Specific weapons in the game that are default MEDIUM sized, when wielded in the hands of that specific race is considered LIGHT when EXOTIC WEAPON PROFICIENCY feat is chosen:
EXAMPLES:
Elf (includes drow) - Longsword
In the hands of an Elf with the Exotic Weapon feat... equipping a LONGSWORD (incl: LESSER MOONBLADE) is considered LIGHT weapon and thus affected by the "Weapon Finess" feat and also receives the same effects of LIGHT WEAPON for dual-wielding penalties.
Dwarf - DWARVEN AXE - the DWARVEN WARAXE which is already given proficiency for free to dwarves - when a DWARVEN WARAXE is wielded by a Dwarf who has the EXOTIC WEAPON FEAT (which would not normally be needed to wield it) the DWARVEN WARAXE is considered LIGHT weapon and thus affected by the "Weapon Finesse" feat and also receives the same effect of LIGHT WEAPON for dual-wielding penalties.
-in the above examples... every elf has access to LONGSWORD regardless of class because this is a racial weapon proficiency. and EXOTIC WEAPON is not required to wield it at all... however... should an elf CHOOSE to take EXOTIC WEAPON PROFICIENCY that triggers the longsword to be converted to from MEDIUM to LIGHT weapon, and they can take advantage of the Longsword in dual-wielding and also in weapon finesse... letting all those heavy DEX elves use Longswords.. and melee elves who dual-wield can dual-wield LONGSWORDS at only -2/-2 penalty instead of -4/-4.
same would be for DWARVES when using the DWARVEN WARAXE. This weapon is normally an exotic weapon. but dwarves DO NOT need to take Exotic Weapon feat to wield a DWARVEN WARAXE because they have access to it as a racial proficiency. -but should the Dwarf TAKE the extra feat "Exotic Weapon Proficiency" that opens up the DWARVEN WARAXE to be a light-weapon for them, just as the longsword above for elves.
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This would apply for Elves/Drow... but -not- half-elves.
And same for Dwarves/Duergar -meaning that it has equal access to both surface and Underdark.. but is a specific and limited to the PUREBLOOD races only (reason: since there is no "half-dwarf" and because of this, "Half-Elves" do not get to take advantage of this.)
Specific Racial Weapons - medium to light
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Specific Racial Weapons - medium to light
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Re: Specific Racial Weapons - medium to light
This is an interesting idea, but would likely cause some OP issues, and essentially require us to change the actual item around via specialised code each time it is equipped, which could well cause bugs.
Rejected.
Rejected.