D&D General Preferred Weapon?

[Roberration]

I've been doing some research into the most powerful/legendary weapons in DnD recently, and I found it interesting that artifact status wasn't necessarily an indicator of power. Now, I understand that artifacts aren't solely decided based on power level, but I was surprised, for example, that Blackrazor was not an artifact. I was curious to see if people had favorite weapons and if so, whether or not they were artifacts.

(I ranked weapons based on power-level here, and this is where I found this interesting trend)

 

[ccs]

I've always liked writing Longsword +3 on my character sheet.

I'm also partial to arming characters with a Thames mace.


Other favorite weapons* are:
the Thompson SMG (preferably with the drum magazine),
the BAR (Browning Automatic Rifle)
The German MG34/42/& 43 from WWII
Light Sabers,
the Meltagun from the 40k universe

And, last but not least, Mjolnir

*Some of these might not be applicable in a D&D game.

 

[Legatus Legionis]

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[Shiroiken]

The Swords of Answering (Temple of Elemental Evil, 1E) were particularly fun.

 

[Sacrosanct]

My favorite D&D weapons were:

Dancing sword
Mace of disruption
Hammer of thunderbolts
Rod of lordly might (maybe because my name is Rod, and as a teen playing 1e, I used it to make crude jokes lol)

Maybe not the most powerful weapons, but the most fun that were powerful. Hammer of thunderbolts is probably my favorite.

 

[Len]

Here are a couple of my characters' preferred weapons. Neither is artifact level (and neither is from D&D).

Shadowrun: Attitude Adjuster - An Ares Alpha assault rifle with a couple of off-the-shelf mods that made my character feel like a full metal badass (along with a bunch of cyberware).

Pathfinder: Everlight - My character found a mithral scimitar in a dungeon. Then he got religion, and since the scimitar is the favoured weapon of Sarenrae he had it enchanted and engraved with the Dawnlady's symbol.

 

[Draegn]

I once had a small mace, that if I used it to stun and the victim was rendered unconscious from the attack. The victim would have to make a saving throw or have it's gender switched and race changed to a random result. It gave new meaning to character assassination.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

I've been doing some research into the most powerful/legendary weapons in DnD recently, and I found it interesting that artifact status wasn't necessarily an indicator of power. Now, I understand that artifacts aren't solely decided based on power level, but I was surprised, for example, that Blackrazor was not an artifact. I was curious to see if people had favorite weapons and if so, whether or not they were artifacts.

(I ranked weapons based on power-level here, and this is where I found this interesting trend)

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[Raith5]

In 4e my Ranger had a Demonbane Greatbow which was a +6 weapon (I guess it would be +3 in 5e) but not an artifact. As its name suggests, it was useful against demons which were extremely plentiful in high level 4e.

 

[Gradine]

Give me a solid Flail any day of the week.

Or a trusty old War Pick