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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cap'n Kobold" data-source="post: 7247915" data-attributes="member: 6802951">Finesse is an odd property when given some thought. As a game term it differs from general usage and the image in people's minds a bit. Its often defined as something similar to 'skill', and that is the view many people have when they picture someone using a weapon 'with finesse'.However in D&D terms, skill is already covered by proficiency bonus. D&D finesse simply means that a weapon uses grace and balance to fight with rather than power and athleticism. Its just as dangerous in the hands of Bilbo Baggins as Bruce Lee.I think that is generally best regarded as a construct of game mechanics to allow some types of characters depicted in assorted media to be viable within the game.Yep. Sorry. Didn't mean that as an accusation. I had a brain fail moment and the only two words that I could think of were either "agenda" or "schtick".As you've probably noticed, trying to get finesse added to a weapon is a relatively common theme, and giving it the name of an oriental version of a weapon is a common justification.Part is probably an image thing: the view of western knights crudely beating each other with blunt swords compared with the more common media depictions of eastern martial artists spinning lightweight weapons around in display flourishes.A lot of it is probably more to do with wanting to be able to dump Str for character optimisation purposes, but still use a superior weapon.</blockquote>

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