D&D 5E Codifying Weapons

[Yunru]

As is, adding thrown and light don't require die costs. I would probably keep it this way. However they also don't seem to change the price of the item (which admittedly becomes trivial quickly), which I would change.

 

[Yunru]

Added ranged weapons (asides from darts, nets and blowguns).

 

[jaelis]

So here's the thing, say you "fixed" the trident by making it 1d8, but keeping thrown. Would that be reasonable? I'd worry everyone would want to use a trident since thrown is (probably?) more often useful than versatile.

 

[jaelis]

Also why is handaxe not equal cost?

 

[Yunru]

So here's the thing, say you "fixed" the trident by making it 1d8, but keeping thrown. Would that be reasonable? I'd worry everyone would want to use a trident since thrown is (probably?) more often useful than versatile.

Yes, although personally I'd bring back High Crit and give it that.

 

[Yunru]

Also why is handaxe not equal cost?

Because I transitioned to and from Light costing a die, and it must of got forgotten in the transition.

 

[Yunru]

Okay, I cleaned up the formatting a bit, and even made it easy to transition into previous edition's "Exotic" weapons.

 

[Yunru]

So to make an example of the new tier, here's a Spiked Chain:

Spiked Chain:
Alien Martial Melee Two-Handed Weapon
2d6 Slashing damage, Heavy, Reach, Finesse

 

[ccs]

Seems like a lot more work than just eyeballing it.

 

[AaronOfBarbaria]

Yes, although personally I'd bring back High Crit and give it that.

I'd been thinking of leaving it at the damage and properties it has in the book, but adding a new special property to it reminiscent of the Skewer trait it was given in the BECMI/Rules Cyclopedia weapon master rules (which allowed the wielder to choose to leave the weapon stuck in a hit creature, and would deal damage each round until the trident was worked loose).

Haven't had a player express interest in a trident-wielding character, so I haven't pulled the trigger on working out how I would actually implement the idea.