D&D 5E Finesse Lance

[Voi_D_ragon]

Sorry for the diversion. Anyway - I'd use the lance, and tack on the finesse property.

If that feels too good, then I'd drop the damage down to 1d10. And I'd copy the lance's special description verbatim so I don't accidentally make it work some weird wonky way I didn't intend.

And back to the diversion for a moment.

I think your framework will prove to more accurately reflect the book's weapons with these costs:

Heavy +1
Light -1
Finesse/Versatile/Thrown 0
Reach -1
Two handed +1

Aaaw right, awesome, thanks for the input . Now we just have to see if I can get my DM to approve it. (Well actually, first I have to convince one of my players to DM). Anyway, I'll look for the post where I found the rules I listed above and see if I messed anything up. I'll post it here if I find it.

 

[Voi_D_ragon]

Double Post. :/

 

[Cap'n Kobold]

I was thinking, would it be game breaking to make a weapon akin to the lance only with the finesse property?

My take would be

Finesse Lance -Name Pending- Damage: 1d4 (1d6) -Properties: Versatile, Finesse, Reach, Special

Special: if you are mounted, you may use the Versatile damage of this weapon while wielding it with only one hand. You may not use this property if you are holding a weapon in your off hand (so no finesse dual lance wielding gnome shenanigans here)

Seem balanced to you guys?

From a pure game-balance point of view, and running RAI as mentioned in Sage Advice rather than RAW with interactions with GWM style, you could probably increase the damage. The 5e weapons table tends to run more off what the designers view as common sense rather than set rules.

How would you justify a weapon like this flavor-wise?

I couldn't.

Even aside from my view of the concept of a versatile finesse weapon being a contradiction in terms, the special property doesn't make much sense, and there is no indication given as to how this weapon differs from a normal lance in a way that justifies giving it finesse.

Why does it do more damage if you're mounted? Its not based on charging like the normal lance, and that would be incompatible with the finesse property. I could see a heavier chopping weapon getting increased damage if you were in a higher position than your opponent, but this is different to simply being mounted.

A normal lance is not a finesse weapon because you're controlling a long, heavy pole with a metal piece on the far end. To reduce the weight to the point where it is negligible enough to not require any force to control it you would have to shorten it as well as slimming it down to the point where it couldn't withstand the impact of using it in a charge.