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<blockquote data-quote="Libertad" data-source="post: 9186948" data-attributes="member: 6750502"><p>To add onto the ridiculousness of Advanced Weapons, their price points are overinflated. That Gladiator Net is worth as much as a greatsword and breastplate combined, but what does it do that a regular net can't? Well, you can grapple the target as a bonus action without needing a free hand, for the weapon counts as the hand. And given that its short range is still 5 feet, throwing it at someone beyond this costs disadvantage, so it's not so great as a "ranged grappling" weapon either!</p><p></p><p>And those repeater crossbows? That property only lets you make a bonus action to attack when you take the attack action. While it negates the Reloading property of crossbows so that you can make extra attacks, most games that allow feats will have crossbow users making use of Crossbow Expert to get around this. You're basically paying hundreds or even a thousand gold just to do something that bows can already do.</p><p></p><p>The sabre is perhaps my favorite. That swift property grants you advantage on the first attack roll you make with the weapon against a target that you missed attacking. The duration is before the end of your next turn, so it can definitely trigger in the same turn if you're doing something like an Extra Attack. Question is, is it worth 500 gold? Maybe, but given that it requires a trigger from a missed attack it's not so much a benefit as it is making a bad situation less bad.</p><p></p><p>Honestly, when it comes to expensive stuff I feel that armor and some mounts are perhaps the only really justifiable purchase for mundane equipment. Plate mail is crazy expensive at 1,500 gold, but given that it's the best armor in the game and when combined with a shield it nets you a base AC of 20, the benefits in missed attacks alone are worth the weight in gold. When it comes to weapons, a lot of these properties are situational or designed to mimic/replace certain feat traits, so they're less of a no-brainer option to take.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Libertad, post: 9186948, member: 6750502"] To add onto the ridiculousness of Advanced Weapons, their price points are overinflated. That Gladiator Net is worth as much as a greatsword and breastplate combined, but what does it do that a regular net can't? Well, you can grapple the target as a bonus action without needing a free hand, for the weapon counts as the hand. And given that its short range is still 5 feet, throwing it at someone beyond this costs disadvantage, so it's not so great as a "ranged grappling" weapon either! And those repeater crossbows? That property only lets you make a bonus action to attack when you take the attack action. While it negates the Reloading property of crossbows so that you can make extra attacks, most games that allow feats will have crossbow users making use of Crossbow Expert to get around this. You're basically paying hundreds or even a thousand gold just to do something that bows can already do. The sabre is perhaps my favorite. That swift property grants you advantage on the first attack roll you make with the weapon against a target that you missed attacking. The duration is before the end of your next turn, so it can definitely trigger in the same turn if you're doing something like an Extra Attack. Question is, is it worth 500 gold? Maybe, but given that it requires a trigger from a missed attack it's not so much a benefit as it is making a bad situation less bad. Honestly, when it comes to expensive stuff I feel that armor and some mounts are perhaps the only really justifiable purchase for mundane equipment. Plate mail is crazy expensive at 1,500 gold, but given that it's the best armor in the game and when combined with a shield it nets you a base AC of 20, the benefits in missed attacks alone are worth the weight in gold. When it comes to weapons, a lot of these properties are situational or designed to mimic/replace certain feat traits, so they're less of a no-brainer option to take. [/QUOTE]
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