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<blockquote data-quote="AFGNCAAP" data-source="post: 4034268" data-attributes="member: 871">So far, I like what I've heard about having a fighter &quot;focus&quot; with a particular weapon or weapons.&nbsp; However, I wonder how the weapon type (piercing, slashing, &amp; bludgeoning) will come into play.The only thing I'm concerned with is having too wide a diversity of weapons (as in umpteen different versions of a sword, statistically) only because I see this as a potential logistical nightmare that'll detract from simplicity/ease of play instead of add to it.&nbsp; I doubt that it may get to the point where a character who uses a scimitar will be worried that he actually gets a scimitar and not a tulwar, saber, cutlass, shamshir, falchion, katana, Dao, etc. instead as part of the magic loot for an adventure.&nbsp; It sorta-kinda got to this point in 2nd ed. AD&amp;D, esp. since the limited number of weapon proficiencies a character had made random treasure generation a pain, and standard modules horrid for players that liked using the non-standard types of weapons.To be honest, part of me hopes for a &quot;near-return&quot; to the weapon type simplicity of the BECMI D&amp;D (though the special abilities of certain weapons mentioned above would ensure all were valid choices).&nbsp; I'd like a bit more diversity than shown in the core BECMI D&amp;D books (such as accounting for rapiers, sabers, poleaxes, etc.), but still have a rather KISS approach to weapon varieties.I'm also curious to see how weapon sizes will be dealt with in 4E.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AFGNCAAP, post: 4034268, member: 871"] So far, I like what I've heard about having a fighter "focus" with a particular weapon or weapons. However, I wonder how the weapon type (piercing, slashing, & bludgeoning) will come into play. The only thing I'm concerned with is having too wide a diversity of weapons (as in umpteen different versions of a sword, statistically) only because I see this as a potential logistical nightmare that'll detract from simplicity/ease of play instead of add to it. I doubt that it may get to the point where a character who uses a scimitar will be worried that he actually gets a scimitar and not a tulwar, saber, cutlass, shamshir, falchion, katana, Dao, etc. instead as part of the magic loot for an adventure. It sorta-kinda got to this point in 2nd ed. AD&D, esp. since the limited number of weapon proficiencies a character had made random treasure generation a pain, and standard modules horrid for players that liked using the non-standard types of weapons. To be honest, part of me hopes for a "near-return" to the weapon type simplicity of the BECMI D&D (though the special abilities of certain weapons mentioned above would ensure all were valid choices). I'd like a bit more diversity than shown in the core BECMI D&D books (such as accounting for rapiers, sabers, poleaxes, etc.), but still have a rather KISS approach to weapon varieties. I'm also curious to see how weapon sizes will be dealt with in 4E. [/QUOTE]

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