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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 9768483" data-attributes="member: 22779">Kinda missing the point though.I've been saying all the way along that the sword has been given the prime real estate in the game.  All the best magic weapons are swords and always have been.  From the Holy Avenger and the Vorpal Sword to Dragonslayers and a rather lengthy number of artifacts.I mean, good grief, last month was Swordtember where various creators did nothing but bang out magic swords for a month.  :wow:Can I have other weapons?  Of course. But, it's pretty clear that the game is leaning REALLY heavily on swords being the best weapon in the game.Umm, did you miss where 2014 was exactly the same?  It hasn't been until 2024 that you could, by the book, in randomly generated loot, actually get a flaming weapon that wasn't a sword, as just a single example.My point isn't that you can't have other weapons.  My point is that the game designers have been pushing swords first and foremost since day 1 in the game.  Swords did the best damage in the game and are still pretty much top even now.  You're putting the popularity of swords on the DM.  That's ignoring the fact that the rules in the books list ten magic swords for every one of another magic weapon.  (I exaggerate, I don't know the exact number, but, I imagine it's not far off.)</blockquote>