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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dorian_Grey" data-source="post: 7150135" data-attributes="member: 6801878">This is one of the reasons I loved weapon proficiencies from 2nd Edition. Sure, you could use any weapon you wanted at a slight (for fighters) or severe (for wizards, clerics and rogues) disadvantage on to hit rolls. But that is more accurate. Using a weapon you're not trained on is hard, and weapons DO require training. Even rifles require SOME training for the user to be effective. Not as much as a sling or longbow, but still something. Fighters, with specialization, could become even more deadly with higher rates of fire (3/2 for specialization and a +1 to hit bonus). It helps with these kinds of problems. Heck even if you just did something like this:Weapon Proficiency: Using a weapon and using a weapon as effectively as possible are two different things. Most people have some training in at least one kind of weapon, enough to be considered proficient:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">One Weapon Proficiency: Sorcerer, Wizard</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Two Weapon Proficienies: Warlock, Rogue, Cleric, Druid, Bard</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Three Weapon Proficiencies: Barbarian, Paladin, Ranger</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Four Weapon Proficiencies: Fighter</li> </ul>Anyone can use a simple weapon. Martial weapons being used without proficiency have a -1 to hit penalty. Proficiency grants a +1 to hit bonus. Fighters can use two weapon proficiencies on one weapon to become specialized. They gain advantage on the attack rolls with that weapon.ClarificationMonks would gain proficiency in unarmed combat obviously, and a monk weapon of their choice. Other restrictions from things like weapon list still apply. Then you could add "bonus weapon proficiency: Sling" to halflings. Additionally, Warlocks with the weapon pact would get that weapon and proficiency in the weapon as well. Finally, I'm not a huge fan of 5e weapons at all, and feel that speed factors and Rate of Fire should be added to them. I'm actually working on that right now LOL <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=":)" /></blockquote>

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