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Message: <blockquote data-quote="takyris" data-source="post: 409169" data-attributes="member: 5171">See?  I take out my anecdotal evidence, and this is what happens.I'm a martial artist.  I have more training than you do (he says, guessing).  I HAVE heard of taking martial weapon proficiency and knowing how to use 500+ weapons, because I can do it.  "Taking martial weapon proficiency" means years of training and learning how the wonderful world of physics works, and then learning how to apply that to anything you can pick up.  You can give me just about any weapon you want, and I'll be able to use it to defend myself.  It won't be as pretty as someone who trained since birth with the katana using his family weapon, but that's not what your standard BAB reflects.  Heck, last Wednesday I did a self-defense technique empty-handed, and then while holding a stick, a knife, a jump-rope, and a stapler.  The week before that I did another technique empty-handed, and then with knives, sticks, a staff, and a scarf.Some stuff is harder, yes -- that's why we have exotic weapons.  And you're obviously gonna be better at something you focus on -- hence the feat WEAPON FOCUS.So don't tell me that my fighter who's completely dedicated to his craft isn't going to know how to use an axe because he's only used broadswords up to this point.  You're thinking of focus and specialization not general self-defense training.-Tacky</blockquote>