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<blockquote data-quote="Griffith Dragonlake" data-source="post: 3912493" data-attributes="member: 40379"><p>Thanks PBD for bringing this up in a much more polite form than I would have. IMHO the biggest brain fart that Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook, and Skip Williams have had in their career is calling a two-handed scimitar a falchion. Up until 3rd edition, D&D had a fairly good record on historical arms & armor (albeit based on some antiquated sources, but legimate sources at the time). Gary's knowledge of polearm nomenclature is lejendary in roleplaying games. Whereas a simple fact check would have turned up the falchion as being nothing even close to being a two-handed scimitar. In fact, wasn't the falchion in the 2nd Ed. Player's Option: Skills & Powers?</p><p></p><p>I cannot think of another goof which has mislead thousands of gamers as this one. The martial artist as monk was bad enough but at least the class name derived from Shao-Lin Monk.</p><p></p><p>Did Jonathan, Monte, or Skip ever stop to think that for many youngsters, D&D is their first glimpse into historical arms & armor? That carries a certain responsibility which was taken more seriously in earlier editions. Why in the world could they have not called the two-handed scimitar as a two-handed scimitar? How hard is that?</p><p></p><p>It's like calling a Galil a Desert Eagle. Hey what's the big deal? They're both produced by IMI, used by the Israeli army, and have a gas blow-back design. But of course the gun nuts and players of modern-setting RPG would scream bloody murder. One is a pistol and one is a rifle. Well there's even more differences between a falchion (1-handed European sword) and a scimitar. Somehow this is OK?</p><p></p><p>Diablo II (CRPG) got it right but D&D 3.x can't? I can only hope and pray that 4th edition will not continue this downward spiral.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Griffith Dragonlake, post: 3912493, member: 40379"] Thanks PBD for bringing this up in a much more polite form than I would have. IMHO the biggest brain fart that Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook, and Skip Williams have had in their career is calling a two-handed scimitar a falchion. Up until 3rd edition, D&D had a fairly good record on historical arms & armor (albeit based on some antiquated sources, but legimate sources at the time). Gary's knowledge of polearm nomenclature is lejendary in roleplaying games. Whereas a simple fact check would have turned up the falchion as being nothing even close to being a two-handed scimitar. In fact, wasn't the falchion in the 2nd Ed. Player's Option: Skills & Powers? I cannot think of another goof which has mislead thousands of gamers as this one. The martial artist as monk was bad enough but at least the class name derived from Shao-Lin Monk. Did Jonathan, Monte, or Skip ever stop to think that for many youngsters, D&D is their first glimpse into historical arms & armor? That carries a certain responsibility which was taken more seriously in earlier editions. Why in the world could they have not called the two-handed scimitar as a two-handed scimitar? How hard is that? It's like calling a Galil a Desert Eagle. Hey what's the big deal? They're both produced by IMI, used by the Israeli army, and have a gas blow-back design. But of course the gun nuts and players of modern-setting RPG would scream bloody murder. One is a pistol and one is a rifle. Well there's even more differences between a falchion (1-handed European sword) and a scimitar. Somehow this is OK? Diablo II (CRPG) got it right but D&D 3.x can't? I can only hope and pray that 4th edition will not continue this downward spiral. [/QUOTE]
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