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<blockquote data-quote="Hypersmurf" data-source="post: 2133485" data-attributes="member: 1656"><p><em><strong>POWER ATTACK [GENERAL]</strong></em></p><p><em><strong>Special:</strong> If you attack with a two-handed weapon, or with a one-handed weapon wielded in two hands, <strong>instead add twice the number subtracted from your attack rolls.</strong> You can’t add the bonus from Power Attack to the damage dealt with a light weapon (except with unarmed strikes or natural weapon attacks), even though the penalty on attack rolls still applies. (Normally, you treat a double weapon as a one-handed weapon and a light weapon. If you choose to use a double weapon like a two-handed weapon, attacking with only one end of it in a round, you treat it as a two-handed weapon.)</em></p><p></p><p>But the Flurry text states "In the case of the quarterstaff, each end counts as a separate weapon for the purpose of using the flurry of blows ability." It's not as explicit as one might like, which leads to it being able to be read either way. But it would be very easy for a DM to rule that since each end counts as a separate weapon while flurrying, you're always using 'half a staff' for a Flurry attack, and thus not getting the two-handed weapon benefit of Power Attack. You don't have the option of treating the staff as one weapon while flurrying; the ends are always 'separate weapons'.</p><p></p><p>On the other hand, one could read it that if you choose to only strike with one end, even though the end you're not striking with is still counted as a separate weapon, then you are 'attacking with only one end of it in a round', which (per the explanation in the Power Attack feat) means you're treating your double weapon as a two-handed weapon.</p><p></p><p>So there are arguments either way <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>-Hyp.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hypersmurf, post: 2133485, member: 1656"] [i][b]POWER ATTACK [GENERAL][/b] [b]Special:[/b] If you attack with a two-handed weapon, or with a one-handed weapon wielded in two hands, [b]instead add twice the number subtracted from your attack rolls.[/b] You can’t add the bonus from Power Attack to the damage dealt with a light weapon (except with unarmed strikes or natural weapon attacks), even though the penalty on attack rolls still applies. (Normally, you treat a double weapon as a one-handed weapon and a light weapon. If you choose to use a double weapon like a two-handed weapon, attacking with only one end of it in a round, you treat it as a two-handed weapon.)[/i] But the Flurry text states "In the case of the quarterstaff, each end counts as a separate weapon for the purpose of using the flurry of blows ability." It's not as explicit as one might like, which leads to it being able to be read either way. But it would be very easy for a DM to rule that since each end counts as a separate weapon while flurrying, you're always using 'half a staff' for a Flurry attack, and thus not getting the two-handed weapon benefit of Power Attack. You don't have the option of treating the staff as one weapon while flurrying; the ends are always 'separate weapons'. On the other hand, one could read it that if you choose to only strike with one end, even though the end you're not striking with is still counted as a separate weapon, then you are 'attacking with only one end of it in a round', which (per the explanation in the Power Attack feat) means you're treating your double weapon as a two-handed weapon. So there are arguments either way :) -Hyp. [/QUOTE]
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