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Beornings, Woodsmen, Dunlendings, Rohirrim, Easterlings, Men of Lossarnach, Elves of Gondolin... nah no axes there, move along.

Axes would be second only to spears in terms of use in almost all cultures.

Short answer: yes, the bonus applies to Bows and Great Bows as well. In fact, Bow and Great Bow should have listed "2-handed" in addition to "Ranged weapon" in the Notes (it will probably be added to a clarification/amendment file). Don't want to sound rude but are you in any po...

If we were just keeping in the realms of weapon reskins (i.e not changing the stats just the name) would you allow a short spear to be called a throwing axe? would you allow it to be a throwing knife? If you did allow a reskin what skill would they use - not changing the stats it would be spears...w...

Good to know, gives bows a little more stopping power in the hands of a skilled archer.

In regards to crossbows. Dodging around the notion of crossbows in Middle-Earth, I'll just say: Why would anyone bring a crossbow to a skirmish? It isn't really intended for such a roll, it was more of a siege weapon or limited open warfare in massed ranks. If you were a small band of scouts (ie the...

And it occurs to me that AH you might edit the title of this thread to be "Rules Query - 2 handed bonus damage" or something similar

Done.

To me, the brawling weapons cover the non military weapon choices or civilian weapons (another reason to put throwing knife in the swords group, certainly not a civilian weapon). . It's still incredibly counter-intuitive to place a Throwing Knife in the Swords group as they are not remotely used in...

Yeah it really captures the Elves are awesome vibe without breaking the game.

If you are going for a scholar type then just choose to use brawling weapons and use your highest weapon skill -1d. If you've made the decision to be a non combatant then you will be subpar at fighting, so having a -1d fits. It's a role-playing choice. To me, the brawling weapons cover the non milit...

I am trying to keep to mechanical balance over 'realism' in mind. Yes I just wandered away from that with the weighted weapon point, but I was keeping mechanical balance in mind. Hence my opposite argument for the sling being in brawling (not an easy weapon to use in reality) but it has to go there ...