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<blockquote data-quote="James Gasik" data-source="post: 8964702" data-attributes="member: 6877472">Now to be fair, tracking small fiddly bonuses isn't something most people care for.&nbsp; In Pathfinder 1e, I had a Fighter who used a Lucerne Hammer.&nbsp; I had, on my sheet, a &quot;+2 bonus to use the Sunder maneuver against armor&quot;.&nbsp; I was never going to use this.&nbsp; I never wanted to use this.Armor is tough and hard to sunder if you don't have the feats/special materials to do so.&nbsp; And you're primarily trading attacks that deal damage vs. the hope you can destroy the armor of a foe to make them easier to fight.&nbsp; Not to mention, you could always sell or use that armor if you didn't shred it to pieces (barring applications of Make Whole).&nbsp; So while I do prefer weapons with benefits beyond &quot;big damage die&quot;, I don't like small, super niche fiddly bonuses either.&nbsp; Maybe there are special moves everyone can use if they are using a particular weapon type- Kobold Press has experimented with this concept.&nbsp; As an example, the Monk in my current game can Lunge when using his quarterstaff, giving him reach with one attack.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="James Gasik, post: 8964702, member: 6877472"] Now to be fair, tracking small fiddly bonuses isn't something most people care for. In Pathfinder 1e, I had a Fighter who used a Lucerne Hammer. I had, on my sheet, a "+2 bonus to use the Sunder maneuver against armor". I was never going to use this. I never wanted to use this. Armor is tough and hard to sunder if you don't have the feats/special materials to do so. And you're primarily trading attacks that deal damage vs. the hope you can destroy the armor of a foe to make them easier to fight. Not to mention, you could always sell or use that armor if you didn't shred it to pieces (barring applications of Make Whole). So while I do prefer weapons with benefits beyond "big damage die", I don't like small, super niche fiddly bonuses either. Maybe there are special moves everyone can use if they are using a particular weapon type- Kobold Press has experimented with this concept. As an example, the Monk in my current game can Lunge when using his quarterstaff, giving him reach with one attack. [/QUOTE]

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