Double weapon, wielding two-handed

[Ruined]

Hello All. I figure this is a simple question, but I haven't found a concrete example.

I'm creating a character wielding a double weapon. In most cases, I'll be wielding the weapon with two hands. Am I correct in that I get the x1.5 Str bonus for damage? And then I get half of my Str damage for the secondary hit?
The character has a +2 Str bonus, and the weapon deals 1d8/1d8, so what would the damage be?

Thanks for the help!

 

[Rel]

Hey, RuinedOne.

I'm pretty sure that when you attack with the weapon in "double attack" mode that you treat it as though it were 2 weapons. So you'd get full (but not 1.5) strength damage on the primary attack and 1/2 on the off hand attack. But if you opt to only do a single attack (or are forced to by virtue of already moving) then you get 1.5 strength damage with whichever end you want to use. So:

2 attacks: (1d8+2, 1d8+1)

1 attack: (1d8+3)

 

[Inari]

EDIT: Damn, you beat me to it! Well, what the other guy said ^^

 

[Rel]

EDIT: Damn, you beat me to it! Well, what the other guy said ^^

Woo! Look at me go! This is the second time I've beat another poster to the punch in the last 5 minutes! And I haven't even had my 2nd cup of coffee yet this morning.

Too bad this situation has happened to me in reverse about 500 times in past.

 

[Ruined]

Thanks guys!

 

[Darklone]

There are even some generous DMs who allow 1.5 strength bonus on AoOs... all the time, not only the rounds where the player used it as two handed weapon.