The title of this thread says it all. I'm considering playing a rogue in an upcoming campaign who would fight with a gladius...since rogues are proficient with short swords, and the rules for the gladius in Ultimate Combat state that feats and abilities that apply to short swords apply to the gladius, does that mean the character would be proficient with it? The rules just seem a tad unclear to me, since the gladius is listed as an entirely separate martial weapon.
agreed, since if you took the feat for SS proficiency it would work on gladius,
having a class ability do the same thing as the feat would also work...
it would be better if they just said proficiency is shared, but i think it would work fine.
Yup. The gladius is meant to be a warrior's primary weapon, where as the short sword acts as a backup weapon to the longsword/broadsword.
I like to keep weapons thematically restricted in my games (so very few katana in the Inner Sea), so I can't help but wonder where the Golarion gladius comes from.
i can see an argument for why it wouldn't apply...
feats that apply to SS apply to Gladius because it can be used like a SS...
but that isn't the ONLY way it can be used...
so if using Gladius features that diverge from a SS, that stuff shouldn't apply...?
Yup. The gladius is meant to be a warrior's primary weapon, where as the short sword acts as a backup weapon to the longsword/broadsword.
I like to keep weapons thematically restricted in my games (so very few katana in the Inner Sea), so I can't help but wonder where the Golarion gladius comes from.
The gladius is a gladiatorial weapon. It's probably available anywhere generically.
Apart from having the performance property the gladius is what a longsword should be: a light martial weapon with stats in between the dagger and longsword. Seriously, look at that thing in Valeros' left hand and tell me it can't do slashing damage.
Keep in mind the short sword is sorta SORTA also based on the 'Small Sword' or Court Swords of the 18th-19th Century (or it can be). I love the Gladius as a PFS weapon.Ironically? The real Gladius wasnt really designed as a slashing weapon and its primary use was to stab.
