Double Weapon: Difference between revisions

** In 4e, their stupidity is justified by saving money on enhancements.

*** There's also the fact that most double weapons have a different type of damage: most single weapons will give, say, 1d8, while a double weapon would give 2d4. While it doesn't increase the maximum, it DOES increase the minimum; add the "brutal X" enchantment which means you reroll any damage die that lands lower than X, on a class that gives multiple-weapon-damage-roll attacks, and you suddenly have a very high minimum damage range.

** The Eternal Guards, the standard melee infantry of the Wood Elves wield double-ended spears.

*** Hellglaives, the [[Weapon of Choice]] of the Hellions (sky-surfing gladiators/berserkers) of Warhammer40000's Dark Eldars, are these.