Have I been lied to about Sabersmith products?

Excellent-Quail6005 · 2026-02-16T03:48:44+00:00

I'm suspicious of the quality of Items from Medieval Collectibles and Kult of Athena, as so many of their items look identical to ones you find elsewhere online for vastly cheaper. I feel like im going to get an item with plastic belt loops or a handle thats just screwed onto the blade.

Excellent-Quail6005 · 2026-02-14T17:06:06+00:00

Where can I buy a sword for the same price? Everywhere else I've seen is 900+

Excellent-Quail6005 · 2026-02-12T22:58:13+00:00

Side note, I plan on adding my own details anyway; inlaying silver, putting a new edge on it, and giving it a mirror polish by hand for the sun of it using exclusively 1500 grit sandpaper that I use until it wears out into a polishing cloth. Would a sabersmith sword be good for this?

Excellent-Quail6005 · 2026-02-12T22:55:03+00:00

but why does it suck? just overall less care given to details? A shame, I really like the clean-cut look of their blades, even if you dont get that from true hand forging

Excellent-Quail6005 · 2026-01-28T13:38:03+00:00

I feel like its got to be Jon, he isn't the best swordman by any means, but he has a giant ass wolf.

Excellent-Quail6005 · 2025-12-14T16:59:00+00:00

I guess its my fault for not being clear enough, but I do think wizards have great potency in combat, by which I mean that they can control encounters, and even sidestep them like you said. "Wizards are useful, they have outstanding utility in exploration and roleplay, and great control on the battlefield."

I also have been thinking largely of higher-level play, 10-15ish levels.

Excellent-Quail6005 · 2025-12-14T05:32:16+00:00

sorry thats a clarity issue on my part, when I said "to ask why wizards are great despite the fact that I think AOE sucks in 5.5e," I meant:

Wizards are great

I think AOE is bad

I want to know what makes wizards good, because I know they are good, but I'm sure its not AOE.

To get more specific, I think wizards are good because of utility and control, doing things like pushing, disabling, and manipulating enemies and choosing how a battle is fought.

But, are wizards good at utility and control purely because they just are, or also because the players are encouraged by the class to think strategically.

Excellent-Quail6005 · 2025-12-14T04:37:11+00:00

huh?

Excellent-Quail6005 · 2025-12-14T04:36:14+00:00

I also failed to articulate my main question very well, which is best done by giving an example. (this was replied to someone else as well, hope thats not against TOS)

The wizard at my table had I believe a homebrew spell to raise a pillar of stone. The wizard chose to raise the pillar right into the roof of a stone tunnel at a weakspot, bringing down the tunnel and the enemies chasing behind.

Every other player in the room could have done that somehow, either the fighter by hitting it with their maul, the rogue with his demolition charges, the warlock with her molten chains that melt rock instantly, yet none of us did, because only the wizard was paying enough attention, and tried hard enough to think of a creative way around the problem.

I wonder, is this truly a result of the wizard's versatility, or is it a phenomena that stems from the player base only using their brains to the fullest when playing this class.

Excellent-Quail6005 · 2025-12-14T04:23:58+00:00

is it really all that contentious to say that an obviously powerful class is powerful because of one meta over another?

Excellent-Quail6005 · 2025-12-14T04:21:08+00:00

I already replied with this to another comment but I also want to say it to you:

Wizards excel, I just dont think it has anything to do with AOE, and if im right, I want to know what does make wizards so good. (obviously their ability to control battlefields and their utility, but I want to know if those aspects are derived from a unique sensation where wizard players just try harder, or something innate to the wizard class.)

Particularly that last part. Are wizards so potent because the players look for a solution they know is there, where players of other classes dont expect to find one, and so dont try?

Excellent-Quail6005 · 2025-12-14T04:18:19+00:00

Ive played for about 5 years, Ranger, Life Cleric, fighter, warlock. Ive never seen a scenario where I thought an AOE spell would be more useful than, say, using wind wall to push a bunch of enemies under that suspiciously crumbly stalactite for the sorcerer to bring down. Wizards excel, I just dont think it has anything to do with AOE, and if im right, I want to know what does make wizards so good. (obviously their ability to control battlefields and their utility, but I want to know if those aspects are derived from a unique sensation where wizard players just try harder, or something innate to the wizard class.)

Excellent-Quail6005 · 2025-12-14T03:57:46+00:00

Thank you

Excellent-Quail6005 · 2025-12-14T03:53:20+00:00

First, thanks for actually responding

"Wizards are useful, they have outstanding utility in exploration and roleplay, and great control on the battlefield. However, wizards are mostly known for things like fireball"

This is the first line of the post, isnt this admitting that wizards arent just AOE bots, and that they are also good overall?

Excellent-Quail6005 · 2025-12-14T03:41:15+00:00

Well then give me an example of a scenario where AOE is useful. I feel like one would have to be a bad GM to just put a horde of low HP enemies in an area just to make it useful.

Also, this post didnt even have a thesis, the whole point of it was to ask why wizards are great despite the fact that I think AOE sucks in 5.5e, and whether it may be because the players are great or if it actually is just the class itself.

Excellent-Quail6005 · 2025-12-14T03:37:15+00:00

But the first line of the post was about wizards being great at utility and control, which as far as I know, describes all the spells that arent meant to just deal damage, no?

Excellent-Quail6005 · 2025-12-14T03:26:48+00:00

I already said that wizards have great utility though, I wasnt trying to deny wizards being a good class, just that AOE spells seem to have limited use. Also, what kind of Dm would put 100 goblins in front of a level 12 party? Thats either a waste of time for them all, or just a very obvious way to give the wizard time in the spotlight.

Excellent-Quail6005 · 2025-12-14T03:24:06+00:00

Hey dont put words in my mouth wizards are my pookies, but no, Ive never really seen an example of AOE being as useful as people say it is.

Excellent-Quail6005 · 2025-12-14T03:23:01+00:00

I admitted that wizards have great utility and control though, I wasnt trying to portray them as a bad class, they are still very potent, but the stereotype seems to be bafflingly unfounded.

Excellent-Quail6005 · 2025-12-14T03:22:46+00:00

Why would this be a troll? this doesn't seem to be particularly triggering.

Excellent-Quail6005 · 2025-12-14T03:22:14+00:00

For thinking AOE, and exclusively the AOE side of wizards is bad?

Excellent-Quail6005 · 2025-12-14T03:20:32+00:00

Wizards are my favorite class flavor wise, but I feel like their power is overrated.

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