Hook sword

[fauntix]

i am looking for a hook swords for 3.5e d&d. http://www.qi.com/talk/viewtopic.php?t=16163&start=29&sid=e0bd6beb80c62bb7b0be66a459b084e1

with all the feats add plus to climbs and what not

[Nanshork]

Hook Swords already exist in D&D.  They are in Secrets of Sarlona.

[X-Codes]

Rule of cool demands...

http://www.spike.com/full-episode/shaolin-monk-vs/32088

I don't think the rules are quite adequate enough in representing just how lethal those swords are.  I think it would be fair to change the Tiger Style feat to treat the weapon as a two-handed weapon while using the reach option.  From a game standpoint, it's really the least you could do when you consider that the feat has 3 pre-req feats (4 if you want to avoid the extra -2 penalty for not having OTWF), none of which are particularly good.

[veekie]

Well, they certainly provide a lot of options, but not really that much more than the 'straight' sword(which is one of the most popular weapons worldwide in it's time and independently invented anywhere there is conflict and plenty of metal.), that too is amendable to a large variety of techniques and has the perk of being relativel hard to mess up.

Seems like careful application of feats to complement the weapon's usages to me.