Bugbear and Blade's Weapon Rework

# Bugbear and Blade's Weapons Rework V0.1

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## Why Weapons?
5e weapons are a bit bland with many weapons being very similar if not only different by name.  Martial themselves have few real defining choices.  The goal of this is to make weapon choice just as interesting as cantrip choice is to the magic users.

No feats were harmed in the making of this 'brew.

## New Weapon Properties

#### Armor Piercing
You have a +2 attack bonus against objects or any creature whose AC is higher than their Dexerity score.

#### Bypass
When you attack a creature with a shield you add +2 to your attack roll.

#### Concussive
When you make an attack with a concussive weapon against a creature wearing armor or with natural armor and the attack misses, but the attack roll is higher than the creature's Dexterity, they take half damage.

#### Dangerous
When you roll a 1 on your attack roll, you must check to see if you injure yourself.  Roll a 1d12 and add your proficency modifier.  If you roll below 7 then take damage equal to the weapon's damage and type.

#### Defensive
Any creature that makes a melee attack against a creature weilding a defensive and is not wielding a Defensive weapon themselves has a -1 penalty on their attack roll.

#### Momentum
When you use the Attack Action you can make a special action in place of one of your attacks.  You next attack with the weapon, before the beginning of your next turn, uses the damage in the parentheses as the weapon damage.

#### Parrying
When you are targeted by a melee attack you choose to have a +2 AC bonus against that attack. You can do this once a round.

#### Savage
When you make an attack against a creature who's wearing leather, padded, or studded leather armor, or no armor, you use the damage in parentheses.

#### Siege
This weapon rolls doulbe damage dice when attacking an object.

<div class='footnote'>Part 1 | New Weapon Properties </div>

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#### Simple Melee Weapons
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<table>
 <tr>
 <td>Weapon
 </td>
 <td>Cost
 </td>
 <td>Damage
 </td>
 <td>Weight
 </td>
 <td>Properties
 </td>
 <td>Added Properties
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>Club
 </td>
 <td>1 sp
 </td>
 <td>1d4 bludgeoning
 </td>
 <td>2 lb.
 </td>
 <td>Light
 </td>
 <td>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>Dagger
 </td>
 <td>2 gp
 </td>
 <td>1d4 piercing
 </td>
 <td>1 lb.
 </td>
 <td>Finesse, light, thrown (range 20/60)
 </td>
 <td>Special
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>Greatclub
 </td>
 <td>2 sp
 </td>
 <td>1d8 bludgeoning
 </td>
 <td>10 lb.
 </td>
 <td>Two-handed
 </td>
 <td>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>Handaxe
 </td>
 <td>5 gp
 </td>
 <td>1d6 slashing
 </td>
 <td>2 lb.
 </td>
 <td>Light, thrown (range 20/60)
 </td>
 <td>Siege
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>Javelin
 </td>
 <td>5 sp
 </td>
 <td>1d6 piercing
 </td>
 <td>2 lb.
 </td>
 <td>Thrown (range 30/120)
 </td>
 <td>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>Light Hammer
 </td>
 <td>2 gp
 </td>
 <td>1d4 bludgeoning
 </td>
 <td>2 lb.
 </td>
 <td>Light, thrown (range 20/60)
 </td>
 <td>Concussive
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>Mace
 </td>
 <td>5 gp
 </td>
 <td>1d6 bludgeoning
 </td>
 <td>4 lb.
 </td>
 <td>—
 </td>
 <td>Concussive
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>Quarterstaff
 </td>
 <td>2 sp
 </td>
 <td>1d6 bludgeoning
 </td>
 <td>4 lb.
 </td>
 <td>Versatile (1d8)
 </td>
 <td>Defensive
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>Sickle
 </td>
 <td>1 gp
 </td>
 <td>1d4 slashing
 </td>
 <td>2 lb.
 </td>
 <td>Light
 </td>
 <td>Savage (1d6)
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>Spear
 </td>
 <td>1 gp
 </td>
 <td>1d6 piercing
 </td>
 <td>3 lb.
 </td>
 <td>Thrown (range 20/60), versatile (1d8)
 </td>
 <td>Defensive
 </td>
 </tr>
</table>

