Recent content by ashfallen

A fire giant uses an enormous greatsword or great axe the size of itself, which does 3d6 damage, and that a PC smaller than Large can't effectively use because of common sense. A titan, as it says in the MM description, wields a hammer big enough for a gargantuan creature although it personally...

I think there's some argument for folding Disable Device and Open Lock into a single skill. A lock is, after all, a mechanical device.

OK, so the physics of weapon sizing are somewhat debatable. :) I don't think that's the point, though, because PCs (like goblins) rarely have weapons made to fit their exact personal grip and arm-length. Instead, they use what they find, if it's better (ie, more enchanted) than what they have...

It gets rid of mirror images nicely. :) Great Cleave is the 1st-edition AD&D "sweep" rule, and is meant for the same situation: fighting large numbers of individually inferior foes. If your group plays a realistic game, where occasionally you are faced with foes notably inferior (or superior)...