If you take a -2 penalty, that would require you to roll a 13 to hit, thus making your chances of hitting a 40%. Because there are 20 sides to the dice, each side represents a 5% chance, thus you have a 50% chance of hitting your opponent. All you need to do is roll an 11 or higher to hit. If you have +1 to hit at level 1, and you are versing someone with 12 ac. How significant is the attack penalty compared to the damage?Ī -2 is a difference of 10% on your hit chance. You would have to talk to your dm about this first to clarify. Her level 3 ability allows her to reduce the "over sized" penalty by 1, meaning that for wielding a weapon that is larger than yourself you would take a -1 penalty instead of the -2. The Titan Mauler does not specifically say that you can wield weapons larger than yourself outside of the archetype description, though it is assumed through her abilities with the minor exception of Jotungrip: A titan mauler may wield a two-handed weapon in one hand though this weapon must be appropriately sized for her. For example: The barbarian archetype Titan Mauler. This is linked in with the first reason.ģ) You are playing a class that allows you to bypass the size restriction. Rather than wielding a short sword, it would be more beneficial to me to wield a small longsword because the -2 penalty to size is more than made up for with feats that give +2 to hit and damage when I use a longsword. Making your end result -2/-4 (essentially you are increasing the chance to hit with your main hand)Ģ) You have specific feats in weapon specialization and weapon focus, that give you a bonus to damage and hit with a specific type of weapon. This makes your two-weapon fighting penalties drop to a -2/-2 but increases your whip (offhand attack) by 2 because it is sized differently. Wielding a "small" whip will treat the weapon as a "light one-handed" at the cost of a -2 penalty. According to the equipment section, a whip is treated as a one-handed weapon, which means that in order to dual wield (assuming you have the two-weapon fighting feat) you will be taking a -4, -4 penalty. Why would you wield a weapon of a size category not of your own?ġ) You are a dual wielder (lets say a bard for example) and in your main hand you hold a longsword, and in your offhand you wield a whip. The only difference is that you can take a -2 penalty to wield a smaller version of the weapon made for the next size category higher, at the same damage modifier. A shortsword becomes a longsword, just as a longsword becomes a greatsword, as you increase size categories. Both creatures would utilize its 1d6 damage in this way, except the small creature takes a -2 penalty because of the size difference (when they could simply wield a longsword for the 1d6). Because you cannot increase a two-handed weapon, this means that a medium creature cannot wield a large two-handed weapon.Ī medium short-sword is a light weapon on a Medium creature, and a one-handed on a small creature. If a weapon's designation would be changed to something other than a light, one-handed, or two-handed by this alteration, the creature can't wield the weapon at all.Ī medium creature can use a large one-handed weapon as a two-handed weapon. For example, small creature would wield a Medium one-handed weapon as a two-handed weapon. The measure of how much effort it takes to use a weapon is altered by one step for each size category of difference between the wielder's size and the size of the creature for which the weapon was designed. Lets start with the Core Rulebook A creature can't make optimum use of a weapon that isn't properly sized for it. I believe that anyone who visits this page with the same question should know the ups and downs of wielding over-sized weapons before coming to a conclusion. Although this question already has an answer, and rightfully so.
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