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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rystil Arden" data-source="post: 3131926" data-attributes="member: 29014"><p>In general, I think the reasonable response in this situation is to keep the shortsword as a backup weapon and use it at least on guys with DR X/Magic and pick up a magic axe at the first chance you get.  Being petulant and refusing to do so, if you are the party's melee damager, is likely to result in everyone's death through in-character stupidity.  It would be like a wizard who styled herself a pyromancer and refused to cast anything but fire spells on the Red Dragon.  There's a subtle line, of course--when it's just the +1 to hit and damage over the axe on a normal opponent and the character likes axes, that's a different story.</p></blockquote><p></p>