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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pawsplay" data-source="post: 3522725" data-attributes="member: 15538">I'm not sure I buy that. I think Weapon Finesse represents a special kind of fighting... all other things being equal, a stronger fighter has a distinct advantage, and weapon finesse is a feat that allows you to partially cancel it.There is a word for the style of fighting in "large, wide arcs." It's called "dead." My experience tells me that any skill in fighting involves efficiency of movement, timing, positioning. Believe me, I've beaten light sword with slow, heavy mace (mostly as a dare) and I can tell you, it was very much a matter of getting him to "walk into" my swing, as that is not a race you are going to win on speed...Sport fencing may be very much Dex-based, but if you make any extrapolation to the real world, that artificial situation disappears immediately. To put it another way, would you want to "fence" with someone who was under the effects of an enlarge person spell?</blockquote>