Psion said:I think the 3.5 weapon size rules are anal to a level that is out of character for D&D. And at the same time comes up with some nonsensical results. So in essence, you trade one set of head scratchers for a new set with additional bookkeeping.
Well, instead of worrying only about a weapon type which implicitly includes size, I have to give all weapons in the game a type and a size. Now all the sudden, even if a weapon is small enough for a character to wield it, I have to worry about what size it was forged for, and apply an attendant modifier for it.
JoeGKushner said:A type and size? Isn't the type determined by the weapon and in most cases,
the size determined by the typical wielder?
Just not seeing the real issue here unless you're using a massive amount of different sized races with magic weapons as most party members I've played with, don't care about mundane goods.
Could you give me an example of where the extra book keeping might become a problem? I could be misremembering, but most of the creatures in the Monster Manual usually have assigned weapons so I generally don't sweat any details there and unless I'm throwing in a unique item for one of the characters, don't generally worry about the size issue.
Psion said:But I feel like I am repeating myself.
JoeGKushner said:So I guess the real question here, is do you houserule it to 3.0 or go by the RAW?