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Spear: d8; versatile d10, and when used two-handed, can be lunged one-handed (d8) with reach.
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<blockquote data-quote="greg kaye" data-source="post: 9026982" data-attributes="member: 7030543"><p>Swords, I'd have thought, were the most intuitive (and simple) of weapons to initially get to grips with. A sword is balanced and natural and better suited for someone to defend themselves than a dagger or hand axe, mace or (at a greater extreme) sickle. I mean, which weapon would you find more simple so as to gain an initial proficient level of use. Many simple weapons might be better named ~bad weapons.</p><p></p><p>I'd be as happy with removing spears from the simple weapons category as I would be in adding weapons like short swords into the simple weapons category.</p><p></p><p>To make things simple I'd be ok with just giving the reach property to spears.</p><p></p><p>Another solution I'd considered is to house rule all swingable weapons as giving +1 to AC and applying this to, essentially, all one and two-handed weapons other than the one-handed spear and the whip. (I'd also be open to a held arcane focus such as a rod or a staff as providing +1 AC.</p><p></p><p>In this case, it would be easier to apply to the spear a more straightforward d8 and versatile d10 as there would be an (AC-based) accounting for the sword and shield being better, on a one-against-one basis, than the spear and shield.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greg kaye, post: 9026982, member: 7030543"] Swords, I'd have thought, were the most intuitive (and simple) of weapons to initially get to grips with. A sword is balanced and natural and better suited for someone to defend themselves than a dagger or hand axe, mace or (at a greater extreme) sickle. I mean, which weapon would you find more simple so as to gain an initial proficient level of use. Many simple weapons might be better named ~bad weapons. I'd be as happy with removing spears from the simple weapons category as I would be in adding weapons like short swords into the simple weapons category. To make things simple I'd be ok with just giving the reach property to spears. Another solution I'd considered is to house rule all swingable weapons as giving +1 to AC and applying this to, essentially, all one and two-handed weapons other than the one-handed spear and the whip. (I'd also be open to a held arcane focus such as a rod or a staff as providing +1 AC. In this case, it would be easier to apply to the spear a more straightforward d8 and versatile d10 as there would be an (AC-based) accounting for the sword and shield being better, on a one-against-one basis, than the spear and shield. [/QUOTE]
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