They have a Golden Scythe that does 2d6 plus an extra 3d6 every short or long rest. Just make a regular scythe do 2d6?

They do have the sickle, which is like a smaller scythe. Kinda. Just base the damage on that multiplied? (From a d6 doubled into a d12 for example?)

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Technically, RAW a scythe would be an improvised weapon that does 1d4 slashing damage.

 
I don’t know about this - and I am not trying to be contrary and legitimately mean that as in I don’t actually know how I would rule under RAW if it came up (I’d use the 4e weapon stars in actual play, but that’s not RAW).

A weapon is only a 1d4 improvised weapon in RAW if it “bears no resemblance to a weapon”—even you noted it bears a bit of a resemblance to the (rather impractical in reality if built like its common fantasy depiction) Greataxe, enough that “big heavy blade with pointy bits at the end” could be said to “resemble” a Greataxe and thus be treated as a Greataxe under RAW.  I think this is one of those cases where two different DMs could come to different conclusions under RAW and both would be correct. 

Here's the thing. If I were to stab someone with a dagger, it would deal 1d4 damage. Daggers are deadly weapons. So a Scythe shouldn't deal more than 1d4 since it's even worse at damaging and so difficult to get a good hit with. But then again, a scythe seems to be able to be a weapon, so it's at least a weapon, just a stick with a bad blade. So 1d4 would be the proper damage according to these facts.

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Technically, RAW a scythe would be an improvised weapon that does 1d4 slashing damage.

 
I don’t know about this - and I am not trying to be contrary and legitimately mean that as in I don’t actually know how I would rule under RAW if it came up (I’d use the 4e weapon stars in actual play, but that’s not RAW).

A weapon is only a 1d4 improvised weapon in RAW if it “bears no resemblance to a weapon”—even you noted it bears a bit of a resemblance to the (rather impractical in reality if built like its common fantasy depiction) Greataxe, enough that “big heavy blade with pointy bits at the end” could be said to “resemble” a Greataxe and thus be treated as a Greataxe under RAW.  I think this is one of those cases where two different DMs could come to different conclusions under RAW and both would be correct. 

Here's the thing. If I were to stab someone with a dagger, it would deal 1d4 damage. Daggers are deadly weapons. So a Scythe shouldn't deal more than 1d4 since it's even worse at damaging and so difficult to get a good hit with. But then again, a scythe seems to be able to be a weapon, so it's at least a weapon, just a stick with a bad blade. So 1d4 would be the proper damage according to these facts.

Again, if we are running by IRL, yes. If we're running by the pop-culture image of what a skilled scythe fighter is like (hello all you fellow RWBY fans), no. The 2014 PHB specifically said that reskinning weapons for flavor is fine if the DM okays it; the 2024 PHB didn't include the sidebar- because apparently roleplay elements aren't something that should be addressed in the main player-oriented book anymore- but there's no reason the concept no longer works.

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Or this:

I would let my player do it. No harm done.

Once you've decided to have realism take a back seat in service of the rule of cool, take a look at Zasalamel from Soul Calibur for inspiration on how to use that unwieldy thing.

Um I don't think the creator of this thread really needs the help anymore.

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You could probably just favor a glaive, its a good long poled slashing weapon just like a scythe.