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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 5976453" data-attributes="member: 19675">But they don't learn ALL weapons as they do in D&D.A typical Samurai learned mastered his long blade, archery (stationary and mounted), and a select group of polearms.  Certain schools of samurai also learned a specific two-weapon form involving the mastery of a short blade as well.A European typical knight leaned mastery of swords & daggers; training in a mace, hammer, ace or flail (but not all), and a polearm or two was common.  Actual mastery of non-swords as a main weapon was rare and notable, in no small part because the sword was as much a symbol of station as a weapon.  Mastery of archery was rare among the gentry.And pit either Samurai or knight against someone who is a specialist, and he'll come up short.  Neither would be as good at stationary archery as a Welsh bowman, or a match in mounted archery against a Mongol mounted archer.Even in modern dojos, you can tell the difference between a guy who knows how to use a knife properly as part of generalized weapon training and a guy who has mastered small blades over a lifetime of training.</blockquote>