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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chris_Nightwing" data-source="post: 6032726" data-attributes="member: 882">I'd like to see some sort of broad weapon specialisation. To say that a character is equally good with all weapons, be they swords, axes or hammers, is a rather unrealistic state of affairs to me. The mistake made previously was to have highly specific specialisation and to make the cost high - if you look at how it used to work with Weapon Proficiencies in 2E, the Fighter would quickly be specialised in mutiple weapons, though not all, even when playing with the mastery rules you would be specialised in something else eventually. Any effects you get for being specialised should also be carefully chosen. A bonus to hit might be considered too critical, whereas extra damage or a benefit when using a particular maneuver might not. Finally, don't allow specialisation to extend too deeply - if there are 15 benefits you can gain for becoming more and more specialised then you will regret using anything but that weapon.So, I'd like to see it, but it needs to be easy to obtain in multiple weapons, have minor but interesting effects and not dominate the Fighter's playbook.</blockquote>