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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bauglir" data-source="post: 1521315" data-attributes="member: 6982">I find the 3e weapon system to be extremely straightforward and far prefer it to the 3.5e version.  That said we've always played it with a slight modification.  Frex lets look at the range of different 'sword' weapons:Tiny: DaggerSmall: ShortswordMedium: LongswordLarge: GreatswordThese weapon definitions assume a medium sized creature wielding them.  IMC we simply scale this relationship with the wielder ie:Size-2: DaggerSize-1: ShortswordSize+0: LongswordSize+1: GreatswordSo an ogre, as a large sized creature wields a large sword as a longsword.  A human could wield the same sword, but they would do so as a greatsword.These assumptions carried through into proficiencies.  So an ogre rogue would be proficient with a large rapier, a halfling rogue with a small rapier and so on.  In some cases that aren't specifically covered it would be necessary to make a judgement call.  For example I think that it would be reasonable to declare the halfling sized rapier a light martial weapon to a medium creature. YMMVAvailability of these weapons would depend on your campaign.  I would imagine in a world where halflings and gnomes are relatively common, weapons scaled to small size creatures would not be difficult to acquire.Yes, small reach weapons were a problem, but small reach weapons are still a problem under 3.5e.  IMO this is because of the way reach doesn't scale properly with creature sizes below medium (ie - for each size category above medium, reach increases by a further 5ft, yet small creatures have the same reach as medium creatures) rather than being indicative of any problem with the weapon system specifically.</blockquote>

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