Favorite Weapon

[Temotei]

What's your favorite weapon (real life or no)? It could be an artifact or just an ordinary weapon.

I think my favorite is the hand-and-a-half sword (bastard sword).

[Hirax]

Greathorn Minotaur greathammer. It's what exotic weapons should be: worth a feat.

[SilentNight]

Always been a fan of the sunblade, frostbrand, all those cool specific weapons.

[dragonsamurai77]

Two-bladed sword katana, for sheer awesomeness.

[WarKitty]

Throwing daggers.

[mikethepoor]

I'll take a scimitar almost any day of the week for its incredible threat range.

[Bob the Urgh]

I always liked the morningstar, its simple and does two damage types.

[true_shinken]

I'm in love with Blackrazor. I really am.
I saw Blackrazor for the first time in Baldur's Gate II. I could become evil and get a powerful sword or I could stick to being good. But then. What a fine sword that was! I was tempted, I really was and I succumbed to temptation. Blackrazor was amazing. It was fast, it was strong, it made me stronger, it even healed me.
Then I saw her in Arms & Equipment Guide and then I researched her online. She is so... beautiful. So... powerful. So... awesome!
Then, 4e came and took my Blackrazor away...

Oh where, oh where can my Blackrazor be?
WotC took here away from me!
She's gone to heaven so I got to be good
so I can see Blackrazor when I leave this world...

[Shademan]

Morningstar.
Your full plate can be as...er...platy as it wants. get yerself a good whack with this baby and you're gonna feel it!

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[kestrel404]

Gargantuan two-handed great hammer. Specifically when wielded by a Pixie with major titan bloodline. Being granted full cover by your melee weapon is awesome.

[FyreByrd]

Katana

Bad FyreByrd!

In all seriousness...probably Rapier...but that's only because I fence in RL, so have a natural feel for it!

[Xefas]

I've always been a fan of the egregiously over-sized hammers. The big blocky metal hammers that would never in a million years actually function as an effective weapon, if they were even capable of maintaining their structural integrity for a single swing.

If I had to pick something a bit more realistic, I like the spear. Good range, relatively easy to use, and cheap to make.

[Greenish]

In real world, I've no experience with historical weapons, but I've always found the longsword a cool-and-functional looking weapon. I'm told it's rather versatile, too. Because my lack of expertise with historical weapons, I'll just put up a picture of what I imagine to be speaking:

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Out of D&D weapons, I'd have to say scimitar or falchion, I'm just a sucker for a good threat range.

[FMArthur]

Gnome Quickrazors. I really, really like the idea behind them as the perfect hidden weapon. It helps that I'm sort of in love with Iaijutsu Focus right now, too.

I see a lot of people getting these without using feats in builds, which is confusing. How is this possible (without just accepting a -4 penalty)?

[Greenish]

I see a lot of people getting these without using feats in builds, which is confusing. How is this possible (without just accepting a -4 penalty)?

Usually by being a gnome and swapping the racial familiarity with the abominable hooked hammer to one with the 'razor. The rule is in RoS, I seem to recall.

[Spiryt]

Large longswords like this claymore are always cool.

This one made by Vince Evans, AFAIR, really great looking piece, and extremely well handling weapon.

[Evard]

Real life? Katana .. But that's the Ni-Kyu in kendo talking :3

D&D? There is a sword in the book of nine swords... The kamate? I think... Great sword :D

[Greenish]

D&D? There is a sword in the book of nine swords... The kamate? I think... Great sword :D

Kamate.
Kamate.
Kamate.
KAMATE!

Hehe. Grossmessers are great-looking weapons too.

[Vangor]

I'll take a scimitar almost any day of the week for its incredible threat range.

Falchion, simply because 2handing anything is superior.

[Greenish]

Falchion, simply because 2handing anything is superior.

You can two-hand a scimitar, though, and save some money when starting at level 1.

[Vangor]

You can two-hand a scimitar, though, and save some money when starting at level 1.

I know, but I would also rather spend the money at low levels (depending on how low our funds are) to get the 2d4, too. Just being concise on the 2hand part.

[Ravens_cry]

Great Falchion. Hit like a Greataxe, crit like a Scimitar.
Worth a feat? Maybe not, but still a lot of fun.
In real life?
In no particular order, the Egyptian Khopesh, the Mid-Medieval European Longsword, the Later European Sabre, the Japanese Katana, the Roman Gladius.
OK, this is more of list then a favourite, but if I had to choose?
The Longsword.

[Shademan]

speaking of swords: GROSSE MESSER!
I'm friggin IN LOVE with that sword!

[FMArthur]

Usually by being a gnome and swapping the racial familiarity with the abominable hooked hammer to one with the 'razor. The rule is in RoS, I seem to recall.

Nothing like that at all in RoS. There is a feat in that particular book to do it, though.


Here we go, Complete Warrior 154 has rules for replacing racial weapon familiarities with other ones.

[Greenish]

speaking of swords: GROSSE MESSER!
I'm friggin IN LOVE with that sword!

Indeed, it's what I imagine D&D falchion to look like.

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[TooManyBadgers]

I've always had a thing for polearms of any sort. Probably because they always seemed to be front and center of the really neat fights in every kung fu movie I saw as a kid.

Nothing like that at all in RoS. There is a feat in that particular book to do it, though.

It's in the introduction to Complete Warrior's Exotic/Primitive Weapons entry.

[Shademan]

Indeed, it's what I imagine D&D falchion to look like.

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D&D is abit stupid in its weapon sorting.
imean... falchions two handed?
scimitar-eastenr one edged curved blade
falchion-western one edged blade
Grossemesser...think it would be something along a mwk greatsword or falchion...
point is! sexiest...sword...EVAR!

[Spiryt]

Indeed, it's what I imagine D&D falchion to look like.

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That's not really grossemesser though, but a kriegsmesser to be precise...

And pretty bad Cold Steel reproduction too, that from whatever reason became widely connected with such weapons...

Anyway, somebody mentioned European Sabers, and yes, some of countless types that emerged where pretty sexy, my example of classical polish ones.

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[Greenish]

That's not really grossemesser though, but a kriegsmesser to be precise...

And pretty bad Cold Steel reproduction too, that from whatever reason became widely connected with such weapons...

I had a better picture, but it refused to show up when I slapped the img tags on.

[Kalim]

I'm fond of the Chinese Dao.

Beautiful weapon.