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Morrowind:Long Blade

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Skill: Long Blade
Long Blade
Governing Attribute:
Strength
Specialization:
Combat
Increase:
Successful Attack: +1.0

The Long Blade skill lets one use broadswords, sabers, longswords, claymores, katanas, and dai-katanas effectively. The higher the skill, the more likely an attack is to hit an enemy.

Character CreationEdit

The following races receive bonuses to their Long Blade skill:

The following classes have Long Blade as a Major skill:

The following classes have Long Blade as a Minor skill:

FactionsEdit

The following factions include Long Blade as one of their favored skills:

TrainersEdit

The Master Trainer of Long Blade is Ulms Drathen at the Armigers Stronghold in Molag Mar. Other trainers of note are:

See Long Blade Trainers for the complete list.

Long Blades

This is a list of base long blade weapons. Complete lists of one-handed and two-handed long blade weapons, including enchanted and unique ones, are also available.

The broadsword, saber, longsword, and claymore are Western weapons. The katana and dai-katana are Akaviri-style blades. Long blades, one-handed or two-handed, and [sic] the most common weapons here. The claymore and dai-katana are two-handed weapons, and relatively heavy and slow; the rest are one-handed. Rank them by effectiveness as broadsword, saber, longsword, katana, claymore, and dai-katana, with broadsword least effective. - Garothmuk gro-Muzgub

1-HandEdit

Name ID       Chop Slash Thrust Speed Reach Enchant
  Iron Saber iron saber 15.0 700 24 5−18 4−16 1−4 1.4 1.0 5.5
  Iron Broadsword iron broadsword 12.0 600 30 4−12 2−12 2−12 1.25 1.0 5
  Iron Longsword iron longsword 20.0 800 40 2−13 1−18 4−16 1.35 1.0 6
  Steel Saber steel saber 15.0 1,050 48 5−20 4−18 1−5 1.4 1.0 5.5
  Steel Broadsword steel broadsword 12.0 900 60 4−14 4−14 2−14 1.25 1.0 5
  Imperial Broadsword imperial broadsword 12.0 600 60 6−12 4−12 4−12 1.25 1.0 7
  Steel Longsword steel longsword 20.0 900 80 2−14 1−20 4−18 1.35 1.0 6
  Nordic Broadsword nordic broadsword 15.0 800 95 6−18 2−18 2−18 1.25 1.0 6
  Steel Katana steel katana 18.0 1,800 100 3−20 1−18 1−6 1.5 1.0 6
  Silver Longsword silver longsword 16.0 640 160 2-14 1−20 4−18 1.35 1.0 4.8
  Glass Longsword glass longsword 12.0 480 16,000 2−24 1−33 4−30 1.35 1.0 3.6
  Ebony Broadsword* ebony broadsword 24.0 1,800 15,000 4−26 2−26 2−26 1.25 1.0 10
  Ebony Longsword ebony longsword 40.0 1,600 20,000 2−27 1−37 4−34 1.35 1.0 12
  Daedric Longsword daedric longsword 60.0 3,200 40,000 2−32 1−44 4−40 1.35 1.0 18
  Daedric Katana daedric katana 54.0 4,800 50,000 3−44 1−40 1−14 1.5 1.0 18
 
Broadswords: Ebony, Iron, Nordic, Steel/Imperial
 
Longswords: Daedric, Ebony, Glass, Iron, Silver, Steel
 
Katanas: Daedric, Steel
 
Sabers: Iron, Steel

* Sometimes appears in cursed variety. See Cursed Items for details.

2-HandEdit

Name ID       Chop Slash Thrust Speed Reach Enchant
  Iron Claymore iron claymore 27.0 1,400 80 1−24 1−21 1−14 1.25 1.0 7
  Steel Claymore steel claymore 27.0 2,100 160 1−27 1−23 1−16 1.25 1.0 7
  Nordic Claymore nordic claymore 30.0 1,600 180 1−30 1−25 1−18 1.25 1.0 10
  Steel Dai-katana steel dai-katana 20.0 2,700 240 1−27 1−23 1−14 1.35 1.0 7
  Silver Claymore silver claymore 21.6 1,260 320 1−27 1−23 1−16 1.25 1.0 5.6
  Dwarven Claymore dwarven claymore 27.0 3,500 1,200 1−33 1−29 1−20 1.25 1.0 7
  Foeburner * foeburner 16.0 3,500 1,400 2-14 1-20 4-18 1.25 1.0 4
  Glass Claymore glass claymore 16.2 840 32,000 1−45 1−39 1−27 1.25 1.0 4.2
  Daedric Claymore daedric claymore 81.0 5,600 80,000 1−60 1−52 1−36 1.25 1.0 21
  Daedric Dai-katana daedric dai-katana 60.0 7,200 120,000 1−60 1−52 1−30 1.35 1.0 21
 
Claymores: Daedric, Dwarven, Glass, Iron, Nordic, Silver, Steel
 
Dai-katanas: Daedric, Steel

* The Foeburner, a lighter, weaker variant of the Dwarven Claymore, was likely intended to be an enchanted weapon - probably with Fire Damage. Its name and inclusion in various Leveled Lists containing such items are clear indicators of this.