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<blockquote data-quote="Guest 6801328" data-source="post: 7262802">Ok, fair enough.&nbsp; My reasoning is that if they're upset by the loss of 0.5 damage then it must because they were choosing it for the damage, and not for the flavor, and for me that's not a good enough reason to change the rules.Would you allow an elf rogue to use a longsword as a &quot;finesse&quot; weapon so he can use it 2H and get 0.5 more damage than he would with a rapier?&nbsp; I imagine (based on your argument above) that you would say yes.&nbsp; (This is a bad example because it would actually reduce his damage to not have a 2nd attack as a backup for Sneak Attack in case the first attack missed.)But the same thing could be said of the long sword: you are free to use it because your race says so, but that's mutually exclusive with the class benefits that apply only to monk weapons.&nbsp; The reason monk damaging abilities are restricted to &quot;monk weapons&quot; is to prevent them stacking with high damage weapons, just like monk defenses are restricted to no armor to prevent it from stacking with high ACs.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Guest 6801328, post: 7262802"] Ok, fair enough. My reasoning is that if they're upset by the loss of 0.5 damage then it must because they were choosing it for the damage, and not for the flavor, and for me that's not a good enough reason to change the rules. Would you allow an elf rogue to use a longsword as a "finesse" weapon so he can use it 2H and get 0.5 more damage than he would with a rapier? I imagine (based on your argument above) that you would say yes. (This is a bad example because it would actually reduce his damage to not have a 2nd attack as a backup for Sneak Attack in case the first attack missed.) But the same thing could be said of the long sword: you are free to use it because your race says so, but that's mutually exclusive with the class benefits that apply only to monk weapons. The reason monk damaging abilities are restricted to "monk weapons" is to prevent them stacking with high damage weapons, just like monk defenses are restricted to no armor to prevent it from stacking with high ACs. [/QUOTE]

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