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Originally Posted by Themoopanator
What are the advantages of crushing and cutting damage? Because it seems like impaling damage is the best by far.
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If everything else were equal, perhaps -- but not everything else is equal. If you examine the weapons charts, you'll notice that most of the heavier-damage weapons do crush and cut. Also, swing is more damaging than thrust, and (with the notable exception of the pick) there's not a lot of swinging impaling damage. Impale is generally more often found on little pokey things which don't have as much basic damage. So, for penetrating armor, you'll often want those swinging weapons, especially for characters with higher ST.
Then there are side effects. If you actually want to sever things, cutting damage is what you need. Break out the maces instead of the rapiers for smashing.