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Message: <blockquote data-quote="rushlight" data-source="post: 2345106" data-attributes="member: 3801">You guys that have halflings running around using giant's weapons have some halflings with freakishly large hands.  I never imagined a world where every creature on the planet with hands had the *exact* same size hands.  That's a bit odd, don't you think? I can't imagine a 30 foot creature's handspan being equivalent to a 3 foot creature.  But, I suppose if the giant's dagger is the same as a halfling greatsword, that's what you've got.  Let's not forget that regardless of the weapon type, the handles are *all* nearly identical in size.  A real-life dagger's hilt is the exact same size as a real-life greatsword's hilt.  Because they all go in the same 7"-8" long (average) human hand.   I'd love to see pictures of your halflings with 37.5" long hands!  Since a 30' giant is roughly 500% larger than a 6' human, you can assume that his hand will be 37.5 inches long, which is 500% larger than a human hand.  Now, I would assume that a 3 foot halfling would have on average a 3.75" handspan.   But if you've got halflings using giant daggers as greatswords, you've either got some giants with really small hands, or halflings with hands the length of their own bodies!  Or you have giants running around conviently using daggers with hilts equal to a toothpick for you and I.   So in the end, the 3e rules were dumb, and the 3.5 rules are less dumb.</blockquote>