What makes you so sure a historical longsword that only has room for one hand on the hilt and is swung to do slashing damage is a d8 weapon instead of a d6 one?
Because hilt length is not a significant factor in the power of a one-handed swing. The only thing a long hilt does is let you use two hands. You can trivially convert any sword to be usable one-handed only or usable both one and two handed -- just replace the hilt. Or take off the pommel and add an extension.
So im DMing my first campaign, and my druid wants to change out the scimitar prof for a shortsword prof, as scimitars are kinda wonky to have as a stereotypical western pirate
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…however, I wouldn’t have a problem with shortswords for scimitars.
I believe that it's an optional rule in Tasha's Cauldron of Everything to do exactly this. It being in a publsihed book, I feel that it's not going to be game breaking!
I'd 100% let a character swap proficiencies and weapon, as in the grand scheme of things, which weapon a character is swinging tends to become an insignificant fact fairly quickly, what with magic, class features and whatnot!
I believe that it's an optional rule in Tasha's Cauldron of Everything to do exactly this. It being in a publsihed book, I feel that it's not going to be game breaking!
I'd 100% let a character swap proficiencies and weapon, as in the grand scheme of things, which weapon a character is swinging tends to become an insignificant fact fairly quickly, what with magic, class features and whatnot!
Only if it's a proficiency you get from your race/ancestry. For example, a dwarf could trade out one of their starting proficiencies with the handaxe, light hammer, battleaxe, and warhammer for something else. And that something else can be another weapon (simple or martial) or tool; depending on what's being traded out.
But nobody can trade out a proficiency granted by their class.
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Because hilt length is not a significant factor in the power of a one-handed swing. The only thing a long hilt does is let you use two hands. You can trivially convert any sword to be usable one-handed only or usable both one and two handed -- just replace the hilt. Or take off the pommel and add an extension.
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…however, I wouldn’t have a problem with shortswords for scimitars.
I believe that it's an optional rule in Tasha's Cauldron of Everything to do exactly this. It being in a publsihed book, I feel that it's not going to be game breaking!
I'd 100% let a character swap proficiencies and weapon, as in the grand scheme of things, which weapon a character is swinging tends to become an insignificant fact fairly quickly, what with magic, class features and whatnot!
Make your Artificer work with any other class with 174 Multiclassing Feats for your Artificer Multiclass Character!
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Only if it's a proficiency you get from your race/ancestry. For example, a dwarf could trade out one of their starting proficiencies with the handaxe, light hammer, battleaxe, and warhammer for something else. And that something else can be another weapon (simple or martial) or tool; depending on what's being traded out.
But nobody can trade out a proficiency granted by their class.