Martial Weapon Proficiency as a feat

[Bue]

I have allways as a player played that this feat only give access to one weapon... but i have just read it again and now im not so sure anymore... becouse what is a type? is it just 1 weapon or is it 1h melee, 2h melee, range and so forth?

Description:
Martial Weapon Proficiency
Choose a type of martial weapon. You understand how to
use that type of martial weapon in combat.

Benefit: You make attack rolls with the selected weapon
normally (without the non-proficient penalty).

Normal: When using a weapon with which you are not
proficient, you take a –4 penalty on attack rolls.

Special: Barbarians, fighters, paladins, and rangers are
proficient with all martial weapons. They need not select
this feat.
You can gain Martial Weapon Proficiency multiple
times. Each time you take the feat, it applies to a new type
of weapon.

[mdt]

I prefer weapon groups personally. Weapon Proficiency in my games is per group (see Fighters, core rule book, for the groups).

If a weapon is listed as exotic, it's part of the group, but you need Exotic Weapon Proficiency (group) to use them without penalty.

PRD wrote:

Blades, Heavy: bastard sword, elven curve blade, falchion, greatsword, longsword, scimitar, scythe, and two-bladed sword.

So, for example, if you have Weapon Proficiency (Blades, Heavy), then you can use a Bastard Sword as a two-handed weapon, use a falchion, a greatsword, a longsword, a scimitar, and a scythe.

If you have Exotic Weapon Proficiency (Blades, Heavy), you can also use an Elven Curve Blade, Two-Bladed Sword, and a Bastard Sword one-handed.

You have to have proficiency with the group to take the exotic feat.

[Name Violation]

its fancy wording for "become prof. with 1 weapon", like long sword or scythe

[Deadmanwalking]

Name Violation wrote:

its fancy wording for "become prof. with 1 weapon", like long sword or scythe

This. mdt's route is a very usable House Rule, but still definitely a House Rule.

[BigNorseWolf]

It says "choose a type of weapon"

you choose longswords. You become proficient with longswords.

It does not say "choose a weapon" because that might indicate that you were proficient with that one, single, individual longsword a la heirloom weapon.

[dave.gillam]

Deadmanwalking wrote:

Name Violation wrote:

its fancy wording for "become prof. with 1 weapon", like long sword or scythe

This. mdt's route is a very usable House Rule, but still definitely a House Rule.

+1

Depending on the campaign, I would go with either DMW or mdt's interpretation; depends on how the player explains it, and what makes the most sense.

[mdt]

dave.gillam wrote:

Deadmanwalking wrote:

Name Violation wrote:

its fancy wording for "become prof. with 1 weapon", like long sword or scythe

This. mdt's route is a very usable House Rule, but still definitely a House Rule.

+1

Depending on the campaign, I would go with either DMW or mdt's interpretation; depends on how the player explains it, and what makes the most sense.

Wouldn't say it's a house rule per se, it's more of an optional rule. From the unearthed arcana book, weapon groups.

Beyond that though, it's absolutely not core. :)