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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shin Okada" data-source="post: 2587801" data-attributes="member: 1956">As already mentioned by others, this is a house rule.And if you are thinking that larger creatures have disadvantages because of AC/attack bonus and thus must be compensated, you are clearly not using various special attacks in your games. Grapple, trip, disarm, sunder, etc. In current gaming system, basically, the bigger, the better. And of course, they have longer reach and that is a big advantage.So, IMHO, before giving bigger advantage to bigger guys, you must think twice.Regarding "realism" part. I don't think that "5-foot step" is really a single step. Consider this as just a distance which a creature can adjust without hampering other activities. Bigger creatures may have wider stride. But they don't move their legs as fast as smaller creatures do. Actually, speed of the creatures are not that much affected by the size of creatures. Bigger creatures tend to have slightly better speed, but not that much faster by the rule. So giving that much bigger "step" may not be "realistic" indeed.</blockquote>