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<blockquote data-quote="William Ronald" data-source="post: 1081879" data-attributes="member: 426">I played a paladin for a while who wielded a battle axe in preference to a sword.&nbsp; This was back in 1st edition, when the battle axe did less damage than a longsword against opponents.&nbsp; I have also seen PCs use bardiches, hammers, and the ever popular long bow.&nbsp; Long swords are popular as well.There is such a thing as style.&nbsp; So, I think a good thing for a DM to do who has a player who uses weapons other than swords is to have some magic weapons of that type appear in addition to magic swords.&nbsp; Think of it as fate giving the person who has a different weapon preference for fighter types a lucky break or two. Also, if a character follows a god who uses something besides a sword as a weapon, the player might want to have his character use such a weapon.&nbsp; For example, Poseidon is associated with a trident,&nbsp; Odin, Zeus, Athena, and Ares are associated with spears,&nbsp; Thor is associated with war hammers, and both Apollo and Artemis are associated with bows.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="William Ronald, post: 1081879, member: 426"] I played a paladin for a while who wielded a battle axe in preference to a sword. This was back in 1st edition, when the battle axe did less damage than a longsword against opponents. I have also seen PCs use bardiches, hammers, and the ever popular long bow. Long swords are popular as well. There is such a thing as style. So, I think a good thing for a DM to do who has a player who uses weapons other than swords is to have some magic weapons of that type appear in addition to magic swords. Think of it as fate giving the person who has a different weapon preference for fighter types a lucky break or two. Also, if a character follows a god who uses something besides a sword as a weapon, the player might want to have his character use such a weapon. For example, Poseidon is associated with a trident, Odin, Zeus, Athena, and Ares are associated with spears, Thor is associated with war hammers, and both Apollo and Artemis are associated with bows. [/QUOTE]

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