Ellie_the_Elf said:
In fantasy novels and movies, the hero generally walks around with one signature weapon- they're known for that particular sword or whatever weapon it is, and it has a history behind it, stories of what they killed with it etc. People know about the legendary weapon as well as about the hero who wields it. They do not have about 15 different swords on their person at all times in case they just happen to need cold iron/silver/whatever.
So you're not saying that the system is bad flavour (IMO it's great flavour, and makes snese), you're just saying that the "heroes" you play are sell-outs
Those guys want great big weapons, but will abandon it at the first sign of an enemy with DR, regardless of the fact that you can still damage the enemy with your sword (DR is much lower in 3.5 than it was before).
You know, it is not the old "you need a +3 weapon, or you cannot scratch the enemy, not ewen with 100 points of damage" rule. It just reduces damage.
And I remember other stories where the heroes needed special weapons to hurt special enemies (noone ever complained that the hero had to abandon his weapon for a silver sword, just becuase he had to fight a werewolf)
Also, 3.5 weapon sizes. What was wrong with a (for example) human-size short sword being usable as a longsword by a small character?
The fact that this short sword is made to stick people with, not to hack at them? The short sword is not just a smaller version of the long sword.
Other problems with using weapons like that include differences in hilt sizes and so on.
Nevertheless, there's a rule for using weapons of different size categories as other weapons, so the large short sword can be used as medium longsword.
Actually, I like the new system because we don't have to compare those different sizes. "So, this giant's large, so his greatclub is huge, right? And his dagger is small, is that correct? Damn, I'm getting a headache"
Henry said:
Eberron explains it that Khorvar (their name for half-elves) are true-breeding, and in fact most Khorvar come from other Khorvar. No reason that wouldn't work for any other setting, too.
There's that, too, of course. In the FR, for example, the half-elves of Luiren have their own realm where there are almost exclusively half-elves. Another nation is ruled by half-drow.
sniffles said:
If the weapons are going to be specialized to the races, then give every race its own special weapons like the dwarven urgrosh, and let the members of that race have familiarity with their special weapons for free.
No, cannot have that. Only dwarves are to get that, because they're so cool (pretends to have a rolling eyes smiley)
