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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ExploderWizard" data-source="post: 6770074" data-attributes="member: 66434">I suppose we have diametrically opposed views concerning what constitutes a jerk move. Telling another player how to run their character ranks pretty high. You mean the ' D&D IS SERIOUS BUSINESS' guild?  Yeah I wouldn't join that in the first place. Weapons are tools and a skilled fighter knows that they all have their place. From an in-character perspective would you use a weapon that you have never practiced with because some know it all tells you that it is better than the one you have proven yourself in battle with? A higher damage die weapon is not always the smartest choice. Fred the fighter always uses a longsword because d8. Bob the fighter uses several different weapons because battle is fluid. Fred and Bob fight. Fred has his long sword and Bob has a dagger. They fight in a phone booth- Fred dies. Not everyone plays to power trip. Some people actually just enjoy playing a certain concept. Don't forget that having fun is the end goal here. If you have to play a character that you find less fun than another in order to be "successful" then I hate to break it to you but you have already lost. My STR 12 DEX 20 wood elf fighter used a scimitar instead of a long sword. Are you seriously saying that a d8+1 would be objectively superior to a d6+5?  You should check your math. If we remove the distractions of the battlefield the comparison becomes pointless. The whole idea revolves around stupid decisions that get people killed. That only happens in battle (generally). So when your party is crawling through the narrow kobold warrens with a ceiling height of less than 5 feet, please respect the guy with the short bow doing a d6 damage compared to the 0 damage being done by the guy dragging a useless 6 foot stick behind him. If wounding in D&D had anything at all to do with the laws of physics , then the spear would be near the top of the effective weapons list.</blockquote>

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