Wood and stone axes start off at 15 and 17 for Rangers.What main weapon for a class does lower than 20 HP?
What if you were thousands of blocks away, died, someone looted your death chest, and you don't have a recall?Nobody uses a stone or wooden weapon though...
Then you'd buy some redstone and recall, or, if you didn't have the money, run back. Also, some abilities can only be used when you have your class-weapon on, for example, Cleave, for Dragoons, you need to have a shovel on to use it.What if you were thousands of blocks away, died, someone looted your death chest, and you don't have a recall?