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<blockquote data-quote="Cyclone Duke" data-source="post: 5669547" data-attributes="member: 6676391">Hey there folks, I am a DM running Red Hand of Doom with a group of 6 players. My guys recently killed Wyrmlord Saarvith, a goblin ranger who used (against my group) a +1 longbow.However this guy is a small character. If a Greatsword for a halfling = a longsword for a human = a shortsword for an ogre, does that mean if any of my medium-sized players used this bow, it would be a +1 shortbow for the purpose of it's damage? Thinking on it, I guess this is kind of already solved by the fact that a medium character using a weapon would smack with a bigger die than a smaller character (goblin using longbow = 1d6, human using longbow = 1d8), but what about the weapon size decreae? If the goblin uses the longbow to do 1d6 damage, but as he's a small guy and has small arms, a &quot;longbow&quot; for his size is just the size of a shortbow for a human, who will also only do 1d6 damage?This is the first proper campaign for all people involved in the group along with myself. I started the guys off at level 1 and they recently hit level 7, but we kind of wing it for a few things and some rules need clarification. This was the biggest question for me as I simply assumed the group's halfling bard would get the item as often they just use the bow all the time, but others in the group were interested.Any help is appriciated.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cyclone Duke, post: 5669547, member: 6676391"] Hey there folks, I am a DM running Red Hand of Doom with a group of 6 players. My guys recently killed Wyrmlord Saarvith, a goblin ranger who used (against my group) a +1 longbow. However this guy is a small character. If a Greatsword for a halfling = a longsword for a human = a shortsword for an ogre, does that mean if any of my medium-sized players used this bow, it would be a +1 shortbow for the purpose of it's damage? Thinking on it, I guess this is kind of already solved by the fact that a medium character using a weapon would smack with a bigger die than a smaller character (goblin using longbow = 1d6, human using longbow = 1d8), but what about the weapon size decreae? If the goblin uses the longbow to do 1d6 damage, but as he's a small guy and has small arms, a "longbow" for his size is just the size of a shortbow for a human, who will also only do 1d6 damage? This is the first proper campaign for all people involved in the group along with myself. I started the guys off at level 1 and they recently hit level 7, but we kind of wing it for a few things and some rules need clarification. This was the biggest question for me as I simply assumed the group's halfling bard would get the item as often they just use the bow all the time, but others in the group were interested. Any help is appriciated. [/QUOTE]

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