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The sickle is an in-game weapon, but I couldn't find the stats for the Scythe.
I remember in 3.5 it had a Scythe.
In the DM book, I found that Avatar of Death use a Scythe with the following stats




Scythe



Damage: 1d8




I want to know if there is an official War Scythe in D&D 5e and where I could find it.
If not, what would be the Stats for it?










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    The sickle is an in-game weapon, but I couldn't find the stats for the Scythe.
    I remember in 3.5 it had a Scythe.
    In the DM book, I found that Avatar of Death use a Scythe with the following stats




    Scythe



    Damage: 1d8




    I want to know if there is an official War Scythe in D&D 5e and where I could find it.
    If not, what would be the Stats for it?










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      The sickle is an in-game weapon, but I couldn't find the stats for the Scythe.
      I remember in 3.5 it had a Scythe.
      In the DM book, I found that Avatar of Death use a Scythe with the following stats




      Scythe



      Damage: 1d8




      I want to know if there is an official War Scythe in D&D 5e and where I could find it.
      If not, what would be the Stats for it?










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      The sickle is an in-game weapon, but I couldn't find the stats for the Scythe.
      I remember in 3.5 it had a Scythe.
      In the DM book, I found that Avatar of Death use a Scythe with the following stats




      Scythe



      Damage: 1d8




      I want to know if there is an official War Scythe in D&D 5e and where I could find it.
      If not, what would be the Stats for it?







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          Scythes do not have a stat block in 5th Edition D&D



          Whether you're a DM looking to issue a Scythe to a player, or a player trying to convince your DM to permit your character to use one, you'll need to roll your own statblock for it; there's neither a Mundane nor Magical Scythe to draw from.



          My recommendation is to use the statblock for a Glaive or Halbard (which are the same)



          The reasons for this are that it's most likely to give you a weapon that resembles the classical manner in which a Scythe is used* in combat:




          • It will gain the Two-Handed property, matching the expectation that the weapon will be larger and wielded with two hands

          • It will gain the Reach property, which lets the user fight from a significant distance

          • It will gain the Heavy property, a companion property to the Two-Handed property that for many weapons will make them unwieldy for smaller characters


          I would probably disallow gaining benefits from the Polearm Master feat though, since a Scythe is pretty unlikely to function the exact same as a Polearm, in terms of how it is swung.



          * In Fantasy Fiction. In real life, Scythes are notoriously difficult and unfit to be used as weapons, and if D&D were attempting to recreate real life combat 1-to-1, Scythes would probably have a very poor statblock to capture that issue.






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            I'd be hesitant to allow it the reach property for much the same reason you've mentioned. Polearm weapons can be used for reach since you are jabbing with them but scythes just don't work like that.
            – Allan Mills
            3 hours ago






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            @AllanMills Depends on what we're talking about. Fantasy Fiction (which is the only realm in which using a Scythe as a weapon makes remote sense) trends towards long "polearm-like" weapons with a curved blade, the entirety of which would extend way beyond the wielder's total height. Giving it the Reach property isn't ridiculous in that context.
            – Xirema
            3 hours ago






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            +1 for your footnote - scythes are fundamentally terrible weapons, despite what fantasy media seems to want us to think.
            – Miniman
            2 hours ago






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            It may be worth adding to your footnote that when peasants were forced to fight and use their own farm implements to do it—the only time someone would use a scythe in combat—they would usually try to modify the scythe so that the blade pointed straight instead of at a right angle, making it more of a cheap/shoddy glaive or spear than a scythe.
            – KRyan
            2 hours ago






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            Agricultural scythes are definitely terrible weapons but the question does mention the "war scythe", specifically - a polearm with the cutting edge on the inside of the curve which would seem to be quite fairly described using the stats for the glaive/halberd.
            – Carcer
            2 hours ago


















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          RAW, there is no "scythe" available for players.



          All weapon options available to players are in the PHB on page 149.



          However, there are weapons that are physically somewhat similar to a scythe, namely:




          • the Sickle, a simple melee weapon with 1d4 damage, which is pretty much a scythe, except much smaller

          • and the Glaive (Wikipedia), a two-handed martial melee weapon with 1d10 damage and the reach property


          You shouldn't have much difficulty convincing your DM to permit you to buy a homebrew scythe with the stats of a glaive.



          In fact, unless your DM is really strict, he (or she) will probably allow you to re-flavor any weapon into a scythe. That way, you can, for example, use the longsword stats (1d8 slashing, versatile) for a scythe. Balance-wise, this makes literally no difference whatsoever and merely has an RP-effect, so any DM I know would allow it.






