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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Obryn" data-source="post: 6033958" data-attributes="member: 11821">Honestly, even though focusing on specific weapons has been the fighter's gig from Unearthed Arcana 1e through 4e, I'd like to see it put to bed now.I'd like a Fighter to be pretty much equally awesome with whatever he happens to find - swords, axes, bows, maces.  And heck - still scary with beer steins, ladders, bricks, and coffin lids.In most D&Ds these days, the rewards of specialization are so great that it's crazy to have a weapon-using character without it.  And then, it becomes dumb to use anything other than their single best weapon.I'd like Next to finally butcher this sacred cow.  I don't think it makes the game more fun; I think it rather straight-jackets weapon-using characters.  It's a boring way to spend a feat.EDIT:...sorta. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />  In AD&D, you had to become Proficient in a limited number of weapons and you were varying degrees of bad with everything else, depending on your class.  Options to Specialize didn't come around until Unearthed Arcana, but it was a welcome addition.  Specialization in 1e is pretty beefy - it gives you more attacks, sorely-needed bonuses to hit, and extra damage.  You could also double-specialize, which was pretty insane.  I forget the rules on multiple specializations - I want to say it was restricted, but can't remember atm because it was frequently houseruled one way or the other.  Even so, you'd still be hauling around another weapon for a few levels.In 2e, the idea of "group" proficiencies came about, and it was an improvement over the system.  But I really think the whole Weapon Proficiency system was a weak point of the two editions.-O</blockquote>

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