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26th-Aug-2009 03:05 pm
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-The Gneech
The word "scimitar" best evokes the distinctive shape of the weapon that you wish to wield. There absolutely were oversized, two-handed scimitars. (A Falchion is similiar in that it's a single-edged slashing weapon, but it tends to lack the iconic shape.) In my opinion, call your weapon a Two-Handed Scimitar and pick a 2-handed weapon with stats you like and use those numbers.
Also, if you want another idea for a cool-looking sword, check out the Khopesh.
> It is often hard to find exact matches between real-world and D&D swords
> due to the fact that there was an extreme variation in designs and the
> titles we use are simply generalizations.
> ...
Indeed, and I might add that the illustrators for the Player's Handbook seem to have gone far out of their way to avoid depicting anything even remotely historic. All of the drawings on the armor and weapons pages look like rejects from the Xena and Hercules prop room.
A little searching on-line will turn up plenty of photos and drawings of real weapons, all of which (in my opinion) look far more handsome and deadly than the cheap pictures in the PHB.