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<blockquote data-quote="iamntbatman" data-source="post: 7225235" data-attributes="member: 6907623"><p>I'm actually curious as to what other weapons people have come up with to fit in that damage slot. A typical long, thin basket-hilted rapier does indeed seem like a silly weapon for an adventurer to carry around to fight trolls with (which is why my bard, who will likely never use it, carries just such a weapon). When classes who would actually use such a weapon on the regular need a rapier, I like to imagine them more like the Gustav Vasa sword in the OP. </p><p></p><p>I'd also have no problem using the rapier stats with the piercing damage swapped for slashing and calling it a sabre or elven blade or something to that effect. </p><p></p><p>But what about a 1d8, one-handed piercing weapon (I think we're being a bit limited in our thinking that a rapier stand-in has to necessarily be some other sort of sword) that could benefit as much from precise use as it could from brute strength? I'm not averse to the idea of inventing weaponry, either; as has been pointed out the reality of a D&D world is far different from real Earth history. It's not difficult for me to imagine a weapon that would work better for monster-slaying adventurers than strictly man-on-man fighting. What about something like a short-handled yari (something maybe assegai length?) with a crossguard low enough on the handle to prevent it from working as a versatile weapon? Such a weapon would not be at all suitable for throwing, could be rammed through armor with brute force by STR-based characters or finessed through armor gaps by DEX characters, most definitely would do piercing damage rather than slashing, would definitely be a martial weapon requiring special training unlike a basic spear, and would be a much sturdier weapon than a flimsy rapier for adventuring purposes. What other weapon ideas could people come up with for something that uses the PHB rapier stats for something that fits more in a D&D adventuring world?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="iamntbatman, post: 7225235, member: 6907623"] I'm actually curious as to what other weapons people have come up with to fit in that damage slot. A typical long, thin basket-hilted rapier does indeed seem like a silly weapon for an adventurer to carry around to fight trolls with (which is why my bard, who will likely never use it, carries just such a weapon). When classes who would actually use such a weapon on the regular need a rapier, I like to imagine them more like the Gustav Vasa sword in the OP. I'd also have no problem using the rapier stats with the piercing damage swapped for slashing and calling it a sabre or elven blade or something to that effect. But what about a 1d8, one-handed piercing weapon (I think we're being a bit limited in our thinking that a rapier stand-in has to necessarily be some other sort of sword) that could benefit as much from precise use as it could from brute strength? I'm not averse to the idea of inventing weaponry, either; as has been pointed out the reality of a D&D world is far different from real Earth history. It's not difficult for me to imagine a weapon that would work better for monster-slaying adventurers than strictly man-on-man fighting. What about something like a short-handled yari (something maybe assegai length?) with a crossguard low enough on the handle to prevent it from working as a versatile weapon? Such a weapon would not be at all suitable for throwing, could be rammed through armor with brute force by STR-based characters or finessed through armor gaps by DEX characters, most definitely would do piercing damage rather than slashing, would definitely be a martial weapon requiring special training unlike a basic spear, and would be a much sturdier weapon than a flimsy rapier for adventuring purposes. What other weapon ideas could people come up with for something that uses the PHB rapier stats for something that fits more in a D&D adventuring world? [/QUOTE]
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