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<blockquote data-quote="SableWyvern" data-source="post: 4308404" data-attributes="member: 1008">Really?According to my Readers Digest Great Encyclopedic Dictonary, published in 1966, to wield is, Now, I don't know that Readers Digest is known for its great authority, but I can assure you in any case that the 1966 edition was not influenced by any RPG.If you see someone walking down the street with a knife in hand, it's perfectly acceptable to say, &quot;He was wielding a knife.&quot; All the more so if he was brandishing it, and more again if he was stabbing someone. But in all three situations, &quot;wield&quot; is perfectly acceptable.Once again, let me make it clear that I'm quite convinced that when the D&amp;D rules say &quot;wield&quot;, they are referring to using that wepaon to attack and deal damage. But that is not the only possible use of &quot;wield&quot;, and is a far more precise usage than is often seen. Any argument that is grounded in some notion that the word &quot;wield&quot; can only correctly be used to mean to attack or use with skill is objectively and provably false.It is perfectly acceptable to refer to someone carrying a weapon in hand as &quot;wielding a weapon&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SableWyvern, post: 4308404, member: 1008"] Really? According to my Readers Digest Great Encyclopedic Dictonary, published in 1966, to wield is, Now, I don't know that Readers Digest is known for its great authority, but I can assure you in any case that the 1966 edition was not influenced by any RPG. If you see someone walking down the street with a knife in hand, it's perfectly acceptable to say, "He was wielding a knife." All the more so if he was brandishing it, and more again if he was stabbing someone. But in all three situations, "wield" is perfectly acceptable. [b][i]Once again, let me make it clear that I'm quite convinced that when the D&D rules say "wield", they are referring to using that wepaon to attack and deal damage.[/i][/b][i][/i] But that is not the only possible use of "wield", and is a far more precise usage than is often seen. Any argument that is grounded in some notion that the word "wield" can only correctly be used to mean to attack or use with skill is [b][i]objectively and provably false[/i][/b][i][/i]. It is perfectly acceptable to refer to someone carrying a weapon in hand as "wielding a weapon". [/QUOTE]

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