Duskblades Only Get Simple Weapons

[comrade raoul]

This is a really simple house rule: see the subject line. Suppose duskblades (a PHBII warrior-mage class) only gain proficiency with simple weapons. This has two game effects:

• Elves make really good duskblades, because they're the only duskblades who can use swords and bows without taking levels in other classes. This is a good thing if you want to follow the PHBII's flavor in representing the duskblade as an archetypically elven class -- without it, elves are actually pretty bad duskblades, because the Constitution hit hurts them so much.
• Duskblades get a little weaker. This is a good thing if you think the class is cool but on the strong side.

Thoughts?

 

[3d6]

It doesn't really have much effect, in my opinion. Duskblades are already limited to using weapons that leave a hand free, and the difference between between a heavy mace and a longsword is nearly insignifigant. Much less signifigant than the penalty to Constitution elves labor under.