Weapons Remastered

This document is a re-balance of the weapon choices in 5th edition. It is based on the Revised Martial Equipment Document by Commander Fayne (u/Veritoss43). It provides expanded and altered tables for weapons, new weapon properties and the abiltiy to specialize and gain mastery with particular weapons.

The goal of changing weapons is two-fold. First it is to make more of the weapons in the game viable choices. As it stands, a few select weapons will see more use than most of the others in the game. This supplement aims to make a wider range of weapons compelling choices for martial characters.

The second goal is to give martial characters a wider range of combat actions than simply hitting things round after round. Options to trip and disarm allow characters to think about their combat more tactically.

How to use this document

This document works best with campaigns that begin at low levels and advance in power. Players who begin with one or more masteries may find the number of options difficult to deal with. If you are looking to jump right into playing here is how I would look at the document:

• Read the this page and the pages just below on weapon properties.
• Skim the weapon tables to find a weapon you like that your character is also proficient in. There are many new weapons to choose from and even those from the Players Handbook have been altered.
• Build your character as normal.
• During play you may get a mastery perk as a reward. Talk to your DM about when this may occur (good tables always talk about expectations).
• When you get ability score improvements, take a look at the prowess feats towards the back of the document as options to further improve use of your favored weapons.

Weapon Mastery

In addition to the expanded and altered weapon lists this system introduces a new level of proficiency: weapon mastery. Mastery of a weapon means that your character has specialized in it beyond the level of understanding that warriors normally achieve. A character with mastery of a weapon unlocks a special perk with that weapon and may also gain extra damage or new properties. Each weapon mastery benefit is listed at the end of that weapon's description a few pages down.

How do I get Weapons Mastery?

Obtaining Mastery in a weapon is not an easy feat and should not come as such. Your DM should decide exactly how Mastery is obtained in your game. In general characters should not gain mastery in more than 2 to 3 weapons over their careers. Here are a few suggestions for how to obtain weapon mastery:

• DMs can use Weapon Mastery as an in-game reward, akin to awarding a magic item. This is especially effective if the player in question has been roleplaying their use of a favored weapon.
• The Weapon Master Feat can be used to grant Mastery in a weapon that the character is already proficient in instead of it's normal effects.
• If you, the DM, enjoy powerful campaigns you may deign to grant a Weapon Mastery as a reward for martial characters obtaining a certain level. I would suggest 10th level, but that depends on the game you are running. If you want more characters to have Mastery, consider expanding the list of classes to outside of the martial classes. After all, the wizard has gotten pretty good with his emergency boot dagger.

Weapon Properties

These properties include those listed in the Players Handbook, with some changes, as well as some new ones.

Loading

Because of the time required to load this weapon, you can fire only one piece of ammunition from it when you use an action, bonus action, or reaction to fire it, regardless of the number of attacks you can normally make.

Lunge

You may use your reaction on your turn to overextend yourself in a lunge. When you do you may attack a foe up to 5ft further away than normal with all attacks for that turn. This extended reach ends at the end of your turn and cannot be used as part of an Opportunity Attack. This property may be combined with Reach (usually equating to 15 feet of reach for that turn).

Melee

Melee Weapons make a melee weapon attack to another creature up to 5ft away, and add strength modifier to Attack Roll and damage. A Melee weapon cannot be thrown as an attack unless it has the Thrown weapon property.

Ranged

Ranged weapons make a ranged weapon attack using dexterity for attack and damage. Your ranged weapon must be loaded with ammunition to use with that weapon to roll an Attack Roll. Range always lists two numbers. The first is the weapon's normal range, and the second indicates its maximum range. When attacking enemies beyond the normal range or with an enemy within 5ft of you, you suffer disadvantage for that attack.

Reach

This weapon adds 5 feet to your reach when you make a melee weapon attack, as well as for determining your reach for opportunity attacks made with it. Note that if there is a creature between you and your enemy within reach, your enemy has half cover. Reach cannot be used to extend the range of a Double attack.

Thrown

Thrown weapons are melee weapons which can be used to make a ranged attack by throwing the weapon at the enemy, dealing their melee damage at range. Thrown weapons use Strength for attack and damage, unless the weapon has the Finesse property, in which case you may use Dexterity for the attack and damage. Thrown always lists two numbers. The first is the weapon's normal range, and the second indicates its maximum range. When attacking enemies beyond the normal range or with an enemy within 5ft of you, you suffer disadvantage for that attack. A weapon with the Versaltile property uses the one-handed damage when you throw it.

Trip

If your attack is successful, you can choose to deal no damage and your enemy must succeed on a strength or dexterity saving throw against your weapon DC or be knocked prone. Enemies 1 size category larger than you and enemies that stand on more than 2 legs gain advantage on this save. Enemies two size categories larger than you are immune to being tripped in this way.

Two-Handed

This weapon requires two hands to wield, meaning your off hand cannot be used to wield another weapon, shield, or grapple. However, you may still use your off hand for the somatic components of spells. You cannot make an Attack Roll with a two handed weapon if you have only one hand to wield it. Weapons without this property may be used in a single hand.

Versatile

This weapon may be used with one or two hands. When used with two hands, the weapon will have a higher damage potential, as well as any other benefit from wielding a weapon with two hands. You may switch from two hands to one hand wielding the weapon at any time, and for any reason.

Revised and Expanded Weapon Tables

Weapon Descriptions

Chakram

The chakram is an elegant and highly portable thrown weapon. It is a flat, open-centered metal discus with a sharpened edge. Dangerous from all angles, the master can react quickly, throwing or slashing as a reaction to someone missing the mark.

