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<blockquote data-quote="CleverNickName" data-source="post: 9757334" data-attributes="member: 50987">Me, as a DM:&nbsp; Another rapier, how original.&nbsp; (eyeroll)&nbsp; Let me guess, high dexterity and a two-level dip of spellcaster, too?Me, as a player:&nbsp; Yeah so my next character has a high dex and a two-level dip of spellcaster, so I'm going with the rapier...I'm not sure how that can be fixed; people are gonna always gravitate to it because (1) it has the best damage of any Finesse weapon, and (2) Dexterity is the most important stat in the game.&nbsp; Any proposed &quot;fix&quot; to the rapier is going to involve changing (1) or (2), and your players will never go for either.&nbsp; Sometimes the best course of action is just to shrug and willfully suspend your disbelief.&nbsp; Rapiers are real but dragons aren't, so I use my imagination to bend the dragons a bit.&nbsp; Sure, dragons are mythical creatures of legendary power with scales tougher than iron, but they can also be defeated by a 16th century Spanish fashion accessory.&nbsp; (shrug)&nbsp; Anyway, roll initiative.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CleverNickName, post: 9757334, member: 50987"] Me, as a DM: Another rapier, how original. (eyeroll) Let me guess, high dexterity and a two-level dip of spellcaster, too? Me, as a player: Yeah so my next character has a high dex and a two-level dip of spellcaster, so I'm going with the rapier... I'm not sure how that can be fixed; people are gonna always gravitate to it because (1) it has the best damage of any Finesse weapon, and (2) Dexterity is the most important stat in the game. Any proposed "fix" to the rapier is going to involve changing (1) or (2), and your players will never go for either. Sometimes the best course of action is just to shrug and willfully suspend your disbelief. Rapiers are real but dragons aren't, so I use my imagination to bend the dragons a bit. Sure, dragons are mythical creatures of legendary power with scales tougher than iron, but they can [I]also [/I]be defeated by a 16th century Spanish fashion accessory. (shrug) Anyway, roll initiative. [/QUOTE]

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