D&D 5E - Katana in 5th edition - finesse?
Personally,I think the longsword should have the piercing quality as well, and the Katana gets the finesse quality. The katana should have another name as well "Elven Longsword", and elves get proficiency with that instead of the longsword.
They went back to a lot of things in this edition that second edition used that got corrected in later editions. Elves should not be proficient in longswords. Longswords are a strength weapon and elves use their agility best. Since the scimitar is a finesse weapon now (and all movies and pictures show elves using scimitars like weapons more than longswords IMO), the scimitar should have been the elves proficiency weapon.
In what instance would a non-combat oriented elf (who wouldn't already get the proficiency through his class) use a longsword. A scimitar, on the other hand, I can see my elf wizard using.
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