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<blockquote data-quote="Grog" data-source="post: 680675" data-attributes="member: 6183">Exactly! (Assuming the party survived the encounter, that is).In fact, the fighter would have to be an idiot to not go and buy such a weapon at his earliest opportunity.But let's take this example a step further. Wouldn't the fighter, knowing he was going into a dangerous situation, and not knowing what kind of creatures the party might run into, research what kind of weapons he might need before going on the adventure?Of course he would. So he finds out that different creatures have a variety of damage resistance, and he finds out that there are half a dozen (or however many there are) different types of weapons that will penetrate the various resistances. So he goes out and gets those weapons, because he doesn't know what he'll be facing on the adventure, but he wants to be prepared.Which gives us the good ol' golf bag of weaponry.I strongly doubt this would ever happen, but for the sake of argument, let's go ahead and assume that the DM only used 1 or 2 special material DR creatures over the course of a 20 level campaign.I bet that most players would still have a golf bag of weaponry, even in the above scenario. Because, even though they've only met 1 or 2 special material DR creatures, there could be one right around the next corner for all they know. And they'd want to be able to deal with such a creature if they do happen to run into one.After all, lots of people will go their entire lives without ever getting in a car accident, and yet they'll still buckle their seat belt every time they get in a car.It's just common sense.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Grog, post: 680675, member: 6183"] Exactly! (Assuming the party survived the encounter, that is). In fact, the fighter would have to be an idiot to [i]not[/i] go and buy such a weapon at his earliest opportunity. But let's take this example a step further. Wouldn't the fighter, knowing he was going into a dangerous situation, and not knowing what kind of creatures the party might run into, research what kind of weapons he might need [i]before[/i] going on the adventure? Of course he would. So he finds out that different creatures have a variety of damage resistance, and he finds out that there are half a dozen (or however many there are) different types of weapons that will penetrate the various resistances. So he goes out and gets those weapons, because he doesn't know what he'll be facing on the adventure, but he wants to be prepared. Which gives us the good ol' golf bag of weaponry. I strongly doubt this would ever happen, but for the sake of argument, let's go ahead and assume that the DM only used 1 or 2 special material DR creatures over the course of a 20 level campaign. I bet that most players would [i]still[/i] have a golf bag of weaponry, even in the above scenario. Because, even though they've only met 1 or 2 special material DR creatures, there could be one right around the next corner for all they know. And they'd want to be able to deal with such a creature if they do happen to run into one. After all, lots of people will go their entire lives without ever getting in a car accident, and yet they'll still buckle their seat belt every time they get in a car. It's just common sense. [/QUOTE]

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