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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TwinBahamut" data-source="post: 5848982" data-attributes="member: 32536">Weapon choice should certainly be an important part of the Fighter. That said, I don't think it should be the sole domain of the Fighter. Any system that is designed to make weapon choice important should be available to any character who uses weapons, whether that is a Fighter, a Paladin, a Ranger, or whatever. Nonetheless, these different classes should be able to interact and take advantage of that weapon-uniqueness system in their own ways.Generally, I favor the idea that the uniqueness of a weapon should be inherent to the weapon itself, rather than to the abilities gained by specializing in that weapon. This is the only way for one of the Fighter's rather distinct trait as a "skilled wielder of any weapon" to actually be useful. If you need to invest heavily in a weapon to unlock its abilities, then it is impossible for a true master of versatility to exist. However, I also think there should be room for characters to specialize and enhance the base characteristics of their weapons. So, you need both weapons that are inherently unique, and the ability to further specialize to further bring out that uniqueness.My preference would be a return to something that I believe was introduced back in the BECMI books: tiered weapon skill levels. I'll admit I don't know how those rules worked, never having seen them myself, but I really like the idea of them, and I would much rather see those than the Simple/Martial?Exotic weapon system of 3E and 4E. With such a system, any given weapon can have a number of special abilities, properties, or powers that are available based on how much skill the user has. For example, a saber/katana type sword could give even a basic-level wielder of the weapon a bonus to cavalry combat, but a master-level wielder would be able to perform an iaijutsu unsheathing strike with the blade. Fighters would start with a advanced level of skill with any weapon, whereas a Wizard may lack any such skill whatsoever, a Cleric may only have advanced skill in two weapons, and a true Weaponmaster would have supreme skill in a single weapon type.This is probably an amount of complexity beyond what you would expect in the simplest form of the game, but it seems like the best way to really make weapon choice meaningful in a modular manner without resorting to overly complex weapon effectiveness charts.</blockquote>

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