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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dark Jezter" data-source="post: 1636885" data-attributes="member: 1015">In 3.5e, a halfling or gnome can still can pick up a standard sized short sword and it would be considered a one-handed (rather than a light weapon as it would be for a medium creature) weapon for them.  Although they do take a -2 penalty on attack rolls with such a weapon.Ah man, somebody (I think it was MerricB) made a very nice post on this subject a while back, but I can't find it.  I'll try my best to give a condensed version of his post.In 3.0, the regular weapon list does a good job for covering small and medium-sized creatures.  When you get to creatures like storm giants, you start running into problems.  None of the weapons on the main list make suitable weapons for them (even a greatsword is only considered a light weapon by storm giant standards).  So you have to start making irregularly-sized versions of the normal weapons, which isn't as neatly-organized as it is in 3.5e.Another problem some people had with the 3.0 weapon sizing rules was that there were a lot less weapon choices for small creatures: gnomes and halflings never got to use weapons like spiked chains and polearms, for example.  3.5e makes the system more consistant by allowing each size category of creature to have access to the same list of weapons (appropriately-sized, of course).Actually, I wasn't aware that's what he was talking about.  Still, I don't see how square spaces favor miniature play any more than differently-sized spaces.And I would appreciate it if you wouldn't assume things about me, thanks.Perhaps I misrepresented my position.  I'm not saying that wizards should be weaker than the other classes, mainly that they shouldn't dominate higher-level play.  One thing I love about 3.5e is that combat isn't as prone to being decided by the mages as previous editions are.  In 3.0 and 3.5e, warrior-types, rogues, and the like are actually able to contribute to higher-level combat and keep up with the mages, something that didn't happen much in 1e or 2e.</blockquote>

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