Martial Weapons

Martial Weapons are weapons that require extensive trainings to effectively use in combat.

When attacking with a Martial Weapon without proficiency:

You can not add your Proficiency Bonus (Strength for Melee Weapons, Dexterity for Ranged Weapons)
You suffer a -4 penalty to your Attack rolls.

Only martial classes such as Barbarian, Fighter, Paladin, Ranger, have proficiency with all martial weapons at level 1.

Bards are proficient with hand crossbows, longswords, rapiers, shortswords.
Druids are proficient with scimitars.
Monks are proficient with shortswords.
Rogues are proficient with hand crossbows, longswords, rapiers, shortswords.
- Clerics, Sorcerers, Warlocks, Wizards have no proficiency with martial weapons

List Of Martial Weapons

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