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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Edena_of_Neith" data-source="post: 2775519" data-attributes="member: 2020">Rules of Thumb on weapons:  - Light, One-Handed, and Two-Handed Weapon:  designation of difficulty in wielding weapon.  - WEAPON Size refers to the appropriate size of the being meant to wield it.  Thus:  Medium dagger, Medium longsword, Medium greatsword, meant for Medium being (human)  Small dagger, Small longsword, Small greatsword, meant for Small being (halfling)  Large dagger, Large longsword, Large greatsword, meant for Large being (ogre)  Colossal dagger, Colossal longsword, Colossal greatsword, meant for Colossal being (dragon <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> )  - OBJECT Size depends:  Typically, weapons created to be used as Light Weapons are 2 Object Sizes smaller than the wielder, weapons created to be used as One-Handed Weapons are 1 Object Size smaller than the wielder, and weapons created to be used as Two-Handed Weapons are the same Object Size as the wielder.  Thus:  Medium dagger (Object Sized Tiny), Medium longsword (Object Sized Small), Medium greatsword (Object Sized Medium)  Small dagger (Object Sized Diminutive), Small longsword (Object Sized Tiny), Small greatsword (Object sized Small)  Large dagger (Object Sized Small), Large longsword (Object Sized Medium), Large greatsword (Object sized Large)  Colossal dagger (Object Sized Huge), Colossal longsword (Object Size Gargantuan), Colossal greatsword (Object sized Colossal)  - Inappropriate use of weapons:  Employing a weapon smaller or larger than you should be using:  - 2 per size category too small.  - 2 per size category too big.  First size category too small:  Two-Handed Weapon becomes One-Handed Weapon, One-Handed Weapon becomes Light Weapon, Light Weapon remains Light Weapon (damage is reduced to what smaller sized weapon will deal out)  Second size category too small:  Two-Handed Weapon becomes Light Weapon, One-Handed Weapon becomes Light Weapon, Light Weapon remains Light Weapon (damage is reduced further to what much smaller weapon will deal out)  Third size category too small and beyond:  - 2 per additional Size Category on Attack Rolls (damage continues to reduce with weapon size.)  First Size Category too big:  Light weapon becomes One-Handed Weapon, One-Handed Weapon becomes Two-Handed Weapon, Two-Handed Weapon cannot be used (damage is greater due to bigger weapon)  Second Size Category too big:  Light weapon becomes Two-Handed Weapon, One-Handed Weapon cannot be used, Two-Handed Weapon cannot be used (damage for Light weapon is much greater due to much bigger weapon)  Thus:  Human could wield Large longsword Two-Handed, or Large Dagger One-Handed, - 2 Attack penalty  Human could wield Huge dagger Two-Handed, - 4 Attack penalty  Human could wield Small greatsword (counts as One-Handed Weapon), - 2 Attack Penalty  Human could wield Small longsword (counts as Light Weapon), - 2 Attack Penalty  Human could wield Small dagger (counts as Light Weapon), - 2 Attack Penalty  Human could wield a Tiny Weapon (All count as Light Weapons), - 4 Attack Penalty  Did I finally get it right?  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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