How do you flavour you weapons?

[ominak]

The thing that is a mechanical benefit is making your hands free to do other things. That part does go beyond flavoring.

I tend to flavor my weapon to whatever suits my character. For example, my clerics will often have their deity’s emblem worked into their weapons somehow. It might be worked into the filigree, or embossed on the business end, or (with DM permission) enchanted to appear as a glowing spectral symbol when I strike.

I once had a Silver Dragonborn Ancients Paladin who claimed his weapon and armor was made with precious metals mined from goldfish and silverfish. Of course, that was nothing more than a fishing tale, though some of his other boastful claims were actually true. (Fisher background.)

cool. what is a filigree?