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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The Crimson Binome" data-source="post: 6769855" data-attributes="member: 6775031">They don't have the numbers, but they have the observable in-game reality to which those numbers correspond. They can tell that a longsword will cut deeper into a wooden pole than a shortsword does, because it's heavier and better at cutting, which is what the damage die corresponds to. It should be obvious to everyone within the game world that you have a better chance of stopping a rampaging boar if you can hack at it with a longsword (or greatsword) than if you try to stab it with a shortsword -- unless you actually are trying to finesse it just right and hit a weak spot, in which case the lighter weapon will be a better tool for amplifying your technique. All of that should be obvious to any hunter or warrior who is familiar with weapons.I was talking about probabilities, which can be difficult to calculate on the spot. The damage numbers actually are important, though. Damage is the difference between life and death, between "Let's continue this next week," and "What game should we try next week?"There are a lot of variables, and the outcome can be difficult to fully predict with significant accuracy. But, just as some things are complicated, other things are dead simple. No matter what formula you're using, and whatever else is going on with ability scores and buffs and de-buffs and anything else you can imagine, the warhammer will always average one point of damage more than the mace. There can be a lot of things which make the difference less significant by comparison, but you will never find a situation where the mace is better than the warhammer.It's like, I have no idea what your financial situation is right now, but if I give you either four dollars or five dollars, then you will have more if I give you five than you will have if I give you four. That factor separates out of your wealth equation entirely, and does not depend on any of the other (known or unknown) factors.</blockquote>

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