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<blockquote data-quote="Ancalagon" data-source="post: 6846829" data-attributes="member: 23">So.Background:&nbsp; I'm learning the new (to me) D&amp;D rules and working on a vaguely South-Asian setting (Yoon-Suin, *highly*&nbsp; recommended).&nbsp; Some of the weapons in such a setting are going to be unchanged - a spear is a spear, and so is an axe.&nbsp; Other weapons are new but are replacements of sort for existing weapons.&nbsp; A small kriss is a dagger, a large one a short sword, a firangi a longsword.&nbsp; Some weapons don't really exist in &quot;standard&quot; D&amp;D and I'll have to stat them out like the Urumi.&nbsp; So far so good right?What I have realized however is I don't have a rapier.&nbsp; And by rapier I don't mean &quot;long thin stabbing sword&quot;.&nbsp; I mean &quot;one handed finesse-able weapon that does 1d8 dmg&quot;.&nbsp; As a result, a character wanting to fight with a one-handed weapon would be limited to 1d6 dmg weapons. Now my first instinct here is &quot;this isn't a problem, high dex characters have it too good with dex being so useful all around anyway&quot;.&nbsp; But... well I haven't played the game yet, and most (I hope haha) of you have.&nbsp; Would &quot;forcing&quot; dex-based characters to use smaller weapons be a big issue?&nbsp; Or is it a small nerf that might well be needed (seeing how good dex is).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ancalagon, post: 6846829, member: 23"] So. Background: I'm learning the new (to me) D&D rules and working on a vaguely South-Asian setting (Yoon-Suin, *highly* recommended). Some of the weapons in such a setting are going to be unchanged - a spear is a spear, and so is an axe. Other weapons are new but are replacements of sort for existing weapons. A small kriss is a dagger, a large one a short sword, a firangi a longsword. Some weapons don't really exist in "standard" D&D and I'll have to stat them out like the Urumi. So far so good right? What I have realized however is I don't have a rapier. And by rapier I don't mean "long thin stabbing sword". I mean [B]"one handed finesse-able weapon that does 1d8 dmg[/B]". As a result, a character wanting to fight with a one-handed weapon would be limited to 1d6 dmg weapons. Now my first instinct here is "this isn't a problem, high dex characters have it too good with dex being so useful all around anyway". But... well I haven't played the game yet, and most (I hope haha) of you have. Would "forcing" dex-based characters to use smaller weapons be a big issue? Or is it a small nerf that might well be needed (seeing how good dex is). [/QUOTE]

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