Special: Every time you make a ranged attack you may make a DC10 Athletics or Acrobatics check. If you succeed, the weapon returns to you.

Master Perk: Chakrams deal 1d6 damage when you wield them. If a creature misses you with a ranged or melee attack, you can use your reaction to make a ranged or melee attack against that creature.

Compound Bow

A compound bow is about the size of a shortbow, but consists of two pulleys on its steel limbs which allow the user to load exponentially more force. Because of the added mechanical aspect, loading is a bit slower than loading a longbow. But, its stopping power is second to none. A master with the Compound can overdraw the impressive power of the Compound for devastating effect.

Master Perk: Compound bows do not have the Loading property for you. When you overdraw, you take the normal -5 to attack, but if you hit, you triple your weapon damage (1d10+dex) instead of adding +10.

Dagger

Any blade about forearm length and smaller can be called a dagger, and there are as many styles of daggers as there are cultures in existence. Nearly all daggers are weapons of opportunity, but some devote their lives to the style. The master can make blinding fast attacks even while she focuses her attention elsewhere.

Master Perk: You can use a bonus action to make an attack with a dagger, even if you don't take the attack action.

Dart

More similar to a lawn dart than a pub dart, this throwing weapon is smaller than a javelin, typically fletched like an arrow and weighted with lead. It’s superior piercing capability and weighted tip allow the master to pin targets to walls if the conditions are right.

Master Perk: The range of Darts become 60/120 for you and Darts thrown by you deal 1d6 damage. When you make a successful hit, you can choose to deal no damage and instead pin the enemy to an adjacent wall or obstacle such as a tree or another creature. Your enemy is grappled, the escape DC is your weapon DC. It must use a bonus action to remove the darts to free itself. If you pin your enemy to another creature, that creature takes the weapons damage without your ability modifier.

Double Flail

This flail has two flail heads, each with a separate chain attached to a single handle, whether they are attached at opposing ends, or attached at the same end. The double flail is a difficult weapon to use effectively, and only the master really gets use out of individual heads, turning a potential miss into a new opportunity.

Master Perk: Double Flails have the Trip property for you. When you suffer disadvantage but one dice would have hit, you deal 1 of the weapon's damage dice plus your strength modifier, but this still counts as a miss. If you have advantage and both dice hit, add your ability modifier twice.

Flanged Mace

A mace is made up of a metal head with small bladed protrusions, attached to a simple wooden or metal shaft, designed specifically to hammer and shred armored enemies. This weapon deals slashing and bludgeoning damage at the same time, for the purpose of overcoming resistances or immunities. Masters with maces learn to punch through armor to damage those foes with ease.

Master Perk: Flanged maces do 1d6 damage for you. Against enemies wearing heavy or medium armor, you may roll damage twice and take the most favorable result. At the DMs discretion this may also apply to creatures with heavy natural armor.

Gauntlet

Any spiked or weighted glove, brass knuckles, or even clawed gauntlets fall into this category. Gauntlets of heavy armor are not weighted enough to count as this weapon. Putting on or taking off your gauntlets is an action, and they cannot be disarmed. A master can catch the enemy’s weapon on a miss, and attempt to hold onto the weapon for a counterstrike.

Master Perk: Gauntlets gain the Light property for you. As a reaction to a melee attack, you may attempt to catch the attack. If their attack misses, you may impose disadvantage on their next attack against you or another creature or give yourself advantage on your next attack against the creature.

Glaive

Perhaps the simplest of the polearms, a glaive is a sword blade, usually about 36-40 inches mounted on a 4-6 foot pole, creating a 6-8 foot weapon. A glaive can be used like a spear or like a greatsword. Sometimes referred to as a horse killer, the glaive was originally designed to be used by infantry against cavalry, but in the hands of a master adventurer, can be used quite effectively as a giant killer.

Master Perk: You deal 1d12 damage with a glaive. You instead deal 2d8 damage against creatures of Large category or larger with a glaive.

Godendag

A godendag is a spear from western europe with a thick socket holding the point, heavy enough to use as a bludgeon. The style of fighting with a godendag involves swinging and thrusting, both utilizing the spear's weighted head and pointed tip in combat. A master can stun his foe, and even uses the weapon's weight to trip or disarm.

Master Perk: Godendags have the Disarm property. On a critical hit, your foe is stunned until the end of your turn.

Greataxe

The greataxe is the classic barbarian axe but also includes more historical versions such as the bardiche, voulge, or Dane axe. The greataxe has incredible potential for damage, and the master greataxe wielder can fell even the stoutest of foes with reliability not seen in many other weapon styles.

Master Perk: Greataxes deal 2d8 damage for you. When you score a critical hit, roll the damage and any modifiers twice and take the most favorable result.

Greatsword

The greatsword is often as tall as its wielder, spanning in the 5ft-6ft range with a 2ft handle. The long blade, wide handle, and added weight make the greatsword one of the most damaging melee weapons in use, and can easily dispatch larger monsters with ease. A master finds the greatest weapon to use against a large enemy is the greatsword.

Master Perk: You deal 2d8 damage with a Greatsword and 2d10 damage to Large and larger enemies.

Greatclub

The greatclub is simply a heavy, two-handed club, though it can be refined like the Japanese Tetsubo. A master of the greatclub can render a weapon nearly useless.

Master Perk: You deal 1d10 damage with a greatclub and it gains the Deflect property. If you are successful in a disarm attempt, the enemy subtracts 1d4 for all damage rolls with that weapon until they take a short or long rest to repair it.

