>No, warriors can't use staves!>Only mages are allowed to use staves!>You vill use le sword and you vill like it!Why is literally every video game ever made like this?
>>731063530This is why Crescent Staff, The Chief's Enforcer, and Slavedriver's Cane were so cool in classic wow, luv bonking things with a staff as god intended
>>731063530That's barely a staff at that point. It's more like a double ended mace.
>>731063530luv me ribcracker, simple as
>>731063530>SwordWarrior weapon>BowRanger weapon>StaffMonk weapon>MaceCleric weapon>HammerPaladin weapon>SpearKnight weapon>AxeBerserker weapon>KnifeRogue weapon>TomeWizard weapon
>Halberds were some of the most multifunctional weapons that actually worked on the battlefield and even as guard weapons>Halberds look cool as fuck just from the profile alone>not a single fantasy game has a legendary halberd, it's all just legendary swordshow do we fix this?
>>731066203shouldn't sword or lance be the knight weapon, and spear the soldier/warrior weapon?
>>731066225>not a single fantasy game has a legendary halberd, it's all just legendary swordshttps://pathfinderwrathoftherighteous.wiki.fextralife.com/Rod+of+Razors
>>731066281Knights are more in tune with the idea of Cavalry, which the spear/lance is better suited for thematically.Knights are also more likely to have a shield, being a more defensive archetype.
>>731066225Sorry best we can do is a spear that only uses slash attacks
>>731066373it is a correct assumption, but i would argue the sword is more in line with the nobility/chivalric ideals of a knight, while the spear is for the footmen or warrior on formation.
>>731066493The assumptions are being made for the sake of a middle-fantasy party of heroes, admittedly. In a lower fantasy or realistic setting the two could definitely be swapped.
In Diablo 2, you can make BOTD in an Archon Staff. And there's Ribcracker.
>>731066225Baldur's Gate 2 has Wave (instakills Efreeti, Fire Elementals, and Salamanders, including bosses) and Ravager (10% chance to instakill most enemies but not bosses).
>>731066203>>Hammer>Paladin weaponI know this is the trope but it's never made sense to me. Paladins mostly fight undead things like zombies and vampires; why are they using anti-armor weaponry against unarmored targets?
>>731066225They just look lame compared to swords
>>731067738The most abundant undead enemy of all is the skeleton, which resists slashing and piercing.
>>731067902Fair enough, though it seems like you could just use a greatsword or put the sheath back on for that.
>>731068019An ordinary greatsword/zweihander isn't actually heavy enough to cause damage with the flat of the blade, since the weight is evenly distributed along its length and they don't weigh much to begin with.You'd cause more harm with a gauntleted fist.
