Searching for Feat: Scimitar as a Light Weapon?

[Rodger Graham]

I believe there is some feat that allows you to wield a scimitar as if it were a light weapon (for use with Weapon Finesse, etc.), but I can't seem to locate the exact feat anywhere. It has something to do with the dervishes of Sarenrae, I believe. Anyone know what supplement I can find this in?

Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks.

[vuron]

Dervish Dance

The Dervish Dance feat doesn't make it a light weapon but makes it so you can use dex for to hit and damage with the scimitar.

Note: Since it's not a light weapon your ability to use it with twf builds is curtailed.

[Rodger Graham]

Thank you so much.

[Morain]

How about Oversized Two-Weapon Fighting from Complete Adventurer I think it was in 3.5. Would that be allowable in your game?

[jakebacon]

I was just looking at that feat earlier today. I'm trying to make a dex-based druid that primarily uses a flame blade for melee but haven't gotten much further than a halfling or gnome with Dervish Dance.

[TheWhiteknife]

Also from 3.5 there was a feat from Dungeon magazine, dont recall the issue number, but it featured "The Champions Games" from the AOW AP. IIRC, it was called "Graceful strike" and the benefit was explicitly that scimitars were treated as light weapons as well as, once again IIRC, +1 AC when wielding a scimitar in one hand and nothing in the other

[Spring Heeled Jack]

Thats odd, because scimitars are no bigger than rapiers...

[Spring Heeled Jack]

And they were made for speed and maneuverability

[Dabbler]

Spring Heeled Jack wrote:

Thats odd, because scimitars are no bigger than rapiers...

True, but it's quicker to thrust than to slash.

[Lyrax]

Though where a scimitar really cleans up (er, makes a mess?), if you ask me, is in the draw-cut. That curve in the blade makes a draw cut nice and deep.

And rapiers were sort of a singular exception in the first place, that they could be finessed in spite of being non-light weapons.

[kyrt-ryder]

Dabbler wrote:

Spring Heeled Jack wrote:

Thats odd, because scimitars are no bigger than rapiers...

True, but it's quicker to thrust than to slash.

this actually depends on one's fighting style. Sure a 'cleaving sweep' type slash takes longer than a thrust, but a thrusting weapon requires a lot of time to recover after an attack compared to a slashing weapon that's used in a fluid manner.

[Dabbler]

kyrt-ryder wrote:

Dabbler wrote:

Spring Heeled Jack wrote:

Thats odd, because scimitars are no bigger than rapiers...

True, but it's quicker to thrust than to slash.

this actually depends on one's fighting style. Sure a 'cleaving sweep' type slash takes longer than a thrust, but a thrusting weapon requires a lot of time to recover after an attack compared to a slashing weapon that's used in a fluid manner.

All depends. Generally thrusting weapons have the edge in speed, slashing ones in damage.

[Pendagast]

sabres are closer to rapiers and in this game has been listed as "the slashing cousin to the rapier".

Scimitars are considerably more metal and heft than a rapier.

[Varthanna]

Doesnt the Dervish PrC from Complete Warrior turn Scimitars into light weapons?

[Urizen]

Varthanna wrote:

Doesnt the Dervish PrC from Complete Warrior turn Scimitars into light weapons?

Yes.