It’s literally the same weapon with a slightly different blade shape
>>98502740So that Grygax has names he can make a list from.
>>98502740Wait until you find out about knives.
>>98502781Knife identification be like>Does it fold?>Yes -> It's not a Bowie knife>No -> it's a Bowie knife
Lochaber axe bros where we at
>>98502827I'll stab you for that.
>>98502740The different weapons in your image are from different places and time periods. They did not usually coexist but often inspired one another as refinements upon a design to suit the needs of the moment.
>>98502875/threadit's just that, different designs from different regions and time periods. The same goes with a lot of other stuff
>>98502853Yeah? With what kind of knife?
>>98502740Have you tried not playing D&Dogshit?
>>98502740>doesn't know how to use the earspoon Filtered.
>>98503004>play GURPS or CoC>tons of nearly identical weapon choices too????????????????????????Do you not play games?
>>98503384you've take an important step towards realizing that both of those games are DnD, good job
>>98502740I mean is not like weapons are made for historias to memorise.how many types of guns are their.
>>98502740Somebody in the 70's wanted to flex his historical autism. For practical purposes they are all the same fucking thing and should be just listed as "polearm, d10, 10 foot range".
>>98502913A karambit
Why do you eat flour, beans, rice, and corn in different configurations it's all the same shit!
>>98504657There are no rules or stats for different foods sweetie.
>>98504714Even if I explained it to you, you wouldn't understand
>>98502763It was nice of people in ye olden times to think of the future generations like that.
>>98502740Most of these already are covered by some combination of halberd, spear, and sometimes glaive
>>98502853A folding bowie knife
>>98505028Do you need to borrow mine?It's easier to carry than my folding machete.
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>>98502740Aside from some pretty extreme variations in length, the blades have specialized functions, axe heads for chopping, hooks for pulling, etc.Depending on what system you're in and how granular the combat is, you could lump most in under a single generic "polearm" weapon or these functions could open up new combat options.
>>98505632That's not a knife. That's a spoon.
>>98502740>the industrial mass-production and standardization that we're familiar with today didn't exist yet: each one is individually handmade, potentially bespoke to the personal preferences of whoever commissioned it>they weren't all contemporary with one another: popular designs changed and evolved over centuries, in line with tactics and armor also changing and evolving>all the classifications you see in RPGs etc are the product of 19th/20th century academic autists trying to categorize everything as deeply as possible, and do not necessarily reflect how they were considered in the period; as far as I understand, they would have likely just been viewed as different configurations of the same broad archetype and probably simply referred to as "halberds" or whatever their language's equivalent was, just as we today would understand that a rifle fitted with an aftermarket sight is of the same model as another rifle with an aftermarket foregrip
>>98502740>30 different variationsIn a game, there's no point in making that many distinctions, but it can be cool to have variations based on how well they can hook, stab, cut, or chop, using respective damage formulas based on how the game in question represents each weapon's functions in general; the point of this being to give options to players based on how they want to play the game.Or, if you don't like games, you can just do a "roll dice pool count successes" or "roll 2D6" and be done with it.
I agree, on that note why are there so many swords? Just have one sword, everything else is unnecessary.
>>98505712 ITS DULL TWIT, IT'LL HURT MORE
>>98504714that's it, i'm making a food system for my homebrew. no ridiculous shit like breathing fire if you have salamander steak, more like you get bonuses to saves against disease or you recover more hp depending on what ingredients you eat
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>>98502740They're all used with very different fighting styles. For example the Bill is used to hack at enemy Shield formations and pull people forward by their Shields so they can be stabbed by the guy standing next to you.
>>98502740I'LL HAVE YOU KNOW MY BOY BEC DU CORBIN IS PEAK WEAPON DESIGN!
>>98502740First, looks. Second, different purposes.Poleaxe - mounted knights and destroying armor. Combined with spear and axeBardiche - cheaper to make and spear + axeBill - spear with special hook for mounted riders and perforater that can stop weapons sliding over the stick.Glave - spear knife with piercing hook to stop weapons over the stick.Partizan - sword on a stick.Halberd - cheaper poleaxe variant with piercing perforater.Pike - spear.
>>98505712Very good answer. And some devoloped along the evolution of armor and what troops you might encounter on the battlefield.
>>98509409The other night I dreamt I was in a castle hallway with some knights, and in front of me were some other knights who wanted to get past us, and I had my trusty pollaxe. It was a short dream but it was beautiful.
>>98502781Kriegmesser was here
>>98502740I'd have a single class of Polearm weapons than attack modifiers to account for the different uses of each individual weapon.One is good for tripping, the other gets bonuses against mounted foes, etc.Modular design and all that.
>>98502740When I was 18, I borrowed every book in the town library on medieval weapons and made extensive notes on them. Gygax did the same, just at 38. I guess every manchild goes through this phase.
>ITT Historylets not understanding that the medieval period spanned a thousand years and certain weapons did not coexist.
>>98502740Because they all exist, which means that they all exist. Next question.
>>98503004>pretending that D&D is the only system with this issue
>>98502740Some of them are combinations of different weapons so you can have advantages of them all (at a disadvantageous of weight and possible some motions?), like combining spears, bills, axes and hammers into one.
>>98514501> I guess every manchild goes through this phase.I was 15 when I did the same
>>98502740There's at least three different length classes in that pic, from very short bardiche to pike. Poleax is a staff weapon with a head, the bardiche is war ax that speaks Russian. That pike could be 21', depending on unit and time period.
