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#1 Omni-Wyvernil Feb 13, 2010 15:19:10	The effectiveness of halflings and gnomes at weapon-based classes seems to be, as quite a few have noticed, lacking. Here's an idea for a feat which might help them keep up with medium-sized characters. Forceful Swing Prerequisite: STR 13 Benefit: When wielding a weapon with the Versatile keyword in both hands, you gain a +2 bonus to damage rolls in place of the +1 you would normally gain. This bonus applies even if you're a Small character such as a halfling. Does this look good? Giving out a feat that increases the bonus for wielding a versatile weapon to +2 and allows Small characters to take advantage of it would, for instance, increase the average damage of a bastard sword to 1d10+2 (3-12 damage), which is more comparable to the damage of a Fullblade (which also has high crit, so it still has its uses). If a versatile weapon is treated as a two-handed weapon for all intents and purposes (for instance, when using Barbarian powers), then this should help to even the gap a bit.
#2 generalhenry Feb 13, 2010 15:21:12	there already is such a feat, it's call scrappy
#3 Omni-Wyvernil Feb 13, 2010 15:28:31	there already is such a feat, it's call scrappy Oh, I see. Must have missed it because it was in one of the Dragon articles.
#4 Crimson_Concerto Feb 13, 2010 15:33:27	Meh, if you're moving into house-rule territory to try to fix Small size, why not just go ahead and remove their weapon restrictions and limitations to begin with?