Drow Bastard Sword of the Weapon Master 6 Enhancement Bonus 6 Enhancement Bonus 6 enhancement bonus to attack and damage rolls Maiming Maiming This weapon has a twisted haft or grip and spikes along its blade, head, or point #5 Actually, a longsword is a twohanded sword The word "longsword" gets used to mean what is basically, depending on the depiction, either a broadsword, bastard sword or onehanded sword The fault lies in D&D, which has inappropriately called the most basic onehanded sword larger than a shortsword a longswordA bastard sword is an exception to that rule that you can't wield a twohanded weapon in one hand, but you must have special training to use the bastard sword this way Without that special training, wielding a bastard sword onehanded is as impossible as
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