Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Einkiltak 04-18-07, 10:24 PM	do you like the flail of the morningstar best (on personal prefence).
j3st3r 04-18-07, 10:34 PM	Morningstar is better, since it has two different damage types, but also because it's a simple weapon. Only benefit with a flail is the +2 to disarm attempts.
draconic_swine 04-19-07, 12:31 PM	Don't forgete the flail can also trip, and has double the hardness and quadruple the hitpoints of the morningstar. I like the flail better for flavour reasons, and I prefer its special abilities over the morningstar's two types of damage. Plus you can get a heavy flail for better damage and crit. Really, it depends whether you think two types of damage or triping and disarming are more desirable features in a weapon. That, or whichever you think is cooler.
jaelis 04-19-07, 12:50 PM	I've never yet fought a monster with DR/piercing. So I'd go with the flail. But how does the flail have more hp and hardness? They are both wood-hafted 1H weapons, aren't they?
draconic_swine 04-19-07, 02:34 PM	Oops, my bad. You're right, they do have the same hitpoints and hardness. I was thinking of the mace, from the threads that ask why anyone would want to use a mace over a morningstar.
j3st3r 04-19-07, 02:57 PM	well, it also depends on the class, e.g. for a cleric the flail is a bad choice since cleric's only get simple weapon proficiency.