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<blockquote data-quote="Coredump" data-source="post: 681207" data-attributes="member: 6939">people talk about 'research' like it is a forgone conclusion of a scientific community.How well will the fighter be able to gather info? He isn't very trained at research to begin with. And which info will he believe? He 'learns' that to hurt werewolves, you can only use two handed weapons. (afterall, the guy using a dagger did no damage at all, yet the halberd seemed to hurt it.) Maybe he hears that silver will do it, or maybe he hears that silver is an old wives tale, and only steel quenched in belladona, or wolf's blood, will work.&nbsp; Maybe he hears that all this 'special weapon' stuff is malarky, and started by old ladies and wimply fighters.&nbsp; Or maybe the area he is in doesn't really have many were creatures, so little is known...until he travels to the far off land...The point is, yoiu can't just assume you can have an encyclopedia of all monsters, and assume that all info is there, and assume that the info is complete, accurate, and not misleading.Or could you also 'research' all the strengths and weaknesses of all monsters, maybe even how many hit points, what their tactics were, all their special abilities, etc. etc.Second, is it worth it to carry all those weapons?&nbsp; How often will they be needed? how does that compare to the hassle of carrying them?Lets think of current... did all fighters carrya&nbsp; slashing *and* bludgening weapon. Plus a melee *and* a range weapon? Did they always carry a fly potion? and water breathing? And a silver weapon? etc. etc.These are all things that will make the fighter more effective in certain situations; so does every fighter carry them all now?.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Coredump, post: 681207, member: 6939"] people talk about 'research' like it is a forgone conclusion of a scientific community. How well will the fighter be able to gather info? He isn't very trained at research to begin with. And which info will he believe? He 'learns' that to hurt werewolves, you can only use two handed weapons. (afterall, the guy using a dagger did no damage at all, yet the halberd seemed to hurt it.) Maybe he hears that silver will do it, or maybe he hears that silver is an old wives tale, and only steel quenched in belladona, or wolf's blood, will work. Maybe he hears that all this 'special weapon' stuff is malarky, and started by old ladies and wimply fighters. Or maybe the area he is in doesn't really have many were creatures, so little is known...until he travels to the far off land... The point is, yoiu can't just assume you can have an encyclopedia of all monsters, and assume that all info is there, and assume that the info is complete, accurate, and not misleading. Or could you also 'research' all the strengths and weaknesses of all monsters, maybe even how many hit points, what their tactics were, all their special abilities, etc. etc. Second, is it worth it to carry all those weapons? How often will they be needed? how does that compare to the hassle of carrying them? Lets think of current... did all fighters carrya slashing *and* bludgening weapon. Plus a melee *and* a range weapon? Did they always carry a fly potion? and water breathing? And a silver weapon? etc. etc. These are all things that will make the fighter more effective in certain situations; so does every fighter carry them all now? . [/QUOTE]

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