Yeah, the fact that there is zero mechanical difference between the Halberd and the Glaive in 5e has always bugged me. Make the Halberd a piercing weapon and get rid of the Pike. Nobody uses the fucking Pike.
Nah, that is essentially treating an halberd as a spear, basically half of it's toolkit, have the polearm master feat allow to switch between hooking mechanics, switch between piercing and cutting attacks.
Nah keep the pike but make it's additional reach 10ft instead of 5ft. That way it has its own niche as the primer choice for battlefield control weapons when combined with pole arm master and sentinel. Like you don't get the bonus action attack from PM but if you set yourself up right you are guaranteed a reaction attack every turn. Hell I could even see niche cleric builds focused on using the combo to lock creatures in their spirit guardians the second they close to them.
Well done, sir, as always. Very good video. The kilogram references confused me at first, but then I realized you're converting the imperial measurements. I would offer the second improvement be expanded from "Topple" to "Trap", allowing weapons, shields, and armor to be "grappled" for a consecutive disarm or disadvantage.
10:35 I think the saving throw should be Dex or Str defender's choice. This to me makes much more sense than Con since it's either avoiding the trip if you have high Dex or brute force standing your ground with the Str stat. 12:30 I would also add this property to a standard (not short) Spear & Pike as well as the Halberd
You could also have the halberd give a battle master advantage on trip attacks or disadvantage to the str save maybe? I do like the idea of giving different weapons special things they can do, though so this video series is interesting and I think I'll be checking out the other episodes! Keep up the good work, please!
It’s probably a translation issue as the halberd he’s talking about is most likely a naginata, which is a glaive. And he is correct in non spear pole arms being phased out of the battlefield during late feudal Japan.
great video as always! i was wondering, do you plan on doing this kind of video on the renaissance firearms as well? i could easily see some variants on the pistols and muskets, like adding bayonets for melee damage, for instance.
I certainly want to once I get through the default weapons! I'm already laying the groundwork for a series after The Weapons We Wield titled "The Weapons I Want", which will delve more into the weapons we don't currently have (but could implement) in 5e/D&D 2024
I've done a few for my own personal weapon pile, in part thanks to some of the references of previous DND, others partially tinkered off other homebrew like the Heavyarms or Critical Roll Gunslinger, and in part with just cool stuff I've seen elsewhere I wanted to see people use as well. Previous DND editions included things like the Arequebus, Musket, and Cavalier as their own things before, whereas those other inspirations I slipped in things like the pepperbox and revolver weapons. And then of course there's oddballs like a rotary musket or crow-foot pistol. Lot of the problem is just getting firearms to feel lethal without completely invalidating, say, an elven ranger wanting to still abuse a bow and such, and I'll happily share some of the stuff I've prodded at over my own lookovers.
