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Nonstandard Weapon for Samurai

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TSRThomas

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How would I go about changing settings so that a samurai character could wield a nonstandard weapon, such as a great sword, and keep all the benefits that come from using a standard weapon?

More specifically, at 3rd level, the Samurai gains weapon expertise with one of the four samurai weapons; what would I have to edit to add another weapon to that list?

I have not fiddled with the editor at all, and I'm not looking for someone to necessarily walk me through the whole thing, but if someone could point me in the right direction so I could educate myself, I would appreciate it.
 
I'm no expert in the editor, but a quick glance seems to show this as a Samurai "Class Special Ability". You'd have to create a copy of the ability and modify the Custom Expression (currently, it's: "component.BaseWep & (thingid.wKatana | thingid.wLongbow | thingid.wNaginata | thingid.wWakizashi)").

As I said, I'm not expert, and someone like ShadowChemosh will no doubt tell you I'm leading you up the garden path! :) But I would swap out one of those thingids, changing on to (for your example) the thingid for greatsword (wGreatSword?).

You'd then have to create a new version of the Samurai class, replacing the default Weapon Expertise class ability with your customised one. I would strongly suggest making a new Source, calling it "TSRThomasWeapons" or somesuch so that you can easily turn it off for other characters so as not to muddy class choices.

Seems an awfully roundabout way of doing it - are you sure you can't just use a katana? :)

Anyway...I hope this is of some help, and if I've misled you in my ignorance, I humbly apologise! :)
 
Actually, you're mostly right Aldaron, with one exception. After making the new version of the default Weapon Expertise class ability, you can use the Replaces thing ID to have that supplant the standard version. There is no need to copy the whole Samurai class.
 
Would an Archetype also be a good strategy (swapping Weapon Expertise (House) for Weapon Expertise)? It would allow both versions of the Samurai to be available.
 
Aaron, you have no idea how much time you've just saved me! I don't know how I've missed the Replaces Thing ID before...I've seen it, but never used it. Wow! Thank you! :)

Lord Magus - again, you've saved me a heap of time and effort. I never would have considered that! :)
 
Thanks!

Thanks for all the feedback. It sounds like the archetype route is the easiest way to go. Now, to learn to use the editor. . . .

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