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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MyISPHatesENWorld" data-source="post: 4484203" data-attributes="member: 65684">By the RAW, letting go with one hand isn't an action at all, though defining it as one is OK absent any additional restrictions. Placing your hand on a weapon isn't a minor by RAW and making it one is going to cause problems. If you make shifting a hand off or on actions something other than free actions or place restrictions on the free actions, then you're breaking versatile and some other things.e.g. Using a potion is a minor action to grab the potion, a minor action to drink it and a free action to drop the vial, not a free action to let go of your weapon with one hand, a minor action to grab the potion, a minor action to drink the potion, a free action to drop the vial and a minor action (or free action you can't do in the same round as letting go) to put your hand back on the weapon.Versatile works to allow you to mix and match actions. If you house rule in additional action costs or make restrictive rulings regarding it, then versatile is going to have a lot less or no utility.A Bastard Sword wielder can hit something with both hands usually, but sometimes draw out a light blade or implement to take advantage of a multiclass abilities or powers. Move (move), draw light blade or implement (minor), then attack with light blade or implement (standard). You still have your more damaging weapon available for opportunity or granted attacks.If you were using a two-handed weapon, you wouldn't be able to use your more damaging weapon on opportunity or granted attacks until the next round when you sheathe the weapon as a minor action, still having your move and standard actions available. You might want to delay sheathing the weapon until after the next round in favor of moving and using a power or skill (e.g. active perception check) that costs a minor action along with your standard action attack and you're still able to attack with your more damaging weapon. Or, you may not have access to a minor action to resheathe the implement or light blade because you get dazed and doing so would cost you your entire round. If your off-hand weapon is an implement, that's really important, if it is a dagger or short sword, it's still nice.Versatile saves you a minor action sometimes, which makes you more versatile. If you house rule in a minor action cost to use it, then yeah, it becomes useless.</blockquote>

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