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Message: <blockquote data-quote="digitalelf" data-source="post: 7483106" data-attributes="member: 18913">I currently run AD&D games. And Wizards in AD&D are allowed: dagger, staff, darts, knives, and slings.Non-Weapon Proficiencies are not a: Have Them=Allowed To Use ThemDon't Have Them=Not Allowed To Use Them (there were a few exceptions).All characters could do things listed as non-weapon proficiencies, it's just that those WITH a particular proficiency could do that task better than the proverbial lay-person.But those are just minor nit-picks...This whole topic is interesting and all, but exactly how much of this stuff is actually played out in your games? I mean I play out A LOT of stuff in game that most gamers would find tedious at best... I mean right down to getting a room at the local inn or buying individual spell components. But even I as a DM just assume that characters, even non-fighter types, are practicing with their weapon(s) while at camp...And this, IMHO makes up for a character getting better with a weapon that either sees no use or very little use in game. I made this assumption even back when I ran 3rd edition and Pathfinder games. It wasn't a perfect solution, but D&D in all of its iterations have their various warts... I think that's perhaps part of the reason why we love the game and are so passionate about it.I just don't think there is a solution for the issue, outside of a heavy re-write of the game.</blockquote>