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I once killed a dragon with a rocket launcher. In a game, of course. I could never source a rocket launcher in real life.

A lot of gladiator weapons were designed to draw lots of blood without causing deep tissue injury, because gladiators are, like...

The term "Rapier" first appears in the Coplas de la Panedera, a poem describing the first battle of Olmedo in 1445. It criticized the...

Someone did not grow up in the post apocalyptic outback and it shows.

I must admit when we saw her space jump, we laughed pretty loudly at how unreal it seemed.

They are status symbols, fashion accessories, and phallic though. And should you be attacked by ruffians whist in a car, it will kill...

Fighting duels, and as a fashion accessory. Like the "longsword" its basically phallic. "I see your shwartz is as big as mine." The...

In the same way that a car is a real weapon. You can kill people with it, but it’s not really what it’s designed for.

It’s not really a “weapon” at all. It’s sports equipment, just like full plate. It’s true for many of the things in D&D - they aren’t...

“Longsword” type weapons didn’t see much use as a weapon of war during any historical period. Neither did rapiers. In both cases they...

I say bring back the 3rd edition double headed flail.

Rapier concealed in a cane is very on brand for Eberron.

It was Magnifico in the books. Making it Bayta feels too topical to this year, and seems like a last minute change, poorly explained, to...

The Forest Oracle Revisited.

Riffing on that, a Ravenloft domain.