Secret Of The Silver Blades 1_28

WHAT IT DOES

It adds 27 silver-plated elegant weapons for a more civilized age. Some are historical, some not. They range from an accurate reproduction of a historical Oakeshott Type XVIIIe Danish blade, to the Daywalker's Blade from Blade movies and fantasy elven blades. Just pick your poison and ignore the blades that don't fit your lore views.

The blade of all of them is actually made of ebony, and thus does high damage, but is silver-plated for maximum damage against supernatural beings.

They can be crafted with ebony, silver and leather strips. All can be enhanced with a silver bar, since if you used a grindstone on these blades, it's the silver-plating you'd need to replace afterwards. I.e., it won't be cheap or easy to make, but it gives you something to work for.

Most have custom scabbards that exactly fit the blade. (The exceptions are the Great Dane, which historically wasn't carried in a scabbard, the Falx and the Blademaster's Blade, which have a WTH enough blade shape to not fit a scabbard.)

All one-handers except the Daywalker Blade have a slightly too long handle, to accomodate the game's animation moving the hand position on the hilt quite substantially between first person and third person. Ultimately I'm making game weapons not museum pieces, so they must fit the game animations.

1. a cup-hilt rapier with a silver-plated blade. It has an about 37 inch long blade, measured from tip to where it meets the cup, about 1. 1 inch wide, and with a diamond section for stiffness. The blade is one of the earlier models, broader and designed for both cutting and thrusting. I had to do that because all the animations in the game are for slashing not primarily piercing.

Balance-wise, it does less damage per hit than an ebony broadsword, but is fast and thus still gets good DPS, approximately on par with a daedric dagger. Plus, of course, it has the silver effect on top of that. I.e., it's a good endgame weapon, but not over the top.

As of 1. 05, since it has dagger stats anyway, it also counts as a dagger for backstabbing, i.e., can get the 15x sneak-attack multiplier. (But it still has a sword reach.)

2. a parrying dagger, which in this case means just a dagger with a very wide cross. I.e., it doesn't actually do anything extra for parrying, and is usable as a normal dagger. It has an about 11 inch long blade, and about 1. 1 inch wide.

For the stats, it's pretty much identical to a daedric dagger, plus of course it has the silver effect on top of that.

3. a broadsword, loosely based on Oakeshott Type XVIIIa swords. The fancy ricasso isn't particularly historical for that type, though. "Broadsword" is perhaps misleading, as it's actually a pretty slender sword, about 1-3/4 inch broad, and with an about 34-1/2 inch long blade, measured from tip to hilt. Just like for the others, it's a