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<blockquote data-quote="Kurotowa" data-source="post: 9316723" data-attributes="member: 27957">Not easily, they can't. A Rogue would have to give up an entire turn to charge up the weapon first, and if they're higher level that's absolutely not a net gain to make a 6d8 attack the next turn. Not to mention that your item description doesn't specify what sort of ranged attack it is; the player may have very reasonably assumed it wasn't something that qualified for Sneak Attack, since many things don't. And if it DOES count as a weapon attack, the Rogue still can't Sneak Attack because they're not proficient in Lances so they have Disadvantage.Look at the party you describe. Half of them are going to turn down anything that isn't a Finesse weapon immediately, any Str character that's invested in Fighting Style: Great Weapons and the Great Weapon Mastery feat is going to hard pass on a 1H weapon, and any Str character who considers themselves the front line tank is going to pass on a weapon that gives them disadvantage for attacking adjacent targets. It's no wonder they sold it!I think many people in the &quot;Forever DM&quot; category don't appreciate just how locked in to specific weapons most martial PCs are. Modern editions of the game require and reward picking your specialty, and it's very punishing to abandon that. And that's not even touching on player preference. The player who's running a Barbarian because they love big crits is going to pick a greataxe over a greatsword every day of the week.Sit down with your players. Talk to them about what sort of weapons their character would find useful, and what style of weapon they'd find fun. Then figure out a way to give it to them, even if you mess around with the small details a bit.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kurotowa, post: 9316723, member: 27957"] Not easily, they can't. A Rogue would have to give up an entire turn to charge up the weapon first, and if they're higher level that's absolutely not a net gain to make a 6d8 attack the next turn. Not to mention that your item description doesn't specify what [I]sort[/I] of ranged attack it is; the player may have very reasonably assumed it wasn't something that qualified for Sneak Attack, since many things don't. And if it DOES count as a weapon attack, the Rogue still can't Sneak Attack because they're not proficient in Lances so they have Disadvantage. Look at the party you describe. Half of them are going to turn down anything that isn't a Finesse weapon immediately, any Str character that's invested in Fighting Style: Great Weapons and the Great Weapon Mastery feat is going to hard pass on a 1H weapon, and any Str character who considers themselves the front line tank is going to pass on a weapon that gives them disadvantage for attacking adjacent targets. It's no wonder they sold it! I think many people in the "Forever DM" category don't appreciate just how locked in to specific weapons most martial PCs are. Modern editions of the game require and reward picking your specialty, and it's very punishing to abandon that. And that's not even touching on player preference. The player who's running a Barbarian because they love big crits is going to pick a greataxe over a greatsword every day of the week. Sit down with your players. Talk to them about what sort of weapons their character would find useful, and what style of weapon they'd find fun. Then figure out a way to give it to them, even if you mess around with the small details a bit. [/QUOTE]

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