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Message: <blockquote data-quote="fuindordm" data-source="post: 5862662" data-attributes="member: 5435">In my AD&D campaign, which ditches weapon vs. armor tables, but tries to recover some of the impact. The rules below are mostly AD&D core.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Spear/Polearm: Wins initiative on 1st round, x2 damage when set for charge. Great against dumb, weaponless monsters.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Light Sword/Dagger Gets first attack and sometimes an extra attack against heavy weapons, if initiative is tied (on a d6).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Heavy Sword/Axe Good damage, no special rules.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Mace/Axe: Mace gets +1 to hit vs. heavy armor.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Dagger: Slash or throw two/round. Use when grappled. See also light sword. Excellent backup weapon for all these reasons.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Bow: Rapid fire.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Crossbow: +2 to hit vs. medium or heavy armor, higher damage than a bow, can reach medium and long range in confined spaces.</li> </ul>This is a bit fiddly, but I liked it. I think 3E also did a pretty good job of differentiating the major categories, although it relied too much on threat range. Really, there's no significant difference between 20/x3 and 19-20/x2. What would have been more interesting is giving the weapon types different special effects on crits.</blockquote>