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<blockquote data-quote="Cap'n Kobold" data-source="post: 7953319" data-attributes="member: 6802951"><p>Finesse makes a weapon better by allowing its use by a character with a superior stat focus. If you have other measures in place to balance Str and Dex, then as you say, Finesse is less powerful.</p><p></p><p>The handaxe is already a very good weapon, and making a weapon martial doesn't necessarily make a weapon more powerful. What is it about this weapon that makes it different from a handaxe?</p><p></p><p> When using the Finesse property of a weapon the damage it deals is based in the reflexes and grace with which it is wielded rather than the leverage and force that they can apply.</p><p>The point of putting two hands on a weapon is to improve the leverage and force you are exerting on it. - Which are irrelevant if you're using the Finesse property.</p><p></p><p>I wouldn't regard any of the swords covered under the D&D 5e weapon table as longswords as finessable. Of them, a short, blade-heavy weapon designed to emphasise the cut would be one of the least. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> </p><p></p><p> There are a number or swords with curved handles like you are describing - usually sabres like you suggest. Trying to use a handle with a curve like that two-handed would be tricky though I'd imagine: without a very curved blade it would try to twist in the hands on impact.</p><p></p><p> That sounds like a standard longsword would fit the concept fairly well. Is there a need to optimise it for dex-based characters?</p><p></p><p> I get the impression that a D&D rapier is the more modern, whippy sword that you might see Errol Flynn fencing with. Not the longer, heavier weapon that required more strength than a longsword to use.</p><p>I'd say an estoc would just be a longsword that deals Piercing damage.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cap'n Kobold, post: 7953319, member: 6802951"] Finesse makes a weapon better by allowing its use by a character with a superior stat focus. If you have other measures in place to balance Str and Dex, then as you say, Finesse is less powerful. The handaxe is already a very good weapon, and making a weapon martial doesn't necessarily make a weapon more powerful. What is it about this weapon that makes it different from a handaxe? When using the Finesse property of a weapon the damage it deals is based in the reflexes and grace with which it is wielded rather than the leverage and force that they can apply. The point of putting two hands on a weapon is to improve the leverage and force you are exerting on it. - Which are irrelevant if you're using the Finesse property. I wouldn't regard any of the swords covered under the D&D 5e weapon table as longswords as finessable. Of them, a short, blade-heavy weapon designed to emphasise the cut would be one of the least. :) There are a number or swords with curved handles like you are describing - usually sabres like you suggest. Trying to use a handle with a curve like that two-handed would be tricky though I'd imagine: without a very curved blade it would try to twist in the hands on impact. That sounds like a standard longsword would fit the concept fairly well. Is there a need to optimise it for dex-based characters? I get the impression that a D&D rapier is the more modern, whippy sword that you might see Errol Flynn fencing with. Not the longer, heavier weapon that required more strength than a longsword to use. I'd say an estoc would just be a longsword that deals Piercing damage. [/QUOTE]
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