Just a list for Dominus, to figure out what types of weapons need to be added into the game. I'll just go ahead and list ones that do not have good mob drops, because I think I've seen at least one or two of each weapon from perms. But it's hard to raise skill when perms don't always drop, or they're very hard to kill.

Great Swords - I can only think of the silver two-handed sword thing, but it is class restricted. There is also a great-sword that can be crafted, but it's not really worth the time to stockpile.
Great Axes - never seen
Great-Hammers - Duhrs drop, but not everyone can get there by themselves. Other drop is from perm, but also hard to get to and rarely drops.
Great-Maces - never seen
Rapiers and Sabres - I can't think of any mob drops. Perms that drop aren't too hard, but not always available.
Crossbows - I don't know how good magical flame bows are (from Commander Eisner), but voltaic crossbows are good ... but also very hard to squeeze from level 40 perm.

If anyone else wants to make suggestions about hard-to-find weapon types or actually knows of a good source for the ones I listed, please post! I'll keep editing to add/delete from this list.

I just added smithing to the game. This means you can create weapons and armor (as of right now, I just added a basic sword/greatsword/axe/greataxe/hammer/greathammer/mace/greatmace). Over the next few days I'll add more weapons types and then switch to armor (plate and chain, anyway, cloth and leather will need the tailoring skill).

The smithing skill also lets you determine the size of the item you're going to create. This should help for different races that need items of different sizes.

See help smithing for the details - it tells you what in help craft is applicable.

I just finished creating basic armor sets for smithing chain and plate mail! You can find them in various spots across Derlith.

These suits of armor are gauged for characters level 1-5, so don't get your hopes up just yet. Once I've added all these, I'm going to add tailoring so you can make cloth and leather armor. Then I can work on better items. These items should help you get your skill up, if you're interested.