Hardness:	10

1. See Damage Increases by Size to calculate the damage for a weapon larger than Medium or smaller than Small.
2. Weight figures are for Medium weapons. A Small weapon weighs half as much, and a Large weapon weighs twice as much.
3. When two types are given, the weapon is both types if the entry specifies "and", either type (player's choice at time of attack) if the entry specifies "or", or each end of the double weapon is a different type if the entry specifies "/".
4. The hp value given is for Medium armor, weapons, and shields. Divide by 2 for each size category of the item smaller than Medium, or multiply it by 2 for each size category larger than Medium.

It appears very similar to a two-blade sword, but it's lighter in frame, though not much shorter, allowing a lot more maneuverability with it. It's used for flashy combat style and some cultures adapted the connected martial art as a form of performance.

If you are proficient with it, you may perform the following maneuvers:

Sideways Guard: If you have the Two-Weapon Fighting feat, you may act as if you had All Sides Defense. If you already have it, or later gain it, you gain its secondary effect wheter or not you meet its requirement.

Spinning Strike: If you use a Whirlwind Attack you may strike with both ends of the blade, rolling two times. This doesn't count as Two-Weapon Fighting, and so doesn't have any penalty to the roll.

A twinblade is a double weapon. You can fight with it as if fighting with two weapons, but if you do, you incur all the normal attack penalties associated with fighting with two weapons, just as if you were using a one-handed weapon and a light weapon. A creature wielding a twinblade in one hand can’t use it as a double weapon—only one end of the weapon can be used in any given round.

You can use the Weapon Finesse feat to apply your Dexterity modifier instead of your Strength modifier to attack rolls with a twinblade sized for you, even though it isn’t a light weapon for you. You can wield a twinblade in two hands in order to apply 1-1/2 times your Strength bonus to damage, but doing so prevents you from using your Dexterity for attack rolls.

If you lack exotic proficiency but you are proficient with the longsword, you may use the twinblade as such, but just one of the two blade at any time, changing between them as a move action that doesn't provoke attacks of opportunity.

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