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            No, it isn't



            To the best of my knowledge it hasn't been add as an official weapon. You could use roughly the same stats as from 3rd edition, but 5th edition doesn't support the extra critical multiplier from that edition making it less useful.



            You could try using similar stats to that of the halberd or glaive.



            If you want to try to keep the extra critical multiplier and are willing or able to house rules give it 2d4 damage, heavy and two-handed properties and on a critical hit you roll damage dice 4 times instead of twice.






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              Scythes do not have a stat block in 5th Edition D&D



              Whether you're a DM looking to issue a Scythe to a player, or a player trying to convince your DM to permit your character to use one, you'll need to roll your own statblock for it; there's neither a Mundane nor Magical Scythe to draw from.



              My recommendation is to use the statblock for a Glaive or Halbard (which are the same)



              The reasons for this are that it's most likely to give you a weapon that resembles the classical manner in which a Scythe is used* in combat:




              • It will gain the Two-Handed property, matching the expectation that the weapon will be larger and wielded with two hands

              • It will gain the Reach property, which lets the user fight from a significant distance

              • It will gain the Heavy property, a companion property to the Two-Handed property that for many weapons will make them unwieldy for smaller characters


              I would probably disallow gaining benefits from the Polearm Master feat though, since a Scythe is pretty unlikely to function the exact same as a Polearm, in terms of how it is swung.



              * In Fantasy Fiction. In real life, Scythes are notoriously difficult and unfit to be used as weapons, and if D&D were attempting to recreate real life combat 1-to-1, Scythes would probably have a very poor statblock to capture that issue.






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                I'd be hesitant to allow it the reach property for much the same reason you've mentioned. Polearm weapons can be used for reach since you are jabbing with them but scythes just don't work like that.
                – Allan Mills
                3 hours ago






              • 1




                @AllanMills Depends on what we're talking about. Fantasy Fiction (which is the only realm in which using a Scythe as a weapon makes remote sense) trends towards long "polearm-like" weapons with a curved blade, the entirety of which would extend way beyond the wielder's total height. Giving it the Reach property isn't ridiculous in that context.
                – Xirema
                3 hours ago






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                +1 for your footnote - scythes are fundamentally terrible weapons, despite what fantasy media seems to want us to think.
                – Miniman
                2 hours ago






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                It may be worth adding to your footnote that when peasants were forced to fight and use their own farm implements to do it—the only time someone would use a scythe in combat—they would usually try to modify the scythe so that the blade pointed straight instead of at a right angle, making it more of a cheap/shoddy glaive or spear than a scythe.
                – KRyan
                2 hours ago






              • 2




                Agricultural scythes are definitely terrible weapons but the question does mention the "war scythe", specifically - a polearm with the cutting edge on the inside of the curve which would seem to be quite fairly described using the stats for the glaive/halberd.
                – Carcer
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              Scythes do not have a stat block in 5th Edition D&D



              Whether you're a DM looking to issue a Scythe to a player, or a player trying to convince your DM to permit your character to use one, you'll need to roll your own statblock for it; there's neither a Mundane nor Magical Scythe to draw from.



              My recommendation is to use the statblock for a Glaive or Halbard (which are the same)



              The reasons for this are that it's most likely to give you a weapon that resembles the classical manner in which a Scythe is used* in combat:




              • It will gain the Two-Handed property, matching the expectation that the weapon will be larger and wielded with two hands

              • It will gain the Reach property, which lets the user fight from a significant distance

              • It will gain the Heavy property, a companion property to the Two-Handed property that for many weapons will make them unwieldy for smaller characters


              I would probably disallow gaining benefits from the Polearm Master feat though, since a Scythe is pretty unlikely to function the exact same as a Polearm, in terms of how it is swung.



              * In Fantasy Fiction. In real life, Scythes are notoriously difficult and unfit to be used as weapons, and if D&D were attempting to recreate real life combat 1-to-1, Scythes would probably have a very poor statblock to capture that issue.






