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Message: <blockquote data-quote="knightofround" data-source="post: 5259444" data-attributes="member: 27884">I would greatly enjoy getting rid of the [W]. It makes it such a pain to balance [W] based powers against XdX powers.I would be all in favor of making ALL powers the XdX format. And then have each weapon add bonuses, penalties, and keywords.Rough sketch:S=Simple Weapon, either no penalty or one negative + one positive to = 0.M=Martial Weapon, one positive, or two positive + one negative to = 1.C=Caster Weapon, one positive, or two positive + one negative to = 1.E=Exotic Weapon (requires a feat), two positive, or three positive + 1 negative to = 2.(S)Dagger: -1/2/3 damage, range 5/10 light.(M)Shortsword: Offhand.(M)Longsword: +1 attack.(M)Broadsword: +1/2/3 tiered damage.(E)Glaive: +1 attack, +1/2/3 damage, reach, requires two hands(E)Greatsword: +1 attack, +2/4/6 tiered damage, requires two hands.(E)Scimitar: +2 attack(S)Javelin: -1/2/3 tiered damage, range 10/20 heavy(S)Spear: No bonuses(M)Longspear: +1 attack, reach, requires two hands(E)Greatspear: +1 attack, reach, +1/2/3 tiered damage, requires two hands.(E)Rapier: +2 attack(S)Club: -1/2/3 damage, brutal 1(S)Quarterstaff: +1 AC, requires two hands(S)Mace: No bonuses(M)Warhammer: Brutal 1(M)Greatclub: Brutal 1, +1/2/3 damage, requires two hands(E)Maul: Brutal 1, +1 attack(E)Throwing Hammer: Brutal 1, offhand, range 5/10 heavy(S)Handaxe: -1/2/3 damage, high crit(M)Battleaxe: High crit(M)Greataxe: High crit, +1/2/3 damage, requires two hands(E)Throwing Axe: High crit, range 5/10 heavy(E)Halbred: High crit, +1/2/3 damage, reach, requires two hands(S)Hand Crossbow: Range 10/20, -1/2/3 damage(S)Crossbow: Range 15/30, requires two hands(M)Shortbow: Range 15/30, +1 attack, requires two hands(M)Longbow: Range 20/40, +1/2/3 damage, requires two hands(E)Greatbow: Range 20/40, +1 attack, +1/2/3 damage, requires two hands(C)Rod: Offhand(C)Wand: +1 range(C)Orb: +1 attack(C)Staff: +1/2/3 with spell damage, healing, temp HP(C)Icon: High crit with spell damage, healing, temp HP(C)Book: +2/4/6 with spell damage, healing, and temp HP, requires two handsIf you don't have proficiency with the weapon, you suffer -5 attack in addition to all other penalties, however you do gain all the good stuff.And then, instead of feats like "weapon focus/weapon expertise" there would be feats that add a new [keyword] to attacks with that particular weapon. For example, there would be a Rogue class feature or feat that removes the -1/2/3 damage penalty from daggers, another one that adds +1 attack, and yet another one that adds the offhand keyword...etc.Of course each keyword would need to be reworked to be closer equal to each other...mainly the offhand and high crit keywords.</blockquote>

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