Snap Sword (3.5e Equipment)

Snap Sword

Exotic Two-Handed Melee Critical: x2 Range Increment: — Type: slashing Hardness: 10
Size	Cost1	Damage	Weight1	hp
Fine	*	—	*	1
Diminutive	*	—	*	1
Tiny	*	—	*	2
Small	60 gp	1d8 (+sunder bonus, varying damage; see description)	2.5 lb.	5
Medium	60 gp	2d6 (+sunder bonus, varying damage; see description)	5 lb.	10
Large	120gp	3d6(+sunder bonus, varying damage; see description)	10 lb.	20
Huge	*	—	*	40
Gargantuan	*	—	*	80
Colossal	*	—	*	160
The SRD only gives a means to determine costs and weights of weapons for Large and Small versions based on the Medium weapons. Any other supplied values are the author's best determination.

A Snap Hammer is a hefty metal bar with sharpened cutouts designed to catch and break bladed weapons. They come in many designs, but all function the same way. A Snap Sword uses leverage to fracture a weapon by countering momentum. This can only be done with a skilled combatant wielding a snap sword, and requires a dodge bonus to accomplish.

Snap Swords are specially designed for sundering. They are made for breaking blades during combat.

Snap swords have a special ability. When fighting defensively or using the Total Defense full-round action in combat, upon successfully defending an attack by a bladed weapon while wielding a snap sword, the attacker must roll for damage and the damage must be applied to their weapon. Add your dodge bonus to the damage dealt (+2 for Fighting Defensively, +4 for Total Defense, and other bonuses).

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