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There's a reason people didn't lug around spears most of the time. The one I own is 1.8m long, it's a big stick. Even on a sling, it's...

Oh, for sure. That game I'm playing isn't really classic dungeon-crawling, we don't even expect to find any monsters in the dungeon...

Starting at a tavern also works reasonably well as a "pre-game lobby" where players can goof around a bit to a) figure out the game b)...

My observation is that there is a widespread preference (though not universal - see eg @TwoSix above!) to start play in a low stakes...

You can sheathe the sword and free up both hands It's going to dangle a bit annoyingly, but nothing major, but with a spear I see no...

Verisimilitude if you care about sim, obstacles if you care about challenge, narrative circumstance to dramatically overcome if you care...

Doesn't it make sense for ranged combat to be superior most of the time? That's pretty much how it works in real life.

This has long been a bugaboo of mine in the game. But, you smack right into the romanticism of the sword. Spears just aren't sexy...

I'm playing Elder Scrolls RPG, where spears are just straight up better than all other weapons. The only thing better than a spear is a...

Same benefit as any other restriction in a game: it adds to the game's challenge. That a bishop in chess can only move on the diagonals...

Wait, you are totally right. I like this! I grappled with the idea of monk class in a less kitchen-sink setting a lot, it always felt...

These guys were academics, not the people who did the actual fighting. The people who did most of the fighting learned by repetition...

Don't know if it's worthy of a callout, but how about just the complexity introduced by poorly organized rulebooks? Some books are...

I'm not??? Joachim Meyer, a very much european, describes two-handed sword, polearm and unarmed techniques. His compatriot (and...

...why? I don't see anything monk-y about it?