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<blockquote data-quote="Hriston" data-source="post: 6610880" data-attributes="member: 6787503">A couple of things to consider:1. What weapons are monsters assumed to be proficient with? I think in the SRD it said that monsters are proficient with the weapons in their stat-block. Is this still the assumption people are working with? For example, is an NPC Commoner proficient with the club only, or would that same NPC be able to pick up and use any simple weapon with proficiency? I know you could give that NPC proficiency with any simple weapon you want without changing its CR, but I'm interested to see how creature stat-blocks are being interpreted with an eye toward balancing character weapon proficiencies v. monster weapon proficiencies.2. I read somewhere that the sling went out of fashion for use on the battlefield in medieval times because it was too hard to find enough people who had had the training required. Apparently, ancient slingers had to train with the weapon from early childhood to be considered proficient on the battlefield with just that one weapon.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hriston, post: 6610880, member: 6787503"] A couple of things to consider: 1. What weapons are monsters assumed to be proficient with? I think in the SRD it said that monsters are proficient with the weapons in their stat-block. Is this still the assumption people are working with? For example, is an NPC Commoner proficient with the club only, or would that same NPC be able to pick up and use any simple weapon with proficiency? I know you could give that NPC proficiency with any simple weapon you want without changing its CR, but I'm interested to see how creature stat-blocks are being interpreted with an eye toward balancing character weapon proficiencies v. monster weapon proficiencies. 2. I read somewhere that the sling went out of fashion for use on the battlefield in medieval times because it was too hard to find enough people who had had the training required. Apparently, ancient slingers had to train with the weapon from early childhood to be considered proficient on the battlefield with just that one weapon. [/QUOTE]

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