Problems with Weapon Balance

[AxeMurder]

Well in MRQ there was no real way to tell how many hands it took to wield a weapon so I always assumed the Long Spear took 2 hands. Now according to the example (although I don't count those for much) and the lack of sunder available to the Long Spear I have to assume that it's 1 handed.

Problems with this:
Its damage is 1d10+1 which is much closer to the damage for most two-handed weapons than 1 handed weapons.

Also the very low stat requirements of 5/5 make much more sense for a two-handed spear than a "Large sized" one-handed spear.

I think there are some other balance problems between the weapons too, like a pair of identical shields except the one that is easier to wield also has more AP/HP but I'll have to go double check. Probably when I'm done with everything I will post a revised weapons chart that makes a little more sense.

Also Linnen is just like Heavy Leather but only applies to some locations and is cheaper...

 

[Mongoose Pete]

Well in MRQ there was no real way to tell how many hands it took to wield a weapon so I always assumed the Long Spear took 2 hands. Now according to the example (although I don't count those for much) and the lack of sunder available to the Long Spear I have to assume that it's 1 handed.

Oh well, it was bound to happen at some point...

Yes, a Long Spear is a 2h weapon. Although it says one-handed in the combat example, you'll notice that Thrace still uses it as if he were wielding it two-handed throughout the rest of the example.

As for the Sunder CM not being applied to Long Spears, that wasn't an error. Sunder is only used by some two handed weapons, not all of them. Quarterstaffs for example don't get Sunder either.

I'm sure there will be folks who have a different take on what particular weapons are capable of, and if they wish to tinker with them that's fine by us. Weapon balance is a very subjective thing. But overall, I don't think there's any horrendously broken weapons in the list.

 

[AxeMurder]

Is it too much to ask that a weapons chart lists how many hands it takes to wield the weapons?

 

[Mikko Leho]

Is this omission corrected in the Arms & Equipment book?

 

[Loz]

Is this omission corrected in the Arms & Equipment book?

Yes.

 

[AxeMurder]

Actually almost all of the weapons seem reasonable.

There is a pair of identical shields except for the one that takes more strength to wield also has less HP though

 

[gran_orco]

Long bow and recurve bow are identical, too, but first one cannot be used from horseback.