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[RANT]Are small races shafted?
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<blockquote data-quote="jontherev" data-source="post: 9165" data-attributes="member: 1451"><p>I'm concerned with the weapon selection mostly. Small pc's only have 4 non-exotic weapons (if you count unarmed) to weapon finesse, none of them slashing. Medium pc's get, let's see, THIRTEEN non-exotic weapons, PLUS the medium-sized rapier, PLUS the exotic LARGE spiked chain. What gives here? I think it would be balancing to allow the short sword to be WF'ed by small races.</p><p></p><p>Also, has there been a ruling on whether rogues get to use Kukris? Since they can use ANY dagger, and there are only two listed (dagger and punching dagger), the word ANY implies more than two to me. And since the kukri is a curved DAGGER, it sure seems like they should be proficient in its use. This would certainly help to balance the weapon proficiency problem between race sizes. Otherwise, small races MUST either use an exotic feat, monkey grip a rapier and take an additional -2 penalty (negating the benefit from finessing), OR take a level of monk if they wish to finesse anything other than a plain ole dagger. All poor choices imo.</p><p></p><p>Oh, and there's no way this was part of the balancing between the race sizes. Or, if it was, I take big<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> issue with. After all, they already get grappled like it's going out of style. And apparently, they don't have as many weapons to choose from since they are smaller than humans.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite5" alt=":confused:" title="Confused :confused:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":confused:" /> I'd like to hear/read some other opinions out there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jontherev, post: 9165, member: 1451"] I'm concerned with the weapon selection mostly. Small pc's only have 4 non-exotic weapons (if you count unarmed) to weapon finesse, none of them slashing. Medium pc's get, let's see, THIRTEEN non-exotic weapons, PLUS the medium-sized rapier, PLUS the exotic LARGE spiked chain. What gives here? I think it would be balancing to allow the short sword to be WF'ed by small races. Also, has there been a ruling on whether rogues get to use Kukris? Since they can use ANY dagger, and there are only two listed (dagger and punching dagger), the word ANY implies more than two to me. And since the kukri is a curved DAGGER, it sure seems like they should be proficient in its use. This would certainly help to balance the weapon proficiency problem between race sizes. Otherwise, small races MUST either use an exotic feat, monkey grip a rapier and take an additional -2 penalty (negating the benefit from finessing), OR take a level of monk if they wish to finesse anything other than a plain ole dagger. All poor choices imo. Oh, and there's no way this was part of the balancing between the race sizes. Or, if it was, I take big:D issue with. After all, they already get grappled like it's going out of style. And apparently, they don't have as many weapons to choose from since they are smaller than humans.:confused: I'd like to hear/read some other opinions out there. [/QUOTE]
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