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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BSF" data-source="post: 1950117" data-attributes="member: 13098">No, you don't need to carry around multiple weapons and I have yet to see a PC carry multiple versions just to bypass DR.  (Things could change, I don't worry about what my players do.)  Some players want to carry multiple weapons because they can't stand the thought of not being as efficient as possible.  This is a far cry from 1E where you couldn't even hurt an opponent with DR if you couldn't trump the DR.  A high level fighter that was without his cool sword could be attacked by a werewolf and would likely lose.  3.0 DR would allow you to overwhelm DR with a less efficient weapon, but with DR 15, or 30, it was very difficult.  With 3.5 and typed DR, you can be less efficient and still overwhelm DR.  But the common werewolf is still very frightening to low level NPCs.  DR 5/silver means that a warrior with a 14 strength and a short sword (which wouldn't be unreasonable for the town watch) is going to have a very difficult time doing meaningful damage to a lycanthrope before he is torn to shreds.  By the same token, a party of PCs without any silver will potentially have a difficult, but not insurmountable, time trying to take out a lycanthrope.  With silver weapons, then the encounter becomes much easier.  It is a nice way for me to throw a curveball at my PCs.  A battle that should have been easy might make them break a sweat.</blockquote>