Weapons Revisited

Ω Homebrew Weapons

I had to come up with some weapon examples, which you can find in the Weapons column in these tables.

↻ Repurposed Weapons

Some weapons feel more natural with some of these new combinations, and have been relocated accordingly.

* Special Weapons

These weapons have a damage output different from what it should have based on their properties, as further explained in the Player's Handbook. And are now accompanied by a weapon that does use the correct damage output.

Why aren't there even more possible weapon property combinations?

Because of balance reasons, there are a few property combinations that are prohibited as explained below.

• A heavy weapon cannot be wielded by small creatures, because for small creatures it would need even more strength to use properly. The finesse and light properties would be weird to combine with the heavy property, because those feats make a weapon being used for fast and fluid combat, not strength-based combat.

• A light weapon is small enough and balanced right to be used for duel wielding. A two-handed or a reach weapon is too big to be used for dual wielding.

• Ranged weapons cannot have the finesse or reach properties.

Missing Properties

Starting Weapon Proficiencies

'With what proficiencies does my characters start their adventure?' You might ask yourself. This simple table should be able to replace the starting proficiencies in each of the races and classes description.