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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jgsugden" data-source="post: 1251486" data-attributes="member: 2629">That is a highly questionable position. When a condition statement begins a paragraph ("When using a 1 handed exotic melee weapon in 2 hands") it is usually applied to the entire paragraph unless specifically negated in the paragraph. Further, in this instance, the second sentence begins with a pronoun (he) that only makes sense if it refers to the first sentence. In my mind, it is clear that the two sentences are tied together. The PA comment does apply when the 1 handed exotic weapon is used 1 handed.Yes, that makes this second sentence a bit redundant with the PA text in the 3.5 PHB. There is a lot of redundant material in the various books. On a separate note: This ablity is pretty ridiculous at high/epic levels. A barbarian with a strength of 40 (16 base + 5 advances + 5 inherent + 6 enhancement + 8 from rage) gains an additional +7 damage from strength per strike when using that one handed weapon in two hands. The weapon probably does between 1 and 3.5 points less damage than a two handed martial weapon, but that makes the bonus damage still fall at +3.5 to +6. When polymorph effects are added, this ability could account for even more damage.</blockquote>