Adding Hooks to Swords

[Tomsdad]

Originally Posted by Sindri

Most of that is just petty annoyances, not things that will actually impact anything. Affecting fast draw is significant though. On the other hand things like Hook Swords don't have a penalty and I can see scabbard constructions that don't feel like they should give a -1.

TBH I think hook swords are more an esoteric oddity than a regular used weapon of war. I don't think they were ever really developed with the practicalities of scabbards in mind since I'm guessing they we're mainly on display or in hand, not attached to the body.

Hook weapons actually used in combat (i.e not police work) with more practical use are longer polearms, good at 'helping' rich chaps in armour dismount.

Don't get me wrong rule of cool says your shaolin adventurer should have one, and he should have one in a cool 'made by secret monks' quick release scabbard. But when I see a hu tou gou in action (in pairs no less) I tend to think of an accident waiting to happen..