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<blockquote data-quote="Leatherhead" data-source="post: 7529773" data-attributes="member: 53176"><p>Lets be honest here:</p><p></p><p>The current One-handed martial weapon list isn't balanced to begin with. 1/4th of them are just 1d8 damage with no ability (and probably in need of some kind of balance pass themselves). Longswords and Rapiers blow out the rest of the competition by virtue of being useful and having a plethora of magic variants, along with the dubious honor of being a "freebie" weapon proficiency for various classes and races that wouldn't otherwise have martial weapons. And logically, that situation should be the reverse, if every elf and the person trying to pick their pocket can learn how to use a sword, why are they better than the weapons that are more exclusive?</p><p></p><p>And also, who is going to be regularly throwing their primary melee weapon? If we are realistically speculating what is going to happen from giving the Trident a d8, here it is: Some (but nowhere near all) martial characters are going to start carrying around a bundle of tridents instead of a bundle of javelins for when they are forced into ranged combat. Swords are still in no danger of being obsoleted or unpopular, and you might actually see some characters who have fun trying to mimic Aquaman when his new movie comes out next year instead of looking at the weapon list and being totally disappointed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Leatherhead, post: 7529773, member: 53176"] Lets be honest here: The current One-handed martial weapon list isn't balanced to begin with. 1/4th of them are just 1d8 damage with no ability (and probably in need of some kind of balance pass themselves). Longswords and Rapiers blow out the rest of the competition by virtue of being useful and having a plethora of magic variants, along with the dubious honor of being a "freebie" weapon proficiency for various classes and races that wouldn't otherwise have martial weapons. And logically, that situation should be the reverse, if every elf and the person trying to pick their pocket can learn how to use a sword, why are they better than the weapons that are more exclusive? And also, who is going to be regularly throwing their primary melee weapon? If we are realistically speculating what is going to happen from giving the Trident a d8, here it is: Some (but nowhere near all) martial characters are going to start carrying around a bundle of tridents instead of a bundle of javelins for when they are forced into ranged combat. Swords are still in no danger of being obsoleted or unpopular, and you might actually see some characters who have fun trying to mimic Aquaman when his new movie comes out next year instead of looking at the weapon list and being totally disappointed. [/QUOTE]
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