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  • noun A class of swords that is generally shorter than 1 meter, but longer than a dagger.

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Examples

  • His +3 Keen Longsword and +2 frost shortsword are as expensive as a single +5 weapon (for example a +1 holy shocking greatsword of wounding or a +1 keen falchion of speed).

    Pathfinder Fighter vs. Ice Devil? « Geek Related 2009

  • Her Lightblade lengthened to a shortsword as she poured more power into it.

    Shadow Chase Seressia Glass 2010

  • Her Lightblade lengthened to a shortsword as she poured more power into it.

    Shadow Chase Seressia Glass 2010

  • A man with a shortsword in a scabbard on his back climbed the ladder to the balcony.

    Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009

  • Actually based on the type of shortsword and small rounded shield, I'd have to say no, no it could not just as easily be from Army of Darkness.

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  • A man with a shortsword in a scabbard on his back climbed the ladder to the balcony.

    Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009

  • Duke Morgis stood before the three foremost guards, his shortsword carving a wicked path before him.

    LEGENDS OF THE DRAGONREALM Richard A. Knaak 2009

  • A man with a shortsword in a scabbard on his back climbed the ladder to the balcony.

    Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009

  • Duke Morgis stood before the three foremost guards, his shortsword carving a wicked path before him.

    LEGENDS OF THE DRAGONREALM Richard A. Knaak 2009

  • Duke Morgis stood before the three foremost guards, his shortsword carving a wicked path before him.

    LEGENDS OF THE DRAGONREALM Richard A. Knaak 2009

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