Centaur's Longsword Damage

[JoeGKushner]

Okay, the Centaur is large, so I can see why the longsword it uses is 2d6, but why is it +6 as opposed to +4? It doesn't have weapon specialization and for the creature, the weapon is one handed.

Typo?

 

[Targos]

The centaur must be weilding it two-handed.

 

[Darkness]

The centaur must be weilding it two-handed.

Agreed. It doesn't have a shield, so it has little reason not to.

 

[Tatsukun]

Which begs the question; if a creature doesn't use a shield, and has martial weapon proficiency, why not use a great sword?

Of course, the answer is that not everything is maximized. But if a player wouldn't miss this obvious "mistake" why should the monsters?

Long story short, I have them use greatswords (or sometimes Halberds - for the tripping)

-Tatsu

 

[Greylock]

I like that, Centuars wielding halberds. Strong visual, much better than a sword. The idea of a reach weapon for a large creature makes a ton of sense as well (at least to me - figure he's gotta watch that hind quarter ;P).

 

[Corsair]

Except halberds aren't reach weapons.

 

[Greylock]

I actually had to go look. That makes no sense to me. Guess I'll search around here for an explanation later, this must have been discussed already...

 

[jRocket]

Yes it has. Halberds are held on both ends like a quarterstaff.

 

[Patryn of Elvenshae]

I actually had to go look. That makes no sense to me. Guess I'll search around here for an explanation later, this must have been discussed already...

Halberds, compared to, say, pikes and glaives, have relatively short poles. They're similar to quarterstaves in length, and quarterstaves are not reach weapons.

http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/swiss_guard/swissguard/divisa_en.htm