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I can't point you to peer-reviewed papers or or anything, but I can tell you that having sold D&D for four full editions, WotC's 5e...

The argument is that non-WotC stuff doesn't count because people won't buy D&D stuff that isn't "WotC Approved". Thank you for...

Kinda missing the point though. I've been saying all the way along that the sword has been given the prime real estate in the game...

Fascinating as always.

Again, this is more a customer issue than anything. The idea that anything that doesn't have the official WotC stamp of approval isn't...

🤷 It's not really an either or thing is it? We getting some seriously high quality, diverse D&D titles every year. Of course, by...

Not really. As was mentioned upthread, we had two entire editions - AD&D 1e and 2e where non-swords were limited to +3 and only swords...

Faiths and Avatars. Powers and Pantheons. THose would be my choices.

Oh, that's totally fair. I was simply referring to the lack of planar travel. The whole "tracking ammo" sidebar I really don't care...

Heh. I'll give you a perfect example of how it goes when you try to move away from swords. Played a Hoard of the Dragon Queen...

Roll your eyes all you like, but, the question was asked and that's the answer. Again, it's not like WotC's been coy about this...

Your point? I know that Polearm Master works with spears. But, no one actually uses them because spears in D&D just suck so badly.

Really? My Candlekeep Mysteries campaign was constantly planar traveling. Phandelver:Shattered Obelisk takes place on the planes by...

In 2e, the Great Spear in the Complete Fighter's Handbook was one of the better weapons around, and I made a Fighter who used one when I...

You have my sword. You have my bow. You have my axe. Those are really the big three.