swd

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A form of sword — A long bladed weapon with a grip and typically a pommel and crossguard (together forming a hilt), which is designed to cut, stab, slash and/or hack.

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Meanings

nounswd (plural swds)

plural swds

  1. abbreviationvideo gamesAbbreviation of sword.

    Troupe of 6 (Avatar, 5 Troupers w/ Power Swds): $180

    1994 February 15, [D. Schubert] <dks@acpub.duke.edu>, “Painted figures: Harlequins”, in rec.games.frp.marketplace (Usenet)
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    UA geting 4 to 10 dmg hits bite compared to swd 30 to 50 and mag 70 to 150 pt hits.

    2001 January 24, b. satyrc, “appologies^([sic]) AC...”, in microsoft.public.games.zone.asherons_call (Usenet)

    Or comparing a bastard sword to a long sword. The B swd does 2d4 and the l swd does 1d8. That's 2-8 for the bastard sword and 1-8 for the long sword, so it seems the B swd will do a little better damage in the sense that you can't roll a "1" with it.

    2002 March 5, Rich, “newbie question on weapon damage”, in alt.games.baldurs-gate (Usenet)

Synonyms & antonyms

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APA

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Chicago

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