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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dykstrav" data-source="post: 3210430" data-attributes="member: 40522">I've never really dug the spiked chain myself. It seems like an awfully chintzy type of weapon. Without getting too much into it, there's a reason that real-world warriors used swords, spears, arrows, and flails for thousands of years. The manrikigusari or the meteor hammer are probably the closest real world equivalents, and even those required years of training and practice to use well (in my thinking, it'd be more akin to taking a prestige class than taking a feat to really be able to use these weapons effectively in battle). But so what? D&D isn't supposed to mirror reality, spiked chains are an idea that alot of players and DMs like.I can see where a DM would think that certain weapons wouldn't jibe with a certain setting. Could you imagine a 16th-century samurai wielding an English cavalry lance? Or how about a shaolin monk with a rapier? A Venetian duelist with a three-section-staff? A Scottish highlander with a pair of tonfa? These things aren't strictly illegal from a rules standpoint, but they are valid considerations for setting a certain tone and feel to the game.</blockquote>