Scimitar seems like such a random addition. I get why more ancient versions of weapons like the darts and slings and even the khopesh are there, since the druids are like an arvhaic, more primitive form of the cleric or wizard.
Wait, calm down, stop for a minute, because I know at least one person just got set off by that. We're talking about D&D druids, man, not the real thing. I don't need correcting here, I know the real figures from history were bit more complex than that.
Anyway, since we're looking at a class that is a pre-urban nature-worshipping cleric/wizard/fighter mage mashup or origin point, I get the reason for more primitive weapons that would date back to the bronze or iron age.
But why scimitars? If the Germanic Iron Age ended in the 800's, that's the earliest recorded appearance of curved central Asian swords, and isn't in Europe. I'm not saying that fantasy games need to mirror reality. I don't even object to the idea of making it a weapon restrictions. I'm just not getting the reasoning. Wouldn't a Celtic sword like the Halstatt examples that were later developed into the Roman spatha be a better choice? Or the sickle-swords that the khopesh derives from? The Greek drepanon?
Scimitars are cool, don't get me wrong. I just don't get why I that was the one they chose when adapting the holy men of the Celts. Was it meant to be a nod to the Galatians?
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