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There is a reason knights and soldiers carried swords. And it wasn't because they were the primary weapon of the battlefield. Once someone got too close in for a hafted weapon, you dropped it and swapped for something useful in closer quarters. Shock of shocks. It's almost like I'm not...

Sure. And 3e had Polearms unable to attack the square next to you. It's a whole thing where different editions do things differently. S'why I said I kinda like the idea rather than "This needs to be in 6e!!!" I just think it'd be a more reasonable general rule for realistic reach of weapons...

One thing I -kinda- like about Daggerheart is the ranges. Melee range is 1-3ft. You're practically grappling levels of close. This is the range of stabbing someone with a dagger. Very close is 5-10ft away from your target. Then you get close at 10-30, far at 30-100, and very far out to 300ft...

The Rapier and Small Sword, 1460-1820 by A.V.B. Norman. Published in 1979. A.V.B. Norman was the Master of the Armouries in the Tower of London where lots of weapons and manuscripts on fighting styles are stored and did his research over the course of a decade before releasing the book. It's...

It's from frustration more than anything. Academia says there's been Rapiers since the 1460s. People who spend their entire lives studying weapons and armor in order to seek one of the most prestigious postings in the "Knows a lot about swords" category of careers have stated as such. Hell...

Granted. At the time I think it was East Francia? It's also worth noting that there's a fairly famous book made up of over a decade of research titled "The Rapier and the Smallsword: 1460-1820" by Alexander Vesey Bethune Norman (A.V.B. Norman) the former Master of the Armouries at the Tower of...

Okay. How about "Rapier, Circa 1490" from the Met, instead? https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/22366 A rapier from the 15th century, directly. Oh, look. The Metropolitan Museum of Art outright states that they were developed in the late 15th century. Or 1400s. GASP. Here's...

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Someone in the 1700s was like "Mm... I think I'll make an old-style rapier based on 1400s German Rapiers." and then did that thing. And that piece is now in a museum 300 years later. This is not rocket surgery. For the person in the 1700s to make a rapier in the style of the 1400s there had...

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/29505 A rapier made in Solingen Germany in the 18th century in the, quote, 15th Century German Style. Meaning 1400s. Meaning they had rapiers in Germany in the 1400s. You can quibble over "Full edge" versus false edge versus point only all you...

If and when I ever take the time to write down all my thoughts into an actual 5e revamp the list of changes will be significant... And the all-importance of Dex will be high among them. Like. First among them is DRASTICALLY narrowing the difference between armor values and then adding...

Tolkien was 100% historically accurate... To Middle Earth, rather than real world Earth. That's rather the point, in the end. Trying to say the Rapier is "Too modern" next to waistcoats in the quintessential fantasy story is silly.

True, but Bilbo also wore a waistcoat which was invented in the 1800s. So. Y'know. Wheee "Historical Accuracy" in Fantasy!

The rapier was a deadly weapon, not 'intended to draw blood'. It was a self-defense tool used to kill unarmored or lightly armored opponents. It was poisoned in Hamlet for dramatic purposes. Shakespeare -loved- his poisons and the drama of a nick being a deadly blow is strong. The rapier also...