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<blockquote data-quote="Sacrosanct" data-source="post: 6997239" data-attributes="member: 15700"><p>Agreed. And admittedly, it's one of the things I really liked about 2e's Skills And Powers. One of my favorite PCs was a paladin who couldn't wear armor (he was a Paladin of Ilmatr (sp) and believed the more physical punishment he took, the more enlightened he was) but used a d12 for hit points and could cast spells at an earlier level.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Are they though? Are you saying a PC couldn't be some Joe off the streets who saw an NPC skillfully wield a pair of scimitars like some unnamed hero, and decide that they want to emulate that style? But instead, PCs are professionals who always use the highest DPR weapon (metagaming) over any other factor? Sorry, I gotta disagree with that.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><em>Based on their culture and region and scenario, not highest DPR</em>. Explain this then. Why did the Franks uses axes more than anyone else? Why did the Romans use spears, javalins, and short swords if long swords had a higher DPR? Why did Arabs use curved weapons like the scimitar if the long sword has a better DPR? The list goes on and on.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>If you're dead, you're dead. That extra damage to another organ means nothing.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>No. Do you know what "realistic" means, because you're arguing the opposite. In <em>real life</em>, people didn't always choose the highest damaging weapon. They chose weapons based on the environment they expected to fight in that was from a pool of weapon from their culture. <em>That</em> is realistic because <em>that</em> is what actually happened and we can prove by looking at history.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sacrosanct, post: 6997239, member: 15700"] Agreed. And admittedly, it's one of the things I really liked about 2e's Skills And Powers. One of my favorite PCs was a paladin who couldn't wear armor (he was a Paladin of Ilmatr (sp) and believed the more physical punishment he took, the more enlightened he was) but used a d12 for hit points and could cast spells at an earlier level. Are they though? Are you saying a PC couldn't be some Joe off the streets who saw an NPC skillfully wield a pair of scimitars like some unnamed hero, and decide that they want to emulate that style? But instead, PCs are professionals who always use the highest DPR weapon (metagaming) over any other factor? Sorry, I gotta disagree with that. [I]Based on their culture and region and scenario, not highest DPR[/I]. Explain this then. Why did the Franks uses axes more than anyone else? Why did the Romans use spears, javalins, and short swords if long swords had a higher DPR? Why did Arabs use curved weapons like the scimitar if the long sword has a better DPR? The list goes on and on. If you're dead, you're dead. That extra damage to another organ means nothing. No. Do you know what "realistic" means, because you're arguing the opposite. In [i]real life[/i], people didn't always choose the highest damaging weapon. They chose weapons based on the environment they expected to fight in that was from a pool of weapon from their culture. [i]That[/i] is realistic because [i]that[/i] is what actually happened and we can prove by looking at history. [/QUOTE]
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