Guisarme

A guisarme is a modified pruning hook, developed as a peasant weapon from modifying a farm tool. The curved hook of the blade allows the guisarme to be used as a tripping weapon. A guisarme mster can perform a trip against mounted foes to pull them from the saddle to a prone position.

Master Perk: You deal 1d12 damage with a guisarme. You have advantage on trip attacks made to targets not adjacent to you. If you hit a mounted foe with a trip attack, it is automatically pulled from its mount to a prone position without making any additional saves.

Halberd

The halberd consists of an axe blade topped with a spike mounted on an 8ft long shaft. It always has a hook on the back side of the axe blade for grappling mounted combatants. It is especially effective at keeping larger monsters at bay.

Master Perk: You deal 2d6 damage with a Halberd and it gains the Entangle property. You may entangle, but not trip, foes up to two sizes larger than you, and you have advantage on this attack.

Handaxe

An incredibly versatile weapon and tool, the hand axe can be thrown, or used in melee, and can be used to trip your foe. The master learns the ability to bind and disarm.

Master Perk: Handaxes gain the Disarm property for you. You have advantage on attempts made to disarm enemies wielding one-handed weapons.

Hand Crossbow

A hand crossbow is a hand drawn bow released with a pistol trigger. The limbs are weaker than most other crossbows, and can only launch the bolt a short distance, but being able to pull the drawstring back without mechanical assistance means it can be reloaded very quickly. A master can reload one-handed using hook points on the bolt case, enabling him to dual wield hand crossbows if he wished.

Master Perk: Can be reloaded with one hand, and you may make an attack with this weapon as a bonus action, regardless of if you've taken the attack action.

Harpoon

The harpoon is a heavy, barbed throwing spear with a socketed head which has a shaped hook that embeds itself into the target of the attack. It is attached to a length of rope as long as the user wishes so that it can be retrieved on a miss with a bonus action.

Special: Each hit, your enemy must succeed on a strength saving throw or be impaled, while a critical hit always impales.

Master Perk: Your weapon range becomes (30/120) You may drag an enemy back to you as a bonus action and when you drag them back you drag them 30ft.

Heavy Club

A heavy club is a one-handed mass weapon, much like a bat or ball mace. A master can target the head more easily, giving stuns that the opponent can't shake off quite as easily.

Master Perk: Heavy clubs deal 1d8 damage and gain the Versatile (1d10) property for you. When you score a critical hit, the target must make a constitution saving throw or be stunned for until the end of your next turn. The target may repeat the save at the end of its turn to end the effect.

Heavy Crossbow

Heavy crossbows load a thousand pounds of force, allowing it to punch targets like a barbarian's axe. Because of this power, you must draw a heavy crossbow by turning a winch to pull the drawstring back. A master arbalist uses the crossbow's power to knock hard targets prone or flying creatures from the sky.

Master Perk: Heavy crossbows deal 1d12 damage for you. When you score a critical hit, your enemy must succeed on a strength saving throw or be knocked prone. Large creatures gain advantage on this save, and huge or larger creatures are immune. Flying creatures suffer disadvantage on this save while flying.

Heavy Flail

A heavy flail consists of a long handle with a spiked metal ball like the end of a morningstar, which is attached by means of chain or swivel. The heavy flail is an immense weapon, but the master learns to wield it one-handed, and can turn a failed trip or disarm attempt into a strike that still damages.

Master Perk: Heavy flails deal 1d10 damage for you and gain the Disarm property. The Versatile property becomes Versatile (1d12). If the enemy succeeds on their save against a trip or disarm attempt they take your strength modifier in damage.

Hidden Blade

The infamous hidden blade is a mechanical means to deploy a piercing dagger from under your wrist as part of an attack. A hidden blade master has mastered the surprise attack with this assassin's weapon.

The master can take full advantage of a surprise attack, ending a life as quickly as the battle starts.

Special: The hand this weapon is equipped to is open allowing it to wield a weapon, shield, grapple, or perform somatic components for a spell. However, you can’t wield a weapon or shield and also use the hidden blade from the same hand. This weapon cannot be disarmed but takes an action to equip or remove.

Master Perk: Any hit against a surprised creature takes maximum dice rolls from this weapon and any modifiers, instead of rolling for the damage.

Hook Sword

The hook sword is an uncommon weapon made famous by the northern Chinese master. It is a shortsword-length weapon on which the tip of the blade forms a prominent hook and the knuckle guard features a crescent-shaped blade. A hook sword can easily catch weapons and limbs, giving it superior control over an enemy's movements.

Master Perk: Hook swords gains the Light, Lunge and Entangle properties for you. When you are hit with a melee weapon attack, you can use your reaction to roll an attack to Entangle or Disarm that enemy. The damage from the enemy's attack resolves before the enemy is disarmed.

Javelin

The javelin is a light throwing spear built with low weight in mind which makes it somewhat fragile. Thrown javelins are subject to the same breakage chances as arrows.

Special: Javelin's are not meant to be used in melee. With each successful hit, it has a 50% chance to break.

Master Perk: Javelins deal 1d8 damage for you and gain the Light property. If you miss a shield wielding enemy, but would have hit him if he didn't have a shield, he loses the AC bonus from that shield until he takes an action to pry the remnants of the javelin from the shield. You can also target the shield by taking disadvantage on your attack.

