After finding a Wizard's Dagger in my first game, duping it about 20 times & blessing them all +14, I've seldom used any other weapons. That said, playing with daggers gets one used to running right up to (or through, in some cases) a character before doing anything. I never encountered the crazy dance after the first chest in the Crypt -- I still remember cussing the game out :D -- and I never had problems giving Big E the shroud, since I ran right into his polygons without thinking before I ever tried...