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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Numenorean" data-source="post: 2282469" data-attributes="member: 7264">I don't think your logic is taking the difficulty factor in to play.For example in the Hundred Years War and later some knights would dual wield a sword/mace combo, sword/horseman's flail combo, or a sword/han axe combo.Two handed weapons were used in limited circumstances: Saxon Huscairls wielding long two handed axes over the shield wall, german landsknecht mercenaries using two handed flamberges against horseman, etc.Of course the Samurai used two handed swords, the katana .. but actually the Katana was a very light hand-and a half weapon. When analyzing D&D weapons I don't think its best to use eastern weapons as a standard ... because the vast bulk of weapons and armor in D&D (core) come from europe, middle east, and western asia. Thats why weapons like the Katana are sort of a fluke in the D&D system.Do you know what 10 european knights from the 12th century would do to 10 samurai from the 12th century? .. or even 10 of Saladin's Saracens would do to them?The Samurai are cool, but outside of their armor/weapon environment they would get destroyed.I'm drifting off topic, my bad.</blockquote>