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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Willie the Duck" data-source="post: 9354467" data-attributes="member: 6799660">I also found that a few +s and -s with specific weapon-armor pairings* usually got drowned out by magic weapon pluses or (in AD&D) the really playing-favorites weapon damage.*that honestly still favored a bunch of the otherwise-optimal weapons like 2h swords and lances anywaysPerhaps this is an abstraction of the notion that an intelligent foe will take advantage of a clear and obvious vulnerability? Okay, a few of mine:In theory, Haste is one of the best combat boosts in the game -- except that it kills your party members. Haste ages affected PCs. PCs who are magically aged need to make System Shock checks to survive the aging. Even the potentially 15+ Con front-liners you want to cast it on can have system shock checks in the 91-97% range, meaning you might have a 9% chance of killing the party member you were combat boosting. Kind of a cheat, but let's look at Chainmail. A lot is made of how Heroes and Superheroes need to be hit by 4-8 regular attacks in the same round to drop (and what it would have done to D&D fighters if that logic was kept). However, a less realized one shows up in the Appendix D chart. Superheroes (level 8 fighters, as they could have been) can detect hidden or invisible foes. No specific reason, they just are that badass. Now imagine if that had made it into D&D.</blockquote>