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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Juomari Veren" data-source="post: 5830136" data-attributes="member: 87428">Something in my gut tells me that "Dungeons and Swords" just didn't roll off the tongue well enough when they were coming up with a name some 40 years ago.I actually enjoy the idea of the sword having a variety of uses, and each part of the sword doing something different(perhaps using a specific part of the sword to aid you in the most miniscule of tasks could grant a bonus, like using the hilt to smash a guy's kneecap in). Being able to take the most out of a weapon sounds appealing to me.I just don't think we need as many swords as there are people in the world. I can name a bunch of swords, but the only real difference is the region they come from and the shape otherwise, a wakizashi is a short sword is a falx(which is true in 3e). I think if maybe we had just Sword, Greatsword, and Dagger for sword-like weapons and then from there you were able to literally customize the weapon within reasonable limits into whatever variety of sword you were trying to emulate. You could pay to have it forged with add-ons or with a specific shape that changes the weapon into something new for a few extra gold and then there you go, you turned your Dagger into a húdié shuāng dāo. Or whatever. Saves some space in the Weapons and Armor chapter, at the very least.</blockquote>