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Originally Posted by Skarg
It seems to me that whether a rapier is a cutting weapon depends on whether you imagine a rapier is a smallsword (a short light sword with a sharp point but little or no blade) or a fully bladed heavy rapier, which can be about as heavy as what TFT calls a broadsword.
Since TFT's "rapier" is the lightest possible sword type with the lowest damage, I tend to think it would be more like a smallsword rather than a full rapier.
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I agree. If you haven't handled one, the historical rapier is a surprisingly serious object that likely deserves a higher damage stat and ST requirement. My house rules introduce the 'side sword', a ST 11, 2d-1 sword that can be used with the Fencing talent; this is effectively the equivalent of a historical rapier.