Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
White Dwarf Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Nest
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions, OSR, & D&D Variants
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
EN Publishing
Twitter
BlueSky
Facebook
Instagram
EN World
BlueSky
YouTube
Facebook
Twitter
Twitch
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions, OSR, & D&D Variants
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Upgrade your account to a Community Supporter account and remove most of the site ads.
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Dungeons & Dragons
Katana in 5th edition - finesse?
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="GreenTengu" data-source="post: 7276291" data-attributes="member: 6777454"><p>Well, I would make it about that simple.</p><p></p><p>Simple Weapon Proficiency</p><p>Light One Handed - d4</p><p>One Handed - d6</p><p>Two Handed - d8</p><p>Two Handed (Heavy) - d10</p><p></p><p>Ranged/Thrown Normal - d6</p><p>Ranged Loading - d8</p><p></p><p>Martial Weapon Proficiency</p><p>Light One Handed - d6</p><p>One Handed - d8</p><p>Two Handed - d10</p><p>Two Handed (Reach, Heavy) - d10</p><p>Two Handed (Heavy) - d12</p><p></p><p>Ranged/Thrown Normal - d8</p><p>Ranged Loading - d10</p><p></p><p></p><p>No "finesse" breaking the game, but you can always use for to-hit and to-damage on light weapons.</p><p></p><p>And the person with the martial weapon proficiency does that damage with a one-handed weapon even if the game as is would describe their chosen weapon as a "simple weapon" and penalize them for it. And that alone ought to just really open the door to possibilities.</p><p></p><p>It totally fixes all the issues weapons in the game entirely. The only trouble is deciding how much to charge for them. But... well... classes pretty much hand you the weapons you need from the beginning and past level 3 you are probably so awash in gold the difference between a 15 gold weapon and a 25 gold weapon is nothing to sweat over. The only real thing troubling you is if you are a poor sod who decided to actually try to be a Strength Fighter and now you are looking at coming up with 2000 gold to buy the armor necessary just to match the AC the Dexterity fighter has in his studded leather.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GreenTengu, post: 7276291, member: 6777454"] Well, I would make it about that simple. Simple Weapon Proficiency Light One Handed - d4 One Handed - d6 Two Handed - d8 Two Handed (Heavy) - d10 Ranged/Thrown Normal - d6 Ranged Loading - d8 Martial Weapon Proficiency Light One Handed - d6 One Handed - d8 Two Handed - d10 Two Handed (Reach, Heavy) - d10 Two Handed (Heavy) - d12 Ranged/Thrown Normal - d8 Ranged Loading - d10 No "finesse" breaking the game, but you can always use for to-hit and to-damage on light weapons. And the person with the martial weapon proficiency does that damage with a one-handed weapon even if the game as is would describe their chosen weapon as a "simple weapon" and penalize them for it. And that alone ought to just really open the door to possibilities. It totally fixes all the issues weapons in the game entirely. The only trouble is deciding how much to charge for them. But... well... classes pretty much hand you the weapons you need from the beginning and past level 3 you are probably so awash in gold the difference between a 15 gold weapon and a 25 gold weapon is nothing to sweat over. The only real thing troubling you is if you are a poor sod who decided to actually try to be a Strength Fighter and now you are looking at coming up with 2000 gold to buy the armor necessary just to match the AC the Dexterity fighter has in his studded leather. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Dungeons & Dragons
Katana in 5th edition - finesse?
Top