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    Excerpt: Weapons (MERGE)

    Could depend on the power... Remember, a lot of the martial powers are 2 or 3 times your weapon damage... Yeah, it's not as good Strength and Half, but 1 to 3 extra damage is probably about on par with what you were seeing in 3.5 anyway... And it's a little more universal. The low strength...
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    Excerpt: Weapons (MERGE)

    When discussing sport fencing, you need to be more specific. Also, light-sabre duels would be nothing like sport fencing. No single sport fencing weapon would cover it. Epee: Entire body is the target, only stabbing Foil: Torso only, only stabbing Sabre: Everything above the waste is target...
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    Excerpt: Weapons (MERGE)

    *ahem* Yes, well... Um... Step one, apparently, is to take reading lessons.... Color me sheepish... Yeah, I'd noticed that in the PHB before... Honestly, I was never all that impressed with the weapon images in the 3.5 PHB... And the mistakes only adds to the joy... Sorry about that...
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    Excerpt: Weapons (MERGE)

    Perhaps we're looking at different images? I'm looking at that picture, second weapon from the left (immediately to the right of what people are supposing is a spiked chain, but could also be some sort of strange flail). The weapon I'm looking at features no curve, and is long and slender...
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    Excerpt: Weapons (MERGE)

    (a) What's a sable? The creature? The color black (heraldy)? Do you mean "sabre"? (also spelled "saber") (b) If you *do* mean sabre, it certainly isn't. While the guard could possibly give that impression, the weapon depicted is clearly a stabbing weapon. Sabres are slashing weapons. The...
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    Excerpt: Weapons (MERGE)

    No, wait. It can't explode until Godwin's Law has come into play... Or did I miss it somewhere in there?
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