Racial weapons. [Archive] - Wizards Community

Racial weapons. [Archive] - Wizards Community

Post/Author/DateTime Post
Lord_Cronos
10-10-07, 04:19 PM I'm thinking about allowing racial weapons from the races books as martial weapons for there races instead of exotic.

What I would like to know is if you think this would change the balance of the game much.

I don't think it will but some others have said they think it would.

I also like the idea of the races having unique weapons that are special just to them.
Ninja_Ferret
10-10-07, 04:40 PM Well think of the dwarf. They have their two weapons that are exotic and counted as martial for them. So i dont think that if you add in all the other races racial weapons would really tip the ballance.
Japan_the_cougar
10-10-07, 06:22 PM Savage Species does this quite a bit with the monster classes and specific weapons.

Ex: The flamebrother salamander automatically gets weapon familiarity with the salamander spears.

So, yeah, there shouldn't be too many balance issues with letting other races use racial weapons printed after the original write-up.
BugHunter
10-10-07, 08:04 PM For the Elves you may want to give the choice of longsword and rapier or the thinblade and lightblade.
AtsuiShoto
10-11-07, 06:20 PM The trouble with the elven "thin/light/court" line is that they are strictly significantly better than comparable PHB weapons, counter-balanced by being slightly more expensive.

Now, I would agree with the OP, making these racial weapons martial instead of exotic wouldn't be a mistake. Giving automatic proficiency... probably would be.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Lord_Cronos 10-10-07, 04:19 PM	I'm thinking about allowing racial weapons from the races books as martial weapons for there races instead of exotic. What I would like to know is if you think this would change the balance of the game much. I don't think it will but some others have said they think it would. I also like the idea of the races having unique weapons that are special just to them.
Ninja_Ferret 10-10-07, 04:40 PM	Well think of the dwarf. They have their two weapons that are exotic and counted as martial for them. So i dont think that if you add in all the other races racial weapons would really tip the ballance.
Japan_the_cougar 10-10-07, 06:22 PM	Savage Species does this quite a bit with the monster classes and specific weapons. Ex: The flamebrother salamander automatically gets weapon familiarity with the salamander spears. So, yeah, there shouldn't be too many balance issues with letting other races use racial weapons printed after the original write-up.
BugHunter 10-10-07, 08:04 PM	For the Elves you may want to give the choice of longsword and rapier or the thinblade and lightblade.
AtsuiShoto 10-11-07, 06:20 PM	The trouble with the elven "thin/light/court" line is that they are strictly significantly better than comparable PHB weapons, counter-balanced by being slightly more expensive. Now, I would agree with the OP, making these racial weapons martial instead of exotic wouldn't be a mistake. Giving automatic proficiency... probably would be.