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<blockquote data-quote="Gorgoroth" data-source="post: 6052742" data-attributes="member: 6674889"><p><strong>..</strong></p><p></p><p>Weapon sizes can be simplified even within the medium-sized PC category. If you add a stat, such as Minimum Strength Mod Required, you can easily assign a penalty of -1 per str mod that you are lacking, actively discouraging extremely weak characters from even attempting to use a Finessable weapon like the Katana without investing at least some strength into their character.</p><p></p><p>What I'd like to see is something similar to Max Dex +2 for medium armors, but for weapons. A dagger could benefit from up to a +1 str bonus, short sword is +2, longsword +3, bastard sword +3 but requires +1 to use one-handed without a penalty (something I'm familiar with because I'm not quite strong enough to wield my real bastard sword effectively with one hand...that said, it's quite a bit heavier than a bastard sword should be, but the point remains). What I'd like to see is if you get a belt of giant strength, you can grab that huge sword or tree trunk and whack your enemies with it, as if you were a giant of that size!!! That's maybe a little too anime for some, but I could see a massive two-handed sword being wielded by Conan but would make lesser men unable to even lift it. </p><p></p><p>If you're strong enough to throw a horse or a tree, you're strong enough to swing it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gorgoroth, post: 6052742, member: 6674889"] [b]..[/b] Weapon sizes can be simplified even within the medium-sized PC category. If you add a stat, such as Minimum Strength Mod Required, you can easily assign a penalty of -1 per str mod that you are lacking, actively discouraging extremely weak characters from even attempting to use a Finessable weapon like the Katana without investing at least some strength into their character. What I'd like to see is something similar to Max Dex +2 for medium armors, but for weapons. A dagger could benefit from up to a +1 str bonus, short sword is +2, longsword +3, bastard sword +3 but requires +1 to use one-handed without a penalty (something I'm familiar with because I'm not quite strong enough to wield my real bastard sword effectively with one hand...that said, it's quite a bit heavier than a bastard sword should be, but the point remains). What I'd like to see is if you get a belt of giant strength, you can grab that huge sword or tree trunk and whack your enemies with it, as if you were a giant of that size!!! That's maybe a little too anime for some, but I could see a massive two-handed sword being wielded by Conan but would make lesser men unable to even lift it. If you're strong enough to throw a horse or a tree, you're strong enough to swing it. [/QUOTE]
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