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                I'd be hesitant to allow it the reach property for much the same reason you've mentioned. Polearm weapons can be used for reach since you are jabbing with them but scythes just don't work like that.
                – Allan Mills
                3 hours ago






              • 1




                @AllanMills Depends on what we're talking about. Fantasy Fiction (which is the only realm in which using a Scythe as a weapon makes remote sense) trends towards long "polearm-like" weapons with a curved blade, the entirety of which would extend way beyond the wielder's total height. Giving it the Reach property isn't ridiculous in that context.
                – Xirema
                3 hours ago






              • 7




                +1 for your footnote - scythes are fundamentally terrible weapons, despite what fantasy media seems to want us to think.
                – Miniman
                2 hours ago






              • 2




                It may be worth adding to your footnote that when peasants were forced to fight and use their own farm implements to do it—the only time someone would use a scythe in combat—they would usually try to modify the scythe so that the blade pointed straight instead of at a right angle, making it more of a cheap/shoddy glaive or spear than a scythe.
                – KRyan
                2 hours ago






              • 2




                Agricultural scythes are definitely terrible weapons but the question does mention the "war scythe", specifically - a polearm with the cutting edge on the inside of the curve which would seem to be quite fairly described using the stats for the glaive/halberd.
                – Carcer
                2 hours ago













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              Scythes do not have a stat block in 5th Edition D&D



              Whether you're a DM looking to issue a Scythe to a player, or a player trying to convince your DM to permit your character to use one, you'll need to roll your own statblock for it; there's neither a Mundane nor Magical Scythe to draw from.



              My recommendation is to use the statblock for a Glaive or Halbard (which are the same)



              The reasons for this are that it's most likely to give you a weapon that resembles the classical manner in which a Scythe is used* in combat:




              • It will gain the Two-Handed property, matching the expectation that the weapon will be larger and wielded with two hands

              • It will gain the Reach property, which lets the user fight from a significant distance

              • It will gain the Heavy property, a companion property to the Two-Handed property that for many weapons will make them unwieldy for smaller characters


              I would probably disallow gaining benefits from the Polearm Master feat though, since a Scythe is pretty unlikely to function the exact same as a Polearm, in terms of how it is swung.



              * In Fantasy Fiction. In real life, Scythes are notoriously difficult and unfit to be used as weapons, and if D&D were attempting to recreate real life combat 1-to-1, Scythes would probably have a very poor statblock to capture that issue.






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              Scythes do not have a stat block in 5th Edition D&D



              Whether you're a DM looking to issue a Scythe to a player, or a player trying to convince your DM to permit your character to use one, you'll need to roll your own statblock for it; there's neither a Mundane nor Magical Scythe to draw from.



              My recommendation is to use the statblock for a Glaive or Halbard (which are the same)



              The reasons for this are that it's most likely to give you a weapon that resembles the classical manner in which a Scythe is used* in combat:




              • It will gain the Two-Handed property, matching the expectation that the weapon will be larger and wielded with two hands

              • It will gain the Reach property, which lets the user fight from a significant distance

              • It will gain the Heavy property, a companion property to the Two-Handed property that for many weapons will make them unwieldy for smaller characters


              I would probably disallow gaining benefits from the Polearm Master feat though, since a Scythe is pretty unlikely to function the exact same as a Polearm, in terms of how it is swung.



              * In Fantasy Fiction. In real life, Scythes are notoriously difficult and unfit to be used as weapons, and if D&D were attempting to recreate real life combat 1-to-1, Scythes would probably have a very poor statblock to capture that issue.







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                I'd be hesitant to allow it the reach property for much the same reason you've mentioned. Polearm weapons can be used for reach since you are jabbing with them but scythes just don't work like that.
                – Allan Mills
                3 hours ago






              • 1




                @AllanMills Depends on what we're talking about. Fantasy Fiction (which is the only realm in which using a Scythe as a weapon makes remote sense) trends towards long "polearm-like" weapons with a curved blade, the entirety of which would extend way beyond the wielder's total height. Giving it the Reach property isn't ridiculous in that context.
                – Xirema
                3 hours ago






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                +1 for your footnote - scythes are fundamentally terrible weapons, despite what fantasy media seems to want us to think.
                – Miniman
                2 hours ago






              • 2




                It may be worth adding to your footnote that when peasants were forced to fight and use their own farm implements to do it—the only time someone would use a scythe in combat—they would usually try to modify the scythe so that the blade pointed straight instead of at a right angle, making it more of a cheap/shoddy glaive or spear than a scythe.
                – KRyan
                2 hours ago






              • 2




                Agricultural scythes are definitely terrible weapons but the question does mention the "war scythe", specifically - a polearm with the cutting edge on the inside of the curve which would seem to be quite fairly described using the stats for the glaive/halberd.
                – Carcer
                2 hours ago














