I don’t know if it works that way but I kind of want to go back to 2e JUST individually proficient by weaponShort sword,
d6 damage, light, finesse.
simple weapon.
so the "martial" version of it must then have d8 damage. To justify having proficiency.
remove light property and it goes to d10.
remove finesse and it goes to d12.
can we get d12 one-handed longswords please now?
Oh god noI don’t know if it works that way but I kind of want to go back to 2e JUST individually proficient by weapon
The base bard with "Weapons: Simple Weapons" can use it while more warrior group leaning bard archetypes can gain stuff like longsword/rapier/hand crossbow as appropriate rather than having it in the base class. Those weapons by extension have more design space to be great because they are not as available for useWhat a weird choice. What are they even trying to fix here?
Oh god no
I mean, they could have just had the bard being proficient with simple weapons plus the short sword. Seems like a very weird way to go about it.The base bard with "Weapons: Simple Weapons" can use it while more warrior group leaning bard archetypes can gain stuff like longsword/rapier/hand crossbow as appropriate rather than having it in the base class. Those weapons by extension have more design space to be great because they are not as available for use
I don’t think there will be a martial version, just as there isn’t a martial version of the hand axe.Short sword,
d6 damage, light, finesse.
simple weapon.
so the "martial" version of it must then have d8 damage. To justify having proficiency.