#### Martial Melee Weapons
<table>
 <tr>
 <td>Weapon
 </td>
 <td>Cost
 </td>
 <td>Damage
 </td>
 <td>Weight
 </td>
 <td>Properties
 </td>
 <td>Added Properties
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>Battleaxe
 </td>
 <td>10 gp
 </td>
 <td>1d8 slashing
 </td>
 <td>4 lb.
 </td>
 <td>Versatile (1d10)
 </td>
 <td>Savage (1d10/1d12), Siege
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>Flail
 </td>
 <td>10 gp
 </td>
 <td>1d8 bludgeoning
 </td>
 <td>2 lb.
 </td>
 <td>—
 </td>
 <td>Bypass, Dangerous, Momentum (3d8)
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>Glaive
 </td>
 <td>20 gp
 </td>
 <td>1d10 slashing
 </td>
 <td>6 lb.
 </td>
 <td>Heavy, reach, two-handed
 </td>
 <td>Defensive
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>Greataxe
 </td>
 <td>30 gp
 </td>
 <td>1d12 slashing
 </td>
 <td>7 lb.
 </td>
 <td>Heavy, two-handed
 </td>
 <td>Savage (1d14 or 1d12+1), Siege
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>Greatsword
 </td>
 <td>50 gp
 </td>
 <td>2d6 slashing
 </td>
 <td>6 lb.
 </td>
 <td>Heavy, two-handed
 </td>
 <td>Parrying
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>Halberd
 </td>
 <td>20 gp
 </td>
 <td>1d10 slashing
 </td>
 <td>6 lb.
 </td>
 <td>Heavy, reach, two-handed
 </td>
 <td>Defensive
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>Lance
 </td>
 <td>10 gp
 </td>
 <td>1d12 piercing
 </td>
 <td>6 lb.
 </td>
 <td>Reach, special
 </td>
 <td>Defensive
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>Longsword
 </td>
 <td>15 gp
 </td>
 <td>2d4 slashing
 </td>
 <td>3 lb.
 </td>
 <td>Versatile (1d10)
 </td>
 <td>Parrying
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>Maul
 </td>
 <td>10 gp
 </td>
 <td>1d12 bludgeoning
 </td>
 <td>10 lb.
 </td>
 <td>Heavy, two-handed
 </td>
 <td>Concussive
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>Morningstar
 </td>
 <td>15 gp
 </td>
 <td>1d8 piercing
 </td>
 <td>4 lb.
 </td>
 <td>—
 </td>
 <td>Armor Piercing
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>Pike
 </td>
 <td>5 gp
 </td>
 <td>1d10 piercing
 </td>
 <td>18 lb.
 </td>
 <td>Heavy, reach, two-handed
 </td>
 <td>Special
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>Rapier
 </td>
 <td>25 gp
 </td>
 <td>1d8 piercing
 </td>
 <td>2 lb.
 </td>
 <td>Finesse
 </td>
 <td>Parrying
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>Scimitar
 </td>
 <td>25 gp
 </td>
 <td>1d6 slashing
 </td>
 <td>3 lb.
 </td>
 <td>Finesse, light
 </td>
 <td>Parrying
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>Shortsword
 </td>
 <td>10 gp
 </td>
 <td>1d6 piercing
 </td>
 <td>2 lb.
 </td>
 <td>Finesse, light
 </td>
 <td>Parrying
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>Trident
 </td>
 <td>5 gp
 </td>
 <td>1d6 piercing
 </td>
 <td>4 lb.
 </td>
 <td>Thrown (range 20/60), versatile (1d8)
 </td>
 <td>Defensive, Savage (1d8/1d10), Special
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>War Pick
 </td>
 <td>5 gp
 </td>
 <td>1d8 piercing
 </td>
 <td>2 lb.
 </td>
 <td>—
 </td>
 <td>Armor Piercing
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>Warhammer
 </td>
 <td>15 gp
 </td>
 <td>1d8 bludgeoning
 </td>
 <td>2 lb.
 </td>
 <td>Versatile (1d10)
 </td>
 <td>Concussive
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>Whip
 </td>
 <td>2 gp
 </td>
 <td>1d4 slashing
 </td>
 <td>3 lb.
 </td>
 <td>Finesse, reach
 </td>
 <td>Savage (1d6)
 </td>
 </tr>
</table>

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##  Special Weapon Additions

**Dagger** A dagger doesn't have disadvantage on attack rolls when restrained and has advantage on prone enemies.

**Pike** A pike has a reach of 15 ft and , but has disadvantage on attacks against creatures within 5 ft.  Any creature wielding a pike has a +1 AC to melee attacks made from 10 ft or more.

**Trident** When attempting to disarm a creature while wielding a trident they have disadvantage on any checks or saves to resist being disarmed.

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### Notes

Art[The Weaponmaster](https://www.artstation.com/artwork/xJ19PE) by [Sora Kim](https://www.artstation.com/soraso0324)

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