Katana

The Katana, made famous by the Japanese, is a single edged, slightly curved sword with a minimal guard called a tsuba and a longer handle than western or middle eastern swords. the longer handle and curved edge provides different leverage and lends to more effective deflections. A master can dual wield with a Katana deflecting two attacks, or with two hands to single katana, deflect even powerful blows with ease.

Master Perk: You deal 1d8 damage with a Katana and it gains the Light property. The Versatile property becomes Versatile (1d8). Your deflect dice is 2d10 if you use this weapon with two hands.

Khopesh

This axe sword hybrid was made famous by ancient egyptians. It is a sword built with a large crescent shaped protrusion about one third from the tip, and a hooked tip, forming a sort of question mark shape. It acts in every way similarly to a battle axe, but is lighter and can more reliably cut with a larger surface area. A Master with the Khopesh has learned to use the hooked point to drag or trip enemies to the ground with ease.

Master Perk: Your trip attacks are made with advantage, and anytime you trip, your foe's speed is reduced by 10ft until it receives any healing. This reduction can only be applied once per enemy.

Knuckle Axe

Designed much like brass knuckles, but with a blade that sweeps back toward the forearm, either over the knuckles or over the side of the fist. The knuckle axe resembles an axe head with no handle, and either 4 finger holes or a curved handle to rest inside a closed fist. Masters with knuckle axes learn to slash through soft targets much like a real axe, attacking two targets at once.

Master Perk: When you score a critical hit, make an additional melee attack to another creature adjacent to you. This can continue as many times in a single attack action as you score critical hits.

Kukri

A large, curved blade, with the cutting edge on the inside of the curve. Performing much like a handaxe, the weapon has the potential for serious wounds in the hands of a master.

Master Perk: Kukri's deal 1d8 damage for you. When you score a critical hit, triple all damage dice total

Lajatang

A lajatang is a rare and unusual double weapon. It consists of a three to five foot shaft with a crescent blade fitted at each end with the points away from the center of the weapon. The rare masters of the Lajatang are a whirling dervish of blade and crescent points and are dangerous from all sides.

Master Perk: Lajatang's deal 1d8 damage with each end for you. You are so dangerous from all sides that you negate any bonus any enemy might have on you from flanking or having an ally near you, including bonuses such as Pack Tactics or Sneak Attack.

Lance

The lance is a long spear designed for use from horseback. It is weighted heavily in the pommel, making weapon unwieldy.. If used while mounted, the lance deals double damage on a successful hit. Masters of the Lance can hold steady, putting the mount's power into targets.

Special: You have disadvantage when you use a lance to Attack a target within 5 feet of you. Also, a lance requires two hands to wield when you aren’t mounted.

Master Perk: When mounted, successful attacks shove and damage. Additionally when mounted, you gain advantage in the athletics contest to shove.

Light Club

A light club might be a simple sap or a metal bar, and many clubs designed for combat are designed to be thrown. A master learns to be extremely accurate to target a foe's head and knock them off balance.

Master Perk: Light clubs deal 1d6 damage for you. You may choose to attack with disadvantage, but if you hit, the enemy is off balance and the next attack against it has advantage.

Light Crossbow

You draw a light crossbow back by pulling a lever. A master learns to move and shoot with the light crossbow so efficiently he can reactively shoot moving targets at melee range, threatening all squares near him as if he had a melee weapon.

Repeating light crossbow hold 6 crossbow bolts. As long as it holds bolts, you can reload it by pulling the reloading lever (part of the attack action). Loading a new case of 6 bolts takes an action that provokes Opportunity Attacks. A repeating light crossbow costs 250 gp.

Master Perk: You threaten 5ft around you as if you had a      melee weapon and you do not have disadvanatge on       attacks against adjacent targets.

Light Flail

The familiar handle with a spiked ball at the end of a chain, or two clubs linked by a rope like a nunchaku, which deals both bludgeoning and piercing damage at the same time, for the purposes of overcoming resistances or immunities. Masters with the light flail learns to carry the weapons speed and momentum into another attack if they miss.

Master Perk: Light flails gain the Light property for you. If you miss with an attack, you may use your reaction to make one extra attack

Light Hammer

The light hammer is a short-handled, blunt warhammer balanced for throwing. While a flanged mace may shred armor, a hammer is able to more precisely deliver blows that weaken the bearer of that armor, and a master can even weaken a user enough that movement seems impossible.

Master Perk: Against enemies wearing heavy armor roll damage twice and take the best result. If you score a critical hit, the enemy's speed is reduced to 0 until the end of its turn.

Light Pick

Though not as stout and easily able to puncture armor like the war pick, the light pick allows more agile maneuvers, as well as balanced throwing. A master has learned to look for the perfect opening, placing the pick into soft targets in armor.

Light picks deal 1d6 damage for you. You may spend your bonus action to gain advantage on your next attack against any enemy wearing armor (not natural armor).

Longbow

A longbow has a larger power stroke than a shortbow, meaning the arrow is drawn further and has a higher draw weight. This, combined with the larger size, usually 5ft-6ft long, mean the bow is much more powerful, but perhaps a bit more cumbersome in close combat and atop a mount. A master with a longbow has learned to steady his aim and ignore all distractions impeding accuracy.

Master Perk: Longbows deal 1d10 damage for you. If you suffer disadvantage for any reason, you can use your reaction to attempt a concentration check against DC10 or half your target's AC, whichever is higher. If you succeed, your disadvantage is negated.

Longsword

The longsword is a multipurpose cutting and thrusting weapon, with a wide guard for dueling, and includes the cruciform fencing sword, along with similar western european weapons. Generally, the blade is between 3ft-4ft, with a 10"-12" handle. Masters learn to become more rapier-like with more finesse overall.

