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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gothmog" data-source="post: 899951" data-attributes="member: 317"><p>There really isn't a good reason they gave druids scimitars as an allowed weapon, although they have had them since 1E.  I think niteshade6 has it right (or pretty close to it)- they wanted druids to use sickles, but there wasn't a sickle on the weapon list at the time.  In reality, druids never used scimitars (they were a middle eastern weapon, and difficult to forge).  IMC, I don't allow druids to use scimitars, but let them use bows, hand axes, and battle axes instead.  I reason that since they are often from more "primitive" areas, their weapon selection ought to reflect this.</p></blockquote><p></p>