On Swords, Blades and the Song of Swords

[Icelander]

I added a note about armour-piercing blades to the posts above, accounting for the estoc and stiletto and making it possible to make these in any size.

Here are the stats for a 12" stiletto (built by applying the Armour-Piercing Blade and Thrusting Sword options to a Large Knife) and an estoc with a 40" blade (Longsword with an Armour-Piercing Blade option applied).

TL		Weapon	Damage	Reach	Parry	Cost	Weight	ST	Notes

	KNIFE (DX-4, Force Sword-3, Main-Gauche-3, or Shortsword-3)
4	Long Stiletto	sw-3 cr	C, 1	-1	$160	1	6	[3]
	or	thr-2(2) imp	C	-1	–	–	6	[4,6]	

	MAIN-GAUCHE (DX-5, Jitte/Sai 4, Knife 4, Rapier 3, Saber 3, or Smallsword 3)	
4	Long Stiletto	sw-3 cr	C, 1	0F	$160	1	6	[3]
	or	thr-2(2) imp	C	0F	–	–	6	[4,6]
	
	TWO-HANDED SWORD (DX-5, Broadsword-4, or Force Sword-4)
3	Long Estoc	sw+1 cr	1	0	$2,800	4	9†
	or	thr+1(2) imp	1,2	0	–	–	9†	[6]
	
Notes:
[3] Gives a -1 to skill when used to swing.
[4] Gives +1 to skill with a thrust.
[6] Reduces the penalty for targeting chinks in armour by -2.