Weapon Group (sorta) [Archive] - Wizards Community

Weapon Group (sorta) [Archive] - Wizards Community

Post/Author/DateTime Post
JohnCJ
07-10-04, 09:32 AM A design principle behind Weapon Group feats seems to be that allowing Weapon Focus/Specialization to affect a group of weapons rather than a single weapon is not unbalanced.

I agree with that reasoning, and would like to take it to it's logical conclusion:

How game breaking would it be to remove ALL weapon specificity from feats such as Weapon Focus, Weapon Specialization, Improved Critical, etc.

Weapon Focus would thus grant you +1 on all attack rolls (regardless of weapon used). Specialization would be a +2 on all damage rolls, etc.

Broken?

OR:
Use weapon categories instead: Weapon Focus [Simple], Weapon Focus [Martial], Weapon Focus [Exotic]?

OR:
Two categories: [Melee] and [Ranged]?
SykeXero
07-10-04, 04:52 PM How about six? Melee-Simple, Martial-Ranged, etc... Might as well make an alignment system for weapons now.(shudder)
Kastas
07-10-04, 07:55 PM I'd say that your system would be a bit overpowered, since they'd become "must-have" feats for any character that does any fighting at all. They'd even be highly attractive to spellcasters, since they could be used for all ray and touch spells. I really like the weapon group system, personally, and I'm comfortable with how it works right now.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
JohnCJ 07-10-04, 09:32 AM	A design principle behind Weapon Group feats seems to be that allowing Weapon Focus/Specialization to affect a group of weapons rather than a single weapon is not unbalanced. I agree with that reasoning, and would like to take it to it's logical conclusion: How game breaking would it be to remove ALL weapon specificity from feats such as Weapon Focus, Weapon Specialization, Improved Critical, etc. Weapon Focus would thus grant you +1 on all attack rolls (regardless of weapon used). Specialization would be a +2 on all damage rolls, etc. Broken? OR: Use weapon categories instead: Weapon Focus [Simple], Weapon Focus [Martial], Weapon Focus [Exotic]? OR: Two categories: [Melee] and [Ranged]?
SykeXero 07-10-04, 04:52 PM	How about six? Melee-Simple, Martial-Ranged, etc... Might as well make an alignment system for weapons now.(shudder)
Kastas 07-10-04, 07:55 PM	I'd say that your system would be a bit overpowered, since they'd become "must-have" feats for any character that does any fighting at all. They'd even be highly attractive to spellcasters, since they could be used for all ray and touch spells. I really like the weapon group system, personally, and I'm comfortable with how it works right now.