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ShadoStahker	Small Characters	Lead	[-]
Posts: 841 (07/18/08 22:14:28) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Tags : None Okay, new question. A halfling can wield a Scimitar in one hand. +2/1d8/High Crit A halfling needs to wield a Longsword in two hands. +3/1d8 ... What the crap? Why is the scimitar (an "equal" weapon to the longsword, battleaxe, warhammer, flail) the single best weapon for a halfling? If they can wield scimitars one-handed, why can they not wield longswords? (The blade length seems to be pretty similar on any examples I've found, ranging from 30-33 inches.) Why does a shield-using fighter only have the option of heavy blades and light blades as military weapons? Wearing heavy armour, dex would not be a primary attribute most of the time, making it impossible to reach the levels requires for the light blade feats, meaning the scimitar is, again, the hands-down best. And, more to the point, would it really be unbalancing to allow small characters to use one-handed weapons normally? Or, hell, even two-handed weapons (though we could just say use a versatile weapon for that, I guess)? You get no benefit for being small. Yet any non-rogue martial character suffers a disadvantage. Sigh. But I don't really want to go into the implications of doing all that... At the very minimum, there need to be some non-versatile, non-throwing military weapons statted up. Who's with me? How about the following: -- Hatchet +2 / 1d8 / - / 10 gp / 3 lb / Axe / Off-hand Light Hammer +2 / 1d8 / - / 10 gp / 3 lb / Hammer / Off-hand Light Flail +2 / 1d8 / - / 5 gp / 3 lb / Flail / Off-hand Light Pick +2 / 1d9 / - / 10 gp / 3 lb / Pick / Off-hand, high crit And, just because I'm already here, let's do one for the Scimitar as well. Kukri +2 / 1d6 / - / 5 gp / 2 lb / Light Blade / Off-hand, high crit -- How do those look?
Roalnd the Red		#1	[-]
Posts: 343 (07/21/08 11:01:59) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I've never been satisfied with weapons and damage in ANY edition. I don't really sweat it anymore...my approach is along the lines of: "Wotc makes the scimitar an ideal weapon for small characters. So use the scimitar stats and call it whatever you want" A "club" that does +2/1d8/high crit? whatever, lets start playing. So yeah, your weapons look to be "in the appropriate range". But honestly, it doesn't matter what you call them. A more pedantic approach would be to make a matrix with the +hit , damage, and qualities and try to make a weapon for every possible combination...
Raithe the Dreamer		#2	[-]
Posts: 16 (07/22/08 03:55:34) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Those weapons look fine to me. I was sad to see the light mace go, as well (one of the last major games I was in had a Rogue that used that instead of a dagger or sword, and she ended up being rather unique as a result). Let me stay where the wind will whisper to me, where the raindrops as they're falling tell a story.
ShadoStahker		#3	[-]
Posts: 843 (07/22/08 11:24:57) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I'd much rather that small characters got something in exchange for having fewer and worse weapon choices. As it stands, I'm considering letting them wield 1-handed weapons normally, though not 2-handed weapons (except versatile 1-handed, where they would still get a +1 bonus). This has the same effect that Roalnd recommends, but gives more options. Last Edited By: ShadoStahker 07/22/08 11:35:58. Edited 1 times.

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