“ I've never been happy that almost every player picks long sword and greatsword, so I made a special chart to make them more unique. I use this in OSR and Pathfinder. I use 20 only as crit threat(Pathfinder speak),double damage.
dagger +2 to hit, D4 damage
short sword +1 to hit, d6 damage
long sword, threatens critical(see below) on 19-20, D8 damage
battle axe, ignores one Damage resistance( some monsters have resistance to damage in the form of knocks damage off before you do actual damage)(scale at higher L?) D8 damage
Mace, 0ne damage on a miss(Scalable?) D8 damage (Ok , should prob only be vrs Metal armor but not looking for that kind of complexity)
spear D6 damage, d12 damage vrs large creatures
great sword 2d6 damage
military pick d6 damage, x3 damage( triple dice damage) on crit(20)
great axe D10 damage, +3 to confirm crit ( in pathfinder if you roll a 20 you then reroll your attack and if you hit the targets AC, you get a critical multiplier)
quarterstaff(2 handed) D6 damage +1 bonus to AC (to the better)
Etc.”
“ This powerful Serpent man has 4 different poison sacks that can only be triggered individually
Poison of Frequent Death> on a failed save, does D12 damage
Poison of the deadly Soul Mate> Charm person on a failed save
Poison of the Fire Within> On a failed save the victim is filled w hate and rage and is only capable of melee attacks
Poison of the Stil Stone> on a failed save, victim is paralyzed.
all poison attacks also do d6 bite damage
in addition to a bite attack , they can do a 2d4 constriction attack
8 hit die
ac 1
move 6”
