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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Steampunkette" data-source="post: 8255500" data-attributes="member: 6796468">... I literally directly referenced Combat Maneuvers as cool and interesting features.Anyway. A Basket Hilt may protect your hand... but what would you have that -do- in the current weapon system? Allow the person to use the weapon to make an unarmed strike for less damage? Why would anyone bother? Further, players can already strike to subdue, and so could simply -describe- clobbering someone over the head with a basket hilt, or a pommel, or the flat of their blade if they don't understand how swords work.And why would we make that basket hilt on par with a big flashy effect that a spellcaster can do a limited number of times per day? Or does the basket hilt fall off the sword after 3 uses and require a long rest to repair?No. By far, the better direction to go is to change how a person uses a weapon through Combat Maneuvers that function in a spell-like fashion. Limited uses, like spells, a recovery system, and interesting effects.Far better to leave the weapons flexible in description and function rather than going all Cheese Shop on it.[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0136.html[/URL][MEDIA=youtube]Hz1JWzyvv8A[/MEDIA]</blockquote>