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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Steampunkette" data-source="post: 8381139" data-attributes="member: 6796468">So... here's what I'd do if I were narrowing weapon proficiencies to the 5 categories with really simple understandings.Split Bludgeoning, Slashing, and Piercing into 3 groups for each weapon type that have their own levels within the Basic through Master proficiency. And let people rank up their proficiency with a type (Bludgeoning, Slashing, or Piercing) as they gain levels and/or feats to do so.Basic: B1d6, S1d4, P1d4Simple: B1d8, S1d6, P1d4Martial: B1d8, S1d8, P1d6Advanced: B1d8, S1d10, P1d8Master: B1d10, S2d6, P1d12Bludgeoning: Any weapon meant to smack someone with no edge or point. All Bludgeoning weapons gain the Versatile weapon trait.Slashing: Weapons meant to cut someone with a bladed edge. All Slashing weapons gain either the Versatile or Finesse weapon trait.Piercing: Weapons meant to stab someone with a sharp point. All Piercing weapons gain the Finesse weapon trait.So for someone like a Wizard with only Basic Weapon Proficiency, the d6 Bludgeoning Weapon (Quarterstaff, Club) would work fine. While a Rogue with Simple proficiency might prefer to use a Shortsword (1d6), a Dagger (1d4) or an Iron Shod Club (1d8) for their Sneak Attacking.Of course, a Fighter with Master Proficiency and that Shortsword will hit for 2d6.A Rogue who loves Daggers could work their way up to a 1d12 dagger by taking 3 extra levels of Weapon Proficiency: Piercing.Is it particularly good at simulation? YMMV. But it'd be super simple, you must admit.It also means two very important things: A weapon's type is much less important than the skill of the person wielding it (A Dagger in the hands of a Master is deadly, and a Katana in the hands of a Novice is far less so), and weapons themselves are less mechanically diverse while being significantly more narratively diverse. In that you can describe any Versatile Slashing Weapon as a Longsword, Shortsword, Battleaxe, Sickle, Etc.</blockquote>

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