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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Larrin" data-source="post: 3977171" data-attributes="member: 55816">I like the new look of the weapon presentation, and i think the prof(iciency) could be as simple as the new classifications taking the place of simple, martial and exotic (and rouge/monk/druid )lvl 1: things a person that spent their life living in a box could use to some degree: clubs, sticks, flailing hand slapslevel 2: something a peasent should be able to use well. picks, sickles, daggers, maces etclevel 3: warrior type weapons; swords, battle axeslevel 4: the weird exotic things; spiked chains, bladed pinwheelsthus rather than muck around with subjective words like "simple" and "martial" or a long list of what this character can use that leaves out some pretty obvious choices (i'm looking at you monk) they boil it down to numbers.Category seems to me to be most importat to warriors, since WoTC claim now their powers are somewhat weapon specific, thus the category tell the warrior what category of powers (sword,axe,pick,spear) this thing falls under.  so his "Pick your nose" power that functions with any pick category weapon works with warpicks, minning picks, and possibly toothpicks (although those are more likely in the javelin or spear category)theories that prof. 2 -> -2 to attacks if not proficient or proficient users get 2d8 are not in anyway bad ideas, but fly in the face of the simplicity that the designers are TRYING (arguments of course may be made against this) to make part of the framework.  I think the simple explanations will prevail in the end.one thing that i find odd is that no "Light, one handed, two handed" claricfication is mentioned, though that might be listed elsewhere, or simply left out at this point.</blockquote>

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