Master Perk: Longswords deal 1d10 damage for you and the Versatile property becomes Versatile (1d12). When you score a critical hit your enemy must save against your weapon DC or be disarmed.

Lucerne

This polearm has both a pronged hammer head for crushing blows and a spiked head for piercing and peeling armor. The long shaft allows the wielder to put devastating force behind the head of this weapon. Lucerne masters learn to destroy shields and armor with relative ease.

Master Perk: Lucernes deal 1d12 damage for you. As an action, you can rend the shield or armor worn by the enemy. With a successful hit, your enemy must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw or have their AC reduced by 2. This attack does not deal damage. If they succeed on this save, nothing happens. An enemy can only suffer this reduction once.

Mallet

A mallet is typically a crafter's tool, but can be repurposed for war. It consists of a wood haft inset within a large wooden cylinder. The wood construction means the mallet can be wide and soft, allowing for creative attacks in combat. A master can use the lightness of a mallet for a quick strike that sends the enemy reeling.

Master Perk: You may attempt a shove as a bonus action. Any successful shove attempt also deals damage equal to your strength modifier.

Maul

The maul is a massive weapon; a great hammer able to move the stoutest of foes. The weapon’s weight adds to its damage, and the master finds he can use the weapon’s mass to smash foes to the ground or send them flying. Additionally, a maul always has advantage on attack rolls to damage objects and deals double damage to them.

Master Perk: Maul's deal 2d8 damage for you. When you score a critical hit, you deal damage and the enemy must make a strength svaing throw. If they fail you may send them flying 10ft in any direction of your choosing.

Meteor Hammer

This weapon is a spherical or conical weight attached to a 15-foot rope. Used as a more brutal form of a rope dart, the meteor hammer is capable of using both circular movement as a weapon and as a bind and can be slung forward at great reach. A master with the meteor hammer finds great utility in the weapon, despite its difficulty of use and low damage.

Master Perk: Meteor Hammer's gain the Disarm and Lunge properties for you. As an action, you begin twirling the hammer around you in a 10ft radius. Until the start of your next turn, any creature of your choice which starts its turn or which enters this space must succeed on a dexterity save or be damaged by your weapon.

Net

A net an uncommon weapon is used
to capture enemies. It is often found in
gladiatorial matches or is used by bounty hunters.

Special A large or smaller creature hit by a net is restrained until freed. A net has no effect on creatures that are formless, or creatures that are Huge or larger. A creature can use its action to make a DC 10 Strength check, freeing itself or another creature within its reach on a success. Dealing 5 slashing damage to the net (AC10) also frees the creature without harming it, ending the effect and destroying the net. At the DM discretion nets made of stronger materials may be available for purchase.

Master Perk: The range of the Net becomes (15ft) and it gains the Trip property. You may use a net in your off hand regardless of the size of your other weapon.

Nunchaku

Made famous in Okinawa, the nunchaku are two rods bound by a rope or chain. By whipping around the body, it can make dizzyingly fast attacks, and use the chain to bind or trip. Nunchaku perform much like a Double ended weapon. The master can build such speed and momentum he can strike three times in the normal span of two.

Master Perk: Nunchaku's gain the Light and Disarm properties for you. If you are wielding a single Nunchaku, you may make an additional attack to your Double attack.

Orc Throwing Shot

An Orc Throwing Shot is a weighty, round ball used offensively as a thrown weapon. A creature must take time to wind up and throw the shot, and this reflects in the attack. Only one attack can be made with the shot, regardless of how many attacks your attack action allows. However, such a heavy weapon in flight is fearsome for certain; not many can stand up to the impact. A master is deadly accurate with the shot and is able to target an enemy's head to smash them stunned. A creature with Strength less than 13 cannot wield a shot at all, regardless of his or level of training.

Master Perk: Orc throwing shot loses the Two-handed property for you and deals 1d12 damage. If you gain advantage and both dice would have hit, your enemy must make a constitution save or it is incapacitated until the end of its next turn. If you have disadvantage and one dice would have hit, deal your strength modifier in damage to the target.

Partisan

A partisan is much like a Glaive in that the design is essentially a sword blade mounted to a long shaft. However, the partisan retains the crossguard, and is very effective at protection from range, though the guard prevents it from making sweeping, cleaving cuts like the glaive. The Master Partisan uses the crossguard of his weapon with great effect at a distance.

Master Perk: Partisan's deal 2d6 damage for you. You have +2AC against melee attacks from enemies that are 10ft away from you.

Pike

The pike is an 8-12ft
spear designed for use by
infantry in a phalanx formation
against an opposing line. A master
with the Pike learns to fight as a phalanx soldier,
using his ally as cover, but deftly striking around him without detriment.

Master Perk: Pike's deal 1d12 damage for you. No creature can benefit from half cover while at reach. You still benefit from half cover when you have a creature between you and an attacking creature.

Pole Flail

A weapon of hafted reach, though instead of an axe or blade, there is the spiked bar of the heavy flail, which deals bludgeoning and piercing damage at the same time. The pole flail is primarily designed for field warfare, for reaching over enemy lines, and thus the master learns to use its sweeping attack for getting around any guard, not just around shields.

Master Perk: Pole flails have the Entangle for you. As an action you may perform a sweep attack at all squares adjacent to you. Each enemy must make a dexterity save or take your weapon damage.

