UA:Weapon Group (Exotic Weapons)

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Weapon Group (Exotic Weapons) [General]

You understand how to use the exotic weapons associated with the weapon groups that you have mastered.

Prerequisite: Base attack bonus +1

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^AaEG, greatbow^CW, composite greatbow^CW.

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

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

Crossbows: great crossbow^AaEG, hand crossbow.

Druid Weapons: greatspear^CW.

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

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

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

Maces and Clubs: double mace^AaEG.

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

Polearms: heavy poleaxe^CW.

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

Spears and Lances: duom^AaEG, greatspear^CW, harpoon^AaEG, mani^AaEG, spinning javelin^AaEG.

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 d20 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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