              • 1




                I'd be hesitant to allow it the reach property for much the same reason you've mentioned. Polearm weapons can be used for reach since you are jabbing with them but scythes just don't work like that.
                – Allan Mills
                3 hours ago






              • 1




                @AllanMills Depends on what we're talking about. Fantasy Fiction (which is the only realm in which using a Scythe as a weapon makes remote sense) trends towards long "polearm-like" weapons with a curved blade, the entirety of which would extend way beyond the wielder's total height. Giving it the Reach property isn't ridiculous in that context.
                – Xirema
                3 hours ago






              • 7




                +1 for your footnote - scythes are fundamentally terrible weapons, despite what fantasy media seems to want us to think.
                – Miniman
                2 hours ago






              • 2




                It may be worth adding to your footnote that when peasants were forced to fight and use their own farm implements to do it—the only time someone would use a scythe in combat—they would usually try to modify the scythe so that the blade pointed straight instead of at a right angle, making it more of a cheap/shoddy glaive or spear than a scythe.
                – KRyan
                2 hours ago






              • 2




                Agricultural scythes are definitely terrible weapons but the question does mention the "war scythe", specifically - a polearm with the cutting edge on the inside of the curve which would seem to be quite fairly described using the stats for the glaive/halberd.
                – Carcer
                2 hours ago








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              I'd be hesitant to allow it the reach property for much the same reason you've mentioned. Polearm weapons can be used for reach since you are jabbing with them but scythes just don't work like that.
              – Allan Mills
              3 hours ago




              I'd be hesitant to allow it the reach property for much the same reason you've mentioned. Polearm weapons can be used for reach since you are jabbing with them but scythes just don't work like that.
              – Allan Mills
              3 hours ago




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              @AllanMills Depends on what we're talking about. Fantasy Fiction (which is the only realm in which using a Scythe as a weapon makes remote sense) trends towards long "polearm-like" weapons with a curved blade, the entirety of which would extend way beyond the wielder's total height. Giving it the Reach property isn't ridiculous in that context.
              – Xirema
              3 hours ago




              @AllanMills Depends on what we're talking about. Fantasy Fiction (which is the only realm in which using a Scythe as a weapon makes remote sense) trends towards long "polearm-like" weapons with a curved blade, the entirety of which would extend way beyond the wielder's total height. Giving it the Reach property isn't ridiculous in that context.
              – Xirema
              3 hours ago




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              +1 for your footnote - scythes are fundamentally terrible weapons, despite what fantasy media seems to want us to think.
              – Miniman
              2 hours ago




              +1 for your footnote - scythes are fundamentally terrible weapons, despite what fantasy media seems to want us to think.
              – Miniman
              2 hours ago




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              It may be worth adding to your footnote that when peasants were forced to fight and use their own farm implements to do it—the only time someone would use a scythe in combat—they would usually try to modify the scythe so that the blade pointed straight instead of at a right angle, making it more of a cheap/shoddy glaive or spear than a scythe.
              – KRyan
              2 hours ago




              It may be worth adding to your footnote that when peasants were forced to fight and use their own farm implements to do it—the only time someone would use a scythe in combat—they would usually try to modify the scythe so that the blade pointed straight instead of at a right angle, making it more of a cheap/shoddy glaive or spear than a scythe.
              – KRyan
              2 hours ago




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              Agricultural scythes are definitely terrible weapons but the question does mention the "war scythe", specifically - a polearm with the cutting edge on the inside of the curve which would seem to be quite fairly described using the stats for the glaive/halberd.
              – Carcer
              2 hours ago




              Agricultural scythes are definitely terrible weapons but the question does mention the "war scythe", specifically - a polearm with the cutting edge on the inside of the curve which would seem to be quite fairly described using the stats for the glaive/halberd.
              – Carcer
              2 hours ago












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              RAW, there is no "scythe" available for players.



              All weapon options available to players are in the PHB on page 149.



              However, there are weapons that are physically somewhat similar to a scythe, namely:




              • the Sickle, a simple melee weapon with 1d4 damage, which is pretty much a scythe, except much smaller

              • and the Glaive (Wikipedia), a two-handed martial melee weapon with 1d10 damage and the reach property


              You shouldn't have much difficulty convincing your DM to permit you to buy a homebrew scythe with the stats of a glaive.



