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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JacktheRabbit" data-source="post: 7336601" data-attributes="member: 525">One other thought comes to mind. DnD groups are not armies on the battlefield. It might not always make the most sense to assume best or most common on battlefield means best for a group of adventurers. By 3rd or 4th level a DnD fighter is probably better than 99% of the soldiers on a medieval battlefield. He also faces potentially a much wider range of threats than the average soldier fighting for the local baron against his neighbor over land rights.DnD characters are more skilled, so weapons that offer more if more skilled make sense, DnD characters face a greater variety of threats so versatile weapons make sense, finally DnD characters are RICH so the financial limitations that often helped determine what a medieval army is carrying and wearing into battle do not apply.It is like spear vs trident. On a battlefield the spear makes more sense, cheaper, easier to produce, and quite effective when used by troops in tight formations. A trident though in the hands of an expert probably has a higher top end, you can parry better with it, you can potentially break enemy weapons or disarm enemies in ways you cannot with a spear. These benefits will require more training and apply more to individual fights and not to the battlefield.Just remember two small armies of a couple hundred men in each is nothing at all like a DnD party battling the normal foes encountered when adventuring and for that reason the equipment good for one is not automatically good for the other.</blockquote>

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