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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rystil Arden" data-source="post: 2127111" data-attributes="member: 29014">To present an extreme example of Umbran's point (albeit not exactly in the same context), many years ago I was playing an old Might and Magic CRPG.  One of my characters was a warrior who loved beating things down with two-handed swords.  Heck, I tracked down the grandmaster of two-handed swords and trained under him, gaining huge benefits with two-handed swords.  I liked two-handed swords and I fully expected to continue using two-handed swords, but then, near the end, the game dumped laser rifles onto my medieval characters, and the bad guys became nigh invincible to anything but the stupid guns (which were ridiculously powerful).  So I was forced by necessity to adapt to the situation and use the guns, against my judgment and good taste.The same often holds true in D&D.  A player would be suicidal to continue using their daddy's non-masterwork longsword through level 20, when presented with various alternative magic weapons.  Now, if the player is somehow min/maxed enough or the challenges are lax enough to survive, this probably won't be an issue.  But if there is a TPK or other terrible defeat and the fighter with the underpowered weapon was clearly not holding his weight, the other players are certainly going to express their displeasure.</blockquote>