(D&D 5e) Advanced Weapons and Arms

This is an old project I made when I still played D&D 5e. I have moved on to other TTRPGs and will not be updating this any further but I wanted to release it to the public.

Advanced Weapons & Arms is a homebrew supplement for D&D 5e that attempts to make martial options in combat more interesting by improving martial weapons themselves

Advanced Weapons and Arms attempts to make combat in Dungeons and Dragons 5e more interesting by overhauling the way weapons, armor, and shields work while remaining simple and easy to understand. This supplement is intended for experienced players who are familiar with combat and enjoy it but wish it was more tactical. This supplement also attempts to make Martial classes more interesting by providing them with more unique abilities in combat using martial weapons.

The Advanced Weapons and Arms supplement is intended to fit easily with existing content, requiring little additional work to implement.

Each Martial Weapon has been grouped into one of five weapon classes. Each Martial Weapon has also been given a unique feature, usable by anyone with proficiency in that weapon. Anyone with proficiency in Martial Weapons can specialize in a class of weapons, granting them more unique abilities when they use weapons in that class. There are six different shields, each with their own unique advantages and disadvantages. All armor sets provide resistance to a certain type of physical damage, meaning that the damage type any given weapon does actually matters.