a really stupid idea that a friend put in my head over a decade ago but still surfaces again sometimes

in most RPGs, you start with simple weapons, like "short sword"

then advance towards complex, shinier weapons, like "freezing lightning claymore of divine wrath IV"

so the idea is that instead

you start the game with the weapon "small dull rusted broken low-quality plain sword"

and the strongest weapon in the game

is called "sword"

items gain power the fewer words in their name

k6bd devil rules but for weapons