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I definitely feel like the swashbuckling pirate, upon encountering the dragon, should feel a little under-dressed and under-armed. Maybe stick with the musket pistol during that encounter, if you can get someone to play forward.

Actually it says "espada ropera" which is the linguistic root I noted above, literally means "sword for dressing," and in that era would have referred to a sidesword (spada de lato, in the Italian parlance). That was a transitional weapon that was used in early modern fencing; the rapier derived...

Bush people still hunt them for meat, using blowguns, traps, and spears.

Well, yeah. I've never held double chicken sabers, but just about anything other than that. Well, I have touched but not lifted a gada (heavy Indian mace). Weapons are kind of a thing for me. I do acknowledge the 3e double scimitar would be worse, because the spinning beanie scimitar is worse...

Cars actually aren't for fighting duels or killing ruffians.

What do you think a rapier was designed for?

I don't think you can use Action Surge to Cast a Spell, even if the Cast a Spell is part of a Ready action. Action Surge doesn't limit the action type based on the sequence in the round, it's an absolute restriction. Mind you, I don't care for the change, or lots of related issues, but I think...

Maximilian armor is real weaponry. And a rapier is a real weapon, just not one you'd use against someone in Maximilian plate.

The rapier actually wasn't invented until about 1540, and didn't see widespread adoption for another century. Plate armor, pollaxes, and the arquebus (gun) all predate the rapier by more than a century. Sidearms like the sword, rapier, katana and so forth were primarily used in close quarters...

Part of it's that it's such a modern weapon, it begs for an explanation why it's needed in the first place.

Bodybuilders wouldn't have particularly high strength in D&D. Bodybuilders aren't necessarily climbers or even particularly athletic, they are just specifically conditioned for muscle mass. Maybe a powerlifter or hockey player would be a better comparison? Again, I'll take The Mountain with a...

Yes. In a duel. But historically they saw little action in mass combat. No, not at all. Finesse weapons were probably just a bad idea in the first place, but feat-gating them at least kept things less silly. Your real steel rapier is going to be a lot more deadly in the hands of a Marine than...

Don't bring an exacto knife to a lucerne hammer fight.

I've spent a lot of time in the kitchen and I just picture the tip snapping off. Also, can you get it deep enough to do damage? Even something intended for boar hunting would be almost underpowered.

You evade, and strike at the incoming claw.