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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JonnyP71" data-source="post: 7338439" data-attributes="member: 6788862">I love the history of medieval weaponry, but it's clear to see that in D&D terms it's hard to model that history well - more than 500 years of weapon technology is shoehorned into a single table, a lot of weapons are somewhat imbalanced with regards to their real effectiveness, and some of the armour types never actually existed...To make to more historical:- remove studded leather entirely- rename the Great Axe as the Bardiche- rename the Great Sword as the Longsword- rename the Longsword as the Arming Sword- split Staves - the Quarterstaff is 2 handed, the 1 handed variant is the Jo- split the warhammer, making the 2 handed variant the Lucern Hammer or Bec De Corbin- introduce another polearm in the form of the widely used Billhook- reduce the effectiveness of crossbows in relation to longbows greatly at range, but keep the crossbow devastating up close- make plate armour almost invulnerable to most weapons, apart from those specifically designed to deal with it (eg Bec De Corbin)- have multiple forms of shield, with different levels of defensive (and offensive) capabilities- properly model the effects of wearing a Helmet (of various sizes)- change the effects certain weapons have when used on horseback - and when used against mounted knightsand so on...But this would make it fiddly again, and fiddly was the domain of 3/3.5E - 5E is all about tidiness.In other words, leave it alone, 5E benefits greatly from its speed of play.  Let's keep it that way.</blockquote>

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