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If weapon mastery means combat can take longer due to the extra rolls involved, but ends earlier due to extra PC power, it sounds like it all evens out in the end. 
D&D General Weapon Mastery - Yea or Nay?
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Clint_L
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Pros: they add a lot more options for martial players.
Cons: they definitely slow the game down, even with experienced players, and with beginners...whoof.
It depends: they are a much bigger damage buff to martials than expected. Too big at lower and mid levels, IMO, throwing balance out of whack. YVMV.
As a DM, I mostly ignore them - if a player remembers to use them, fine, but I ain't reminding them.
It does not. It just means the DM makes the combats harder. In retrospect. weapon masteries are my biggest complaint about the 2024 update.
Cons: they definitely slow the game down, even with experienced players, and with beginners...whoof.
It depends: they are a much bigger damage buff to martials than expected. Too big at lower and mid levels, IMO, throwing balance out of whack. YVMV.
As a DM, I mostly ignore them - if a player remembers to use them, fine, but I ain't reminding them.
If weapon mastery means combat can take longer due to the extra rolls involved, but ends earlier due to extra PC power, it sounds like it all evens out in the end.
It does not. It just means the DM makes the combats harder. In retrospect. weapon masteries are my biggest complaint about the 2024 update.
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Hero
The enemy only has 1 hp left and your weapon has the Graze property, so no need to make that attack roll.
More time saved.
More time saved.
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