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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MechaPilot" data-source="post: 6712829" data-attributes="member: 82779">5e already has weapons with the "special" property who have additional info about their use beyond what's on the weapon table, so I have exceeded nothing about 5e's weapon rules.As far as making them the best option, I have to disagree.Bearing in mind that weapons with their own special properties do exist in 5e (as pointed out above) and that the average damage for the trident alternate damage proposal works out to be equivalent to that of the longsword, if you can please explain how they are bad options then I will consider other options.I think the devs had a lot on their plate, that they are only human, and that they missed some things.  The trident definitely appears to be one of those things.  With the trident being identical to the spear except for price and weight, there is literally no mechanical reason to take the trident.  Even characters who can use martial weapons are better off taking the spear instead of the trident because it costs and weighs less while doing everything the trident does.If they weren't going to make them different in an impactful way, then they should have just made one entry for "spear/trident."</blockquote>