Talk:Staff, Bo (5e Equipment)

Balance

Normally a bo staff is represented with quarterstaff statistics. A monk can already wield a quarterstaff as though has the finesse property. By contrast this martial weapon doesn't gain any benefits from Martial Arts, which at least to me seems very odd for such a monk-ish weapon.

That aside, this weapon seems needlessly good. Normally the rapier is the best finesse weapon. This is a rapier that deals more damage and has reach. It's also as good as a glaive or pike, the best reach weapons normally available, but unlike them requires only one hand to wield. I think this weapon would be balanced if it:

• Only dealt 1d6 damage in one hand, but had "versatile (1d8)"
• Only gained the reach property while wielded in two hands.

- Guy (talk) 18:06, 5 December 2017 (MST)