Poleaxe

A Poleaxe is an infantry weapon designed for use against armored foes. It is characterized by an axe on one side with a hammer on the other, while tipped with a dagger-like spike from the top. It is typically on a 6ft shaft shod with iron to protect it from damage. Though not long enough for a reach weapon, its style resembles that of a quarterstaff. A master learns to use the weapon's iron shodding more actively, blocking attacks that would normally chop through the wood shaft.

Master Perk: Poleaxes do 2d6 damage for you. While wielding a poleaxe, you gain +1 AC.

Punch Dagger

A punching blade is usually a small knife attached to a horizontal handle that projects out from the fist when held, but also describes wrist or fist mounted blades such as claws or daggers which extend out over the knuckles when equipped. A master with the punch dagger can find weaknesses when the enemy is distracted or moving.

Master Perk: You have advantage on opportunity attacks made with this weapon. Additionally, if this weapon is in your off hand, you may make an opportunity attack with your main hand and this weapon.

Quarterstaff

The simple staff is a useful double-ended bludgeoning weapon, whether shod and weighted like the English quarterstaff, or simply made of strong bamboo like the Japanese bo. A master learns to strike with both ends so quickly and efficiently that they appear to be one strike.

Master Perk: The main attack of the Quarterstaff does 1d8 damage for you and the Double property becomes Double (1d6) While using the Double property, you may add your ability modifier to damage, and you may use the Double property when you make an Opportunity Attack.

Rapier

The rapier is a long, thin sword, designed with minimum weight for maximum accuracy with the tip. Prized as the pinnacle of finesse, masters learn how to strike decisively or use a off hand weapon for extra defense.

Master Perk: Rapiers gain the Deflect property for you. You may wield a light weapon in your off-hand and engage in two-weapon fighting as though your rapier had the light property. Your off hand weapon may not be another rapier. If you are wielding a rapier and nothing in your off hand, you can add 1d4 to your damage roll. If you are wielding a light weapon, instead add +1 to AC.

Ravenbeak

A ravenbeak is a spear that looks similar to a warspear but has a crescent shaped hook on one side of the tip, which can be used to hook or slash. The hook is often sharpened and can be devastating if used properly. A master is an expert at manipulating the enemy with the hook and tip.

Master Perk: Ravenbeaks gain the Disarm property for you. While at reach, you ignore AC bonuses granted by shields. Additionally, you deal damage on a successful disarm.

Recurve Bow

A recurve bow is usually shorter, in the 3ft-4ft range, but has a greater power stroke than a normal bow of its size. Due to the shorter overall size but higher draw, the master can quickly target close enemies without detriment.

Master Perk: Recurve bows deal 2d4 damage for you. You do not have disadvantage when shooting at enemies who are within 5ft of you. You still have disadvantage when shooting at any other target while an enemy is adjacent to you.

Saber

A saber describes a wide variety of weapons that all share a few properties in common; one-handed, single-edged, slight curve, and little or no counterweight to add cutting power to the blades. Examples are the cavalry saber, shamshir, and officer’s sword. The master finds the saber’s curve and hand protection give incredible defense.

Master Perk: Sabers gain the Deflect and Light properties for you. If an enemy hits you with a melee weapon attack, you can use your reaction to add your proficiency to your AC, possibly negating a successful hit. This added bonus to AC lasts for that enemy's turn only.

Sai

A sai is a dagger-sized weapon made famous in Okinawa, which consists of a sharpened metal rod with two forward-swept, elongated prongs for a hand guard, making it easy to block and trap enemy weapons This template can be used for any parrying dagger designed primarily to block. Since only the tip is sharpened, the sai suffers in regards to damage capability and versatility, but is easily the best light weapon for the duelist looking for a bit of protection. The master uses the parrying prongs to disarm blindingly fast, and even gains a passive protection from her stance.

Master Perk: Sai's have the Disarm property for you. You gain +1 AC if you are wielding a Sai in your off hand.

Scimitar

A single-handed, curved sword, similar in dimension to the longsword. Unfortunately, unlike the longsword, the scimitar is usually fitted with a handle too small to allow two-handed wielding. The master learns to use the curve as a means to deflect and is an expert at using the curve while mounted.

Master Perk: Scimitars deal 1d8 damage and have the Deflect property for you. When you choose to deflect, you may roll twice and take the better result. Additionally, if you travel at least 20ft while mounted before making an attack, your weapon deals an additional 1d8 slashing damage for that attack.

Shortbow

A shortbow is about 3 feet in length and usually very portable. It is more suited to close combat, as its smaller size lends itself to agile movement and quick targeting on either side of the body.

Master Perk: Shortbows deal 1d8 damage for you. You threaten the squares adjacent to you as if you had a melee weapon.

Short Glaive

A short glaive is a glaive weapon with a shorter handle. It is similar in length to a greatsword, but much lighter, as the metal blade is smaller and most of the weapon is wooden haft. A short glaive is favored among elven armies as an effective long weapon that is both heavy hitting and light enough to use with finesse. Masters of the short glaive find the weapon can swing through soft targets, converting the momentum into another attack if they’re lucky.

Master Perk: Short gliaves gain the Brace property for you. If you reduce an enemy to 0 hit points, you can use a bonus action to make an attack to any other foe that is within 5ft of you.

Shortsword

This category consists of any thrusting or chopping blade longer than a dagger, but shorter than a full-sized sword. Examples include a cutlass, wakizashi, or machete. The master learns to gain every bit of damage out of the shortsword.

Master Perk: Shortswords deal 1d8 damage for you. When you have advantage on the attack, you also have advantage on the damage roll.

