What are your favorite weapons?

[ErickArnell]

Simple qustion, what are your favorite weapons (for flavor reasons) for your characters to have?

I'm not asking for the best weapon for a min-maxed character. I mean the weapon that just feels right.

Mine is the heavy crossbow. I know that there may be better ranged weapons, but I just like the old-west gunslinger feel of a big "You feelin' lucky, punk?" crossbow. Every character I have that can get away with it has one.

 

[Crothian]

Dwarvenb Battle axe but only because in second edition we had a campaign specific weapon that was exactly this. I was very pleased to see it in the core rules since we had been using it for years.

 

[Felix]

Quarterstaff.

So much character. So much history. So easy to say, "you wouldn't part an old man from his walking flip-out-and-smash-you-twice stick, would you?"

That, and it's free. Whee!

 

[IronWolf]

A rather simple one for me... A dagger. I tend to play rangers or rogues and of course they always need a dagger close at hand. Usually in a sheath that runs horizontal at the small of their back.

 

[Oberyn]

Spears.... one of the worst weapons rules wise but i love them, it just seems to have such an awesome feel you can respect the guy with a sword on his belt but you had BETTER respect the guy with a 6 foot spear i once had fun taking a challenge and i took it intop of some 60 foot poles i had a homebrew feat thati could make a strike at an opponent 10 feet away once a round... long story short i not only shoved him off the poles i dived down with my spear and pined him to the ground with 4 feet of spear and then said "would anyone else like to challenge my leadership?"

 

[Corsair]

claw/claw/bite

 

[Breakstone]

The bigger the better! I really enjoy all those polearm weapons- so much variety, and so much you can do with them!

 

[Swiftbrook]

Bastard Sword. I play a ranger and I've used a Bastard Sword since 2e. Since I'm an archer, I don't have a shield thus I don't need the exotic weapon prof. since I use it two handed.

-Swiftbrook

 

[Goblyn]

Scythe.

Why?

I don't think that even needs an answer.

 

[caudor]

I really like the glaive for no other reason than looks. I also have a soft spot for flails.