Publication:Unearthed Arcana/Weapon Group - Exotic Weapons (Feat)

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Weapon Group (Exotic Weapons) [General] Benefit: When you take this feat, you gain proficiency in the exotic weapons associated with the weapon groups that you already know how to use. Whenever you take a weapon group proficiency feat, you also gain proficiency in the exotic weapons (but not the exotic double weapons) associated with that group.

Axes: dwarven waraxe (one-handed use).

Bows: elven double bow^AEG, greatbow^CW, composite greatbow^CW.

Claw Weapons: bladed gauntlet^AEG, claw bracer^AEG, panther claw^AEG, stump knife^AEG, tiger claws^AEG, ward cestus^AEG.

Clubs and Maces: warmace^CW (one-handed use), tonfa^AEG.

Crossbows: great crossbow^AEG, hand crossbow.

Druid Weapons: greatspear^CW.

Flails and Chains: chain-and-dagger^AEG, spiked chain, three-section staff^AEG, whip, whipdagger^AEG.

Heavy Blades: bastard sword, khopesh^AEG, mercurial longsword^AEG, mercurial greatsword^AEG.

Monk Weapons: butterfly sword^AEG, tonfa^AEG.

Maces and Clubs: double mace^AEG.

Picks and Hammers: dire pick^CW, gnome battlepick^AEG, maul^CW (one-handed use).

Polearms: heavy poleaxe^CW.

Slings and Thrown Weapons: bolas, chakram^AEG, gnome calculus^AEG, halfling skiprock^AEG, orc shotput^AEG, shuriken, throwing iron^AEG.

Spears and Lances: duom^AEG, greatspear^CW, harpoon^AEG, mani^AEG, spinning javelin^AEG. Normal: When using a weapon with which you are not proficient, you take a −4 penalty on attack rolls.Special: If you include exotic weapons from sources other than the d20SRD:System Reference Document, the DM should assign those weapons to a group as appropriate for the campaign. The lists above includes weapons featured in the Arms and Equipment Guide (marked ^AaEG) and Complete Warrior (marked ^CW).

Barbarians, bards, clerics, fighters, monks, paladins, rangers, and rogues may select Weapon Group (exotic weapons) as one of their 1st-level Weapon Group proficiencies.

A fighter may select Weapon Group (exotic weapons) as one of his fighter bonus feats.

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