Sickle

A wooden handle with a short, crescent-shaped blade with the cutting edge on the inside of the curve, derived from the farming tool. The crescent can be used to trip a target, and a master learns to use the curve of the weapon to grapple and bind enemies when the point sinks into a target.

Master Perk: Sickles deal 1d6 damage for you and gain the entangle property. When you score a critical hit, you can entangle and also deal damage.

Side Baton

Often called a Tonfa, Riot Baton, or Arm Club, the Side Baton is a defensive weapon designed for deflecting attacks with one's own forearm. It consists of a stout club with a perpendicular handle attached a third of the way down the length. A master may flip the side baton and grab it by the shaft to use the handle as a hook in combat.

Master Perk: Side Batons gain the Trip property for you. Your deflect roll is 3d6, rather than 1d6.

Sling

A sling is a simple leather cup with cords that allow the user to launch rounded bullets with circular momentum. One of the oldest range weapons known, it is both simple and effective at delivering a crushing blow at medium range. You can use rounded stones or small bits of anything that can fit into the leather cup, though these attacks are made with disadvantage.

Master Perk: Slings do 1d6 damage for you. You may roll a melee attack with a loaded sling. A successful melee attack still consumes a piece of ammunition, and the sling must be loaded in order to make a melee attack.

Smallsword

The smallsword is a light weapon designed for thrusting which evolved out of the longer and heavier rapier. It has a triangular profile and a pistol grip, giving the fullest control over the tip over any other weapon design. The master has such control over her thrusting tip, she can negate a detriment to her attack with focus.

Master Perk: Smallswords gain the Lunge property for you. If you have advantage on your attack, you may add 1d4 to your attack roll. If you have disadvantage on your attack, you may spend your bonus action to roll your choice of athletics or acrobatics to negate the disadvantage. The DC is equal to your target's AC.

Spear

Spears are unremarkable weapons made of a wooden haft with a metal tip. They are used mostly to outfit legions of untrained troops. Despite their simplicity, spears are brutally effective when used in formations.

Master Perk: Spears gain the Brace property for you. When an adjacent ally is subject to a melee attack, you may use your reaction to make an attack against the enemy.

Stiletto

The stiletto is a long, thin, dagger-like weapon made for puncturing armor with ease. Its thin, needle-like point and narrow profile make it perfect for fitting between armor plates, or outright puncturing through them, so deeply that it allows the user to stab and hold an enemy. A stiletto allows a user to find a weakness in even the most heavily armored foes, but a master has learned to use the needle-point with such accuracy that his foes may as well not even be wearing armor.

Master Perk: Stilettos gain the Entangle poperty for you. You gain advantage on attacks against foes wearing heavy armor.

Throwing Knife

These small pocket-knives are much smaller than any dagger, and more closely resemble utility knives or paring knives than real weapons. However, they can be easily hidden or explained away, and offer more range when thrown due to slightly more weight in their handles. A throwing knife master has the ability to dance in a quick circle, throwing knives at all foes around him, although this leaves him open to attack.

Master Perk: Your range for throwing knives becomes (40/120). As an action you may make attacks against all targets within 5ft of you, but the next attack against you before your next turn will have advantage.

War Pick

The war pick is a weapon derived from a miner's pick, famously manufactured by militant mountain dwarves, but has since been refined and used the world over by militaries keen on facing heavily armored combatants. The pick comes in many forms but is usually a battle axe sized weapon with a reinforced spike on one end, and a widened, sharpened scoop or hammer opposite the spike. The shaft is often reinforced with iron banding.

Master Perk: War picks deal 1d10 damage for you. When you score a critical hit, your target takes piercing damage equal to your strength modifier at the start of their turn if the creature can bleed. A creature can attempt a Constitution saving throw at the end of their turn, ending the effect on a success. If the creature receives any healing, this also ends the effect.

War Scythe

Whether mounted horizontally like a traditional farming implement, or mounted vertically like a glaive, a war scythe has its roots in a peasant militia looking to arm itself in times of war. A scythe in the right hands can be useful in combat, though it takes a practiced user to be truly effective. The master uses the scythe's reaping motion to deal horrible slashing wounds to the foes he trips in combat.

Master Perk: War scythes deal 2d6 damage for you. When you successfully trip an enemy, that enemy takes damage equal to your ability modifier and has its speed reduced by 10ft until it heals at least as many hit points as it had taken from the trip. This speed reduction may only occur once per enemy.

War Hammer

The historical warhammer was a lightweight, long-handled weapon designed to damage armored enemies. The small, pronged hammer head is often backed with a military pick or different style of face. A master of the warhammer cares little for armor, blasting through it with ease.

Master Perk: Warhammers deal 1d10 damage for you and the Versatile property becomes Versatile (1d12) Against enemies wearing heavy armor, roll damage twice and take the best result.

War Spear

A war spear is different from a simple spear in two ways: its shaft is designed to resist cutting and it has a weighted pommel. These differences increase its durability and improve its balance for use in martial techniques. A war spear can be used as a throwing weapon, but not as effectively as a javelin.

Master Perk: War spears deal 1d10 damage for you and the Versatile property becomes Versatile (1d12). Additionally, the range of the war spear's thrown property becomes (30/120). If you hit the same target twice in a row, your second hit deals an extra 1d4 damage. As long as you continue to hit the same target, even between turns, you deal the extra damage. If you ever miss or change targets you must start this process over.

Whip

Whips are not often used as weapons and require a special type of person to use them. The whip is treated as a melee weapon with 15ft reach. A whip master has such good control over his grasping whip that he can manipulate objects at will.

