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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kigmatzomat" data-source="post: 1970821" data-attributes="member: 9254">See, I don't get this.  Unless you've got a jones for setting-specific rules, there's pretty much all you need in the core books.  I've run games based on India, Istanbul, Norway, Japan, Greece and Europe without ever using a setting-specific ruleset.  Sure, not all of those were 3e but there's been virtually no work involved.  The vast majority of weapons tend to follow general trends and the differences tend to be in usage, something D&D doesn't model well at all.   Take katana's & bastard swords: one was more for hacking the other for draw-cuts but both are slashing.  Real world usage: significantly different, in-game difference: nil.  Those foreign names are generally the same dang name just in a foreign language.    Sometimes I wonder if the english word "longsword" has some weird connotations in japan the way katana does in the 'States.  At most you adjust some weapons' categories.  Some weapons are martials in some regions and exotic in others.  Simple weapons should always be simple but whether or not the weapon is part of the regular combat training or not is cultural.  In general, however, the effort is minimal.</blockquote>