              In fact, unless your DM is really strict, he (or she) will probably allow you to re-flavor any weapon into a scythe. That way, you can, for example, use the longsword stats (1d8 slashing, versatile) for a scythe. Balance-wise, this makes literally no difference whatsoever and merely has an RP-effect, so any DM I know would allow it.






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                RAW, there is no "scythe" available for players.



                All weapon options available to players are in the PHB on page 149.



                However, there are weapons that are physically somewhat similar to a scythe, namely:




                • the Sickle, a simple melee weapon with 1d4 damage, which is pretty much a scythe, except much smaller

                • and the Glaive (Wikipedia), a two-handed martial melee weapon with 1d10 damage and the reach property


                You shouldn't have much difficulty convincing your DM to permit you to buy a homebrew scythe with the stats of a glaive.



                In fact, unless your DM is really strict, he (or she) will probably allow you to re-flavor any weapon into a scythe. That way, you can, for example, use the longsword stats (1d8 slashing, versatile) for a scythe. Balance-wise, this makes literally no difference whatsoever and merely has an RP-effect, so any DM I know would allow it.






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                  RAW, there is no "scythe" available for players.



                  All weapon options available to players are in the PHB on page 149.



                  However, there are weapons that are physically somewhat similar to a scythe, namely:




                  • the Sickle, a simple melee weapon with 1d4 damage, which is pretty much a scythe, except much smaller

                  • and the Glaive (Wikipedia), a two-handed martial melee weapon with 1d10 damage and the reach property


                  You shouldn't have much difficulty convincing your DM to permit you to buy a homebrew scythe with the stats of a glaive.



                  In fact, unless your DM is really strict, he (or she) will probably allow you to re-flavor any weapon into a scythe. That way, you can, for example, use the longsword stats (1d8 slashing, versatile) for a scythe. Balance-wise, this makes literally no difference whatsoever and merely has an RP-effect, so any DM I know would allow it.






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                  RAW, there is no "scythe" available for players.



                  All weapon options available to players are in the PHB on page 149.



                  However, there are weapons that are physically somewhat similar to a scythe, namely:




                  • the Sickle, a simple melee weapon with 1d4 damage, which is pretty much a scythe, except much smaller

                  • and the Glaive (Wikipedia), a two-handed martial melee weapon with 1d10 damage and the reach property


                  You shouldn't have much difficulty convincing your DM to permit you to buy a homebrew scythe with the stats of a glaive.



                  In fact, unless your DM is really strict, he (or she) will probably allow you to re-flavor any weapon into a scythe. That way, you can, for example, use the longsword stats (1d8 slashing, versatile) for a scythe. Balance-wise, this makes literally no difference whatsoever and merely has an RP-effect, so any DM I know would allow it.







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                      No, it isn't



                      To the best of my knowledge it hasn't been add as an official weapon. You could use roughly the same stats as from 3rd edition, but 5th edition doesn't support the extra critical multiplier from that edition making it less useful.



                      You could try using similar stats to that of the halberd or glaive.



                      If you want to try to keep the extra critical multiplier and are willing or able to house rules give it 2d4 damage, heavy and two-handed properties and on a critical hit you roll damage dice 4 times instead of twice.






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                        No, it isn't



                        To the best of my knowledge it hasn't been add as an official weapon. You could use roughly the same stats as from 3rd edition, but 5th edition doesn't support the extra critical multiplier from that edition making it less useful.



                        You could try using similar stats to that of the halberd or glaive.



                        If you want to try to keep the extra critical multiplier and are willing or able to house rules give it 2d4 damage, heavy and two-handed properties and on a critical hit you roll damage dice 4 times instead of twice.






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                          No, it isn't



                          To the best of my knowledge it hasn't been add as an official weapon. You could use roughly the same stats as from 3rd edition, but 5th edition doesn't support the extra critical multiplier from that edition making it less useful.



                          You could try using similar stats to that of the halberd or glaive.



                          If you want to try to keep the extra critical multiplier and are willing or able to house rules give it 2d4 damage, heavy and two-handed properties and on a critical hit you roll damage dice 4 times instead of twice.






                          share|improve this answer












                          No, it isn't



                          To the best of my knowledge it hasn't been add as an official weapon. You could use roughly the same stats as from 3rd edition, but 5th edition doesn't support the extra critical multiplier from that edition making it less useful.



                          You could try using similar stats to that of the halberd or glaive.



                          If you want to try to keep the extra critical multiplier and are willing or able to house rules give it 2d4 damage, heavy and two-handed properties and on a critical hit you roll damage dice 4 times instead of twice.







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