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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Stormonu" data-source="post: 5956641" data-attributes="member: 52734">A large selection of "real" weapons started out as farm implements or improvised weapons.flail - used to thresh wheatpick - modified from the mining instrumenttrident/fork - pitchfork modified for warbattleaxe - modified wood chopping axemace - a tree limb, replaced with a metal stickspear - putting your dagger on a long stickbow - shooting your dagger at a foesword - a dagger-polearmsling - using your belt to throw a rockThe fact is, the scythe being used for war was never designed for cutting plants, just as a battleaxe was never designed to cut wood.  The war scythe is probably reinforced - with a better tempered blade - and used for beheading or gutting foes.  The idea for a war scythe probably came from the farm implement, but the one listed on the weapon table in D&D is designed for combat - and would probably be unwieldy and awkward if used on the farm.</blockquote>