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===From the [[V8]] [[Rulebook]]===
 
===From the [[V8]] [[Rulebook]]===
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[[Image:1932.89.119.jpg|right|thumb| The pata is a double-edged tapering long-sword with a katar-like punch grip inside an integral steel hand-guard and vambrace (arm guard). Said to be the most effective and hardest to master of all Indian swords, the pata was essentially a cavalry weapon used variously from the 16th to the 19th centuries by Moghuls in northern India, Hindu Mahrathas and Sikhs in the Punjab.]]
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[[File:Long sword.jpg|thumb|80px| Swiss longsword, ca. 1500 (Morges museum)]]
 
A [[melee weapon]] that:
 
A [[melee weapon]] that:
 
# May stab and slash.
 
# May stab and slash.

Revision as of 22:41, 2 February 2015

From the V8 Rulebook

Swiss longsword, ca. 1500 (Morges museum)

A melee weapon that:

  1. May stab and slash.
  2. Over 36” up to a maximum of 48”.
  3. At least 2/3rds of its length must be padded.
  4. If used to slash at least 2/3rds of its length must be Strike-Legal.
  5. Allows for 1/3rd of its length to be substituted for Heavy Padding.
  6. May be Double-Ended.

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