[Low-Tech] Material or quality

[evileeyore]

Originally Posted by Peter Knutsen

That's also why their presence bothers me in D&D and in GURPS Dungeon Fantasy. I don't think metallurgy was contemplated. I don't think anybody remembered to ask "hey, can a medieval smith do a rapier?"

Of course not. What they asked was "Will anyone want to play a Buckleswasher?"