Hey there folks,
Today's news is going to be short, for we're preparing a little something for you later this this week! In the meantime, enjoy a picture of my cat hiding in a drawer.
He managed to open it on his own, but wasn't able to get out without help.
Blades of the Old Worlds
Popular opinion shows us that Tyrmar has nothing on Solasta! With 30% of the total votes, the Elven Thinblade takes the win, Runner-up was the Khopesh with 24%, with the Falchion, Da Dao and Katana all very close with around 15% of the votes each. Look forward to finding an Elven Thinblade during your travels in the Badlands!
Magic Armor Contest - The Rewards are out!
With everything that's been happening lately, we've been quite late at handing out the rewards. This should now be fixed, if you've participated in April's Contest just check out your Account Profile and you should see a shiny new trophy available!
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Nice blade, looks like your cat failed his Athletics check to escape 😉 could have been "Cat'astrophic" 🤣😂😁
Sad the Kopesh didn't make it but Elven was second favourite so it is ok :)
Yes! My favorite!
Love the cat. Not so much the elven tooth pic.
My poor khopesh! Don't believe what other people say; you're way better than some poncey elven vegetable sticker.
Part of what I'm curious about is this quote from the original voting article:
"On Tabletop, the Elven Thinblade first appeared in the Races of the Wild sourcebook (2005), and was quite ahead of the power curve when you consider that it was a weapon that dealt 1d8 dmg (like a longsword), had a 18-20 crit range (like a rapier), was versatile (could be wielded 2-handed for more damage) AND allowed weapon finesse (to swap strength for dexterity for damage)."
After which they said that it wouldn't be that powerful in the game. I think 5E ditched the increased crit threat range of Rapiers (and everything else), and Rapiers aren't versatile, but otherwise, it's pretty much a 5E Rapier already.
"it was a weapon that dealt 1d8 dmg (like a longsword)"...
Like a 5E Rapier.
"allowed weapon finesse (to swap strength for dexterity for damage)"...
Like a 5E Rapier.
I guess it does slashing rather than piercing? Otherwise it's kinda the same thing already.
I guess I'm just saying the base damage and finesse feature can't be too powerful, unless 5E Rapiers are also considered too powerful. Perhaps they just mean losing Versatile and increased critical threat range?
Just curious. :-)
Really, finessable with versatile is what makes it better than the rapier. Being able to 2H grip it to increase damage to 1d10+Dexmod+Sneak Attack eligible; and then add the -5 to hit for +10 damage feat since you can wield it two handed.
It just gets disgustingly gross damage numbers.
Will you post the Elven Thinblade (Solasta version) stats once you've determined them?
Thanks!