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<blockquote data-quote="RigaMortus2" data-source="post: 2674303" data-attributes="member: 11586">So I checked the weapon table in the PHB.&nbsp; Bastard Sword is a one-handed exotic weapon.&nbsp; The FAQ entry you posted contradicts this.&nbsp; The &quot;rule&quot; on what a Bastard Sword is has not changed, it has only been clarified (incorrectly I might add).&nbsp; All this example tells me is that the FAQ contradicts the rules at times and can sometimes give us incorrect, or at least, not well thought out clarifications.&nbsp; The reason I feel that the clarification is incorrect is because of the reprecusions that happen if you were to rule that a Bastard Sword is a two-handed weapon.&nbsp; Namely, if you had the Exotic WP feat, you would be able to use the Bastard Sword in one-hand AND get 1.5 Str bonus while doing so.&nbsp; I don't think whoever put that in the errata considered this.Now if this had shown up in the errata, then I would play Bastard Swords as being a two-handed exotic weapon just as the FAQ suggests.I see the point you are trying to make here, but to answer your poll question (again), &quot;Is the FAQ an official source for new rules?&quot; I still say NO.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RigaMortus2, post: 2674303, member: 11586"] So I checked the weapon table in the PHB. Bastard Sword is a one-handed exotic weapon. The FAQ entry you posted contradicts this. The "rule" on what a Bastard Sword is has not changed, it has only been clarified (incorrectly I might add). All this example tells me is that the FAQ contradicts the rules at times and can sometimes give us incorrect, or at least, not well thought out clarifications. The reason I feel that the clarification is incorrect is because of the reprecusions that happen if you were to rule that a Bastard Sword is a two-handed weapon. Namely, if you had the Exotic WP feat, you would be able to use the Bastard Sword in one-hand AND get 1.5 Str bonus while doing so. I don't think whoever put that in the errata considered this. Now if this had shown up in the errata, then I would play Bastard Swords as being a two-handed exotic weapon just as the FAQ suggests. I see the point you are trying to make here, but to answer your poll question (again), "Is the FAQ an official source for new rules?" I still say NO. [/QUOTE]

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