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and Fighting B. What Weapons Are Recommended and Why? Moon Mages can make magical (medium edged) Moonblades, so it helps to have Experience in that particular category. However, Moonblades are not always available (moons may all be on the other side of Elanthia or the caster may be indoors or underground), so the Moon Mage should carry a real, material medium edged weapon. Light edged are also good as beginning weapons. Brawling is another possibility. If you train strength and stamina, you can diversify into a variety of weapons: light thrown (or other ranged weapon such as longbow, shortbow, or crossbow), heavy edged, light blunt, medium blunt. Dual-skill weapons (LE/LT or LB/LT or even HE/2HE) are particularly useful since you can work two different categories of weapons without carrying the weight of two weapons. Because weapons are a tertiary skill set for Moon Mages, we mindlock quickly and switching back and forth between weapon categories prevents our overall mind state from freezing. Moon Mages are not required to learn weapon skills. |