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<blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 8674086" data-attributes="member: 6790260">To quote myself on the subject...I think there's even more we could do here. [USER=6987520]@DND_Reborn[/USER] for example has a solid idea WRT bonuses when fighting an enemy with a shield; we could perhaps call this Shieldbreaker (+1 to hit and damage against targets that have a Shield bonus to AC.) &quot;Entangling&quot; or &quot;Grappling&quot; could also be a property, building off their suggestion about whips but having it apply to any weapon that gets all physical around the opponent. Adding those two to my list above gives us at least 11 different weapon properties that we can try to mix and match, not counting things like damage dice, handedness (one-hand, off-hand, two-hand, versatile, etc.), and special-purpose weapons (such as nets).Feats, being particularly chunky and significant in 5e, also afford an excellent opportunity to reward specialization with a particular weapon type without being cripplingly overspecialized with a single weapon. I would expect the weapon groups to be similar to 4e's: Heavy Blades, Light Blades, Axes, Hammers (counting maces/clubs), Polearms, Spears, etc. All the basic stuff, with each &lt;Group&gt; Specialist feat having various juicy but distinct (and hopefully thematic!) benefits for someone willing to spend the feat in order to specialize.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="EzekielRaiden, post: 8674086, member: 6790260"] To quote myself on the subject... I think there's even more we could do here. [USER=6987520]@DND_Reborn[/USER] for example has a solid idea WRT bonuses when fighting an enemy with a shield; we could perhaps call this Shieldbreaker (+1 to hit and damage against targets that have a Shield bonus to AC.) "Entangling" or "Grappling" could also be a property, building off their suggestion about whips but having it apply to any weapon that gets all physical [I]around[/I] the opponent. Adding those two to my list above gives us [I]at least[/I] 11 different weapon properties that we can try to mix and match, not counting things like damage dice, handedness (one-hand, off-hand, two-hand, versatile, etc.), and special-purpose weapons (such as nets). Feats, being particularly chunky and significant in 5e, also afford an excellent opportunity to reward specialization with a particular weapon [I]type[/I] without being cripplingly overspecialized with a [I]single weapon.[/I] I would expect the weapon groups to be similar to 4e's: Heavy Blades, Light Blades, Axes, Hammers (counting maces/clubs), Polearms, Spears, etc. All the basic stuff, with each <Group> Specialist feat having various juicy but distinct (and hopefully thematic!) benefits for someone willing to spend the feat in order to specialize. [/QUOTE]

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