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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fortain" data-source="post: 4109728" data-attributes="member: 31637">Side-note......to OPs question, a Spiked Chain can hit anyone within reach, from 5ft. onward. There's no "donut hole" area where she can't hit.Quote from WotC 3.5E FAQ, dated 12/21/07:The description of the spiked chain states that it is areach weapon that can be used against adjacent foes. Whatif a Large creature wields a Large spiked chain? Can itattack the squares that are 10 feet away? What are theadjacent foes of a Large or larger creature?As with the vast majority of examples in the Player’sHandbook, the spiked chain description assumes that thewielder is a Small or Medium creature wielding a spiked chainappropriate to her size. What the description really means isthat a character wielding a spiked chain can attack creaturesthat are within her natural reach (in addition to those at thenormal range of a reach weapon). For a Medium or Smallcreature, that means creatures that are 5 feet away (i.e.,“adjacent”).A Large creature wielding a spiked chain (or similar reachweapon that also allowed attacks against adjacent creatures)could attack creatures within her natural reach (that is, who areeither 5 or 10 feet away), in addition to those at the normalrange of a Large reach weapon (15 or 20 feet away).A Huge creature wielding a spiked chain could attackcreatures 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, or 30 feet away. A Gargantuancreature wielding a spiked chain could attack creatures 5, 10,15, 20, 25, 30, 35, or 40 feet away, and a Colossal creaturewielding a spiked chain could attack creatures anywhere from 5to 60 feet away.</blockquote>

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