A bastard sword is a type of longsword, and in 5E, you can wield a longsword with one or two hands https//tco/mOKLExrU9W — Christopher Perkins (@ChrisPerkinsDnD) @ChrisPerkinsDnD @PC_MRCC no reason you cant say your longsword is actually a bastard sword or give it a name and further personalize i While you wield the bastard sword in two hands itsWhy on earth would you add the "bastard sword" back, when 5e was the version that finally got rid of that nonsense I can excuse the inclusion of d8 Light weapons, or d12/2d6 Reach weapons, or weapons and armor being consistently too heavy (in some cases hilariously) for faux historicity, or utterly breaking the game with higher AC shields, butThus, it is an exotic weapon" Also, "A character can use a bastard sword twohanded as a martial weapon" However it doesn't mean that "Bastard sword belong to martial weapons category" \$\endgroup\$ – Momongasama May 16 '16 at 1741 Swords And D D And You Some Visu