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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mkletch" data-source="post: 499268" data-attributes="member: 3396">But sundering a weapon is never the best way to survive.  There are myriad ways, and almost all begin with the phrase "we run".  Get away, come up with a better plan, get more appropriate resources, hire mercenaries, buy a wand, something.  At mid-levels and beyond (exactly when sunder is a viable feat/tactic), the vast bulk of treasure found will be in magic items.  Those 2000cp are not going to help you buy anything!And I agree 110%.  Belive it or not, that is the primary reason I am designing a whole new campaign setting for my groups.  Low magic, and that which is present is expendable 98% of the time (wands, scrolls, potions, etc.).So, normal weapons, very little armor better than chain mail, armor as DR, VP/WP instead of HP, d20 Modern's death by massive damage.  Lethal, low tech/low magic, mysterious.  Granted, a monster with DR 10/+2 is nearly invulnerable, but that is the point.Why does it take someone like Glorfindel (the 1st), Ecthelion of the Fountain or Gandalf to kill a Balrog - because that DR 20/+3 is the bomb.  Why does it take a wicked cool arrow to bring down Smaug?  DR 20/+3 stops just about anything.  Why is a Myrdraal nearly impossible for anyone but a heroic warrior to even fight?  The list goes on; add your favorite fantasy writer/novel here...Monsters from legend, fairy tales and lots of more modern books can only be damaged by special materials - make the characters research that (in game, not in RL).  Put some wonder back into magic, demons, dragons - stop them from being simple prizes to be won, or simple (but still tough) creatures to be overcome in the course of any normal adventuring career.Well, now, that was a tad of off-topic rant, wasn't it? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />-Fletch!</blockquote>

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