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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BoldItalic" data-source="post: 7225784" data-attributes="member: 6777052">It's not to do with mechanics. It's to do with the narrative. You describe attacks differently depending on the type of weapon you are wielding.Throg the barbarian whirled his mighty warhammer around his head and uttered the battle cry of his tribal forefathers but the hideous orc merely curled its upper lip in a sneer as it raised its iron shield high to counter the blow. The shield bore the signs of many such hammer-blows. It has stopped them all."I stab it with my hammer," announced Throg, "Upwards under its shield, straight into its ribcage.""Wut?" said the DM."Well, you house-ruled away damage types, so if I can do stabbing with a dagger, I can do stabbing with a warhammer, can't it?"Er ..."</blockquote>