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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MadScientist" data-source="post: 999263" data-attributes="member: 5277">That's exactly right Split. -Current system-> Human fighter tosses gnome ranger friend a longsword, sweet gnome grabs it with two hands and starts swing away at the big baddie. We know exactly how to handle the situation, whether the gnome's feats apply, etc.-New system-> Human fighter tosses gnome ranger friend a longsword... er but this isn't a small longsword it's a medium longsword....  Does the gnome grab it with one hand and attack at a penalty? Does the gnome grab it with two hands and treat it as a small greatsword at no penalty?  Is it two handed with a penalty? If he has WF longsword does he still get the +1 atk, or does he need WF greatsword, or with neither feet work b/c they only work on specific versions of weapons and nothing else? Even if the new system answers all of these questions there is still an extra layer of complexity added to weapons. What benefit does this extra layer of complexity, even if done well, give us? Maybe when I see the whole system I'll see the benefit, but I simply do not see it now.</blockquote>