Master Perk: Whips gain the Trip property for you. When you disarm any creature, you may to place the item anywhere within your reach or to use your reaction to catch it. You may also attempt to move unattended objects within your reach by targeting an AC of 10.

Whip Dagger

A dagger with a ring pommel at the end of a silk ribbon. The weapon can be used like a dagger in hand to attack creatures up to 5ft away, or swung about the end of the ribbon to attack creatures up to 10ft away. A master has learned the scorpion pull, able to impale up to 15ft away, then pull them with the attached ribbon.

Master Perk: Whip daggers gain the Lunge property for you. On hit, your entangle deals damage, and you can choose to force the enemy to succeed on a Strength saving throw or be pulled up to 10ft toward you. If your enemy succeeds on the save, it is no longer grappled.

Wrist Shot

Using stretchable or spring loaded materials, the wrist shot shoots rounded bullets much like a sling, but uses the elasticity of the material rather than gathered circular momentum to power the shot. Because projectiles launched using this weapon are more stable in flight, you may also use flat, bladed disks as ammunition. You can use debris or rounded stones as ammunition, but this imposes disadvantage on your attack. Masters with wrist shots can bounce shots around corners and off hard surfaces to attack enemies in even total cover.

Master Perk: Wrist shots deal 1d6 damage for you. You can measure distance from yourself to a piece of terrain that isn't the ground, and then to your target. If that range is within your long distance, you can ignore any cover the enemy has unless they are fully enclosed.

Prowess Feats

Prowess feats allow characters to gain special expertise in one group of weapons. Weapon groups are noted in the table below.

All Prowess feats apply to that group only. For example, if you have taken Combat Blade Prowess, which grants you advantage on opportunity attacks, you only have this advantage when using a Combat Blade to make the opportunity attack.

All weapon perks apply to that weapon only. For example, if you have taken Combat Blade Prowess, which grants you advantage on opportunity attacks with a scimitar, you cannot wield a scimitar in one hand and have advantage on opportunity attacks from other weapons or effects. The advantage on opportunity attacks applies to the scimitar and its modifiers only.

For additional feats that work well with this system, please check out u/KibblesTasty's Kibbles Book of Feats for the Competent Hero on the Go.

Crossbow Prowess

• You ignore the loading quality of of crossbows with which you are proficient.
• If a target is within 10ft of you, you can choose another target within your crossbow's normal range in a straight line from you through your first target, and to the second. If you hit the closer target, you can also roll to attack the further target for free, hitting both targets with the same piece of ammunition.
• Being within 5ft of a hostile creature does not impose disadvantage on your ranged weapon attack rolls.

Dueling Blade Prowess

• You gain +1 to attacks with Dueling Blades.
• If a creature within 5ft of you takes an attack action against another creature other than you, you may use your reaction to make one attack against that creature..
• On your turn, if you land a critical hit, you can use your reaction to take another attack action with your dueling blade. This can only happen once per turn.

Flail and Whip Prowess

• You gain +1 to attacks with flails and whips
• You can use your bonus action to add +2 to attacks made using your flail or whip against a single enemy with a shield, as you sweep around the shield to hit. This effect lasts until the beginning of your next turn.
• When you hit with an opportunity attack, the foe must succeed on a strength saving throw or be knocked prone.

Hammer and Pick Prowess

• You gain +1 to attacks made with hammers or picks
• Whenever you have advantage on attacks and both dice would hit, you knock the target prone or shove them 5ft
• Whenever you have disadvantage on attacks and at least one roll would have hit but the other misses, you can deal your strength modifier in weapon damage to the target.

Polearm Prowess

• You gain +1 to attacks with polearms
• All Polearm weapons are treated as having the Double property. Your attacks granted by the double property deals 1d4 damage.
• While you are wielding a polearm, other creatures provoke an opportunity attack from you when they enter the reach of your weapon.
• The following weapons are part of the polearm group for you: Halberd, Lucerne, Morningstar, Pole flail, Short Glaive

Spear Prowess

• You gain +1 to attacks made with spears
• You may lunge with any spear, which does not use your reaction
• Once per turn, if you have advantage on an attack roll, you can forgo the advantage for that roll to make an additional weapon attack against that target as part of the same action. You can do so once per turn. Any remaining attacks still have advantage.

Throwing Weapon Prowess

• When you throw a weapon, you draw another weapon freely. Additionally, you may throw with your off hand, and add your ability modifier to the damage roll.
• Throwing a weapon ignores half cover.
• You threaten 10ft around you and can make an Opportunity Attack if an enemy leaves your threatened space.
• You do not suffer disadvantage for throwing at long range and do not suffer disadvantage to ranged attacks made while an enemy is within 5ft of you.
• This feat applies to all light weapons with the thrown property, in addition to those in the group.

Credits

• Created by u/aabrock
• This document is a revision and simplification of Revised Martial Equipment by Commander Fayne (u/Veritoss43). Credit for the new weapon properties and the additional weapons and most of the mastery perks goes to him. His material is used with permission.
• A huge thank you to my wonderful copy editor DancingDruid, who did not sign up for this, but did it anyway. Without her help this document would not be readable.
• Thanks to u/QalarValar for his guide Watercoloring in GM Binder
• I would like to thank my table for their support and for allowing me to dump increasingly massive piles of homebrew content on them. Thanks DM_Pat, Eskel, Alba, Ataraxia, Khasara, Portia and Scottjohn.

Appendix: F.A.Q.