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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hypersmurf" data-source="post: 1399717" data-attributes="member: 1656">I'd reword that - "wield it one-handed with two hands" doesn't make sense.  "Wield it (as a one-handed weapon) with two hands" by preference, or "Wield it (as a one-handed weapon) two-handed", meaning the same thing, though that one bears the unfortunate similarity to the defined term "two-handed weapon" and can (and does) lead to confusion.But yes, that's what I'm saying.  It's a one-handed weapon; it's too large to wield with one hand unless you have the EWP.  If you have no proficiency, you can wield it as you'd wield any other one-handed weapon you weren't proficient in - a -4 penalty - with the caveat that wielding it in one hand is forbidden.Yup, but it doesn't say "two-handed weapon".That's right.Let's take a human with a longsword as our control example in an opposed Disarm check.Opponent A1: Human with Medium longsword.  One-handed weapon: no bonus; no size difference: no bonus.  Relative bonus in opposed check: +0.Opponent A2: Ogre with Medium longsword.  Light weapon: -4 penalty.  One size larger than opponent: +4 bonus.  Relative bonus in opposed check: +0.It doesn't matter who's holding the longsword: against our control opponent, the relative bonus is the same.Opponent A1: Human with Medium greatsword.  Two-handed weapon: +4 bonus; no size difference: no bonus.  Relative bonus in opposed check: +4.Opponent A2: Ogre with Medium greatsword.  One-handed weapon: no penalty.  One size larger than opponent: +4 bonus.  Relative bonus in opposed check: +4.It doesn't matter who's holding the greatsword: against our control opponent, the relative bonus is the same.Well, no - firstly because it's considered a Large one-handed weapon, which has twice as many hitpoints as a Medium one-handed weapon.But it's only being treated as a Large one-handed weapon; it's definitely still a Medium two-handed weapon, because the ogre is taking a -2 penalty for inappropriate size.  If it were actually a Large weapon, he wouldn't be taking that penalty.So yes, under the Rules as Written, there is a static component.  It's always a Medium two-handed weapon, even if it's being used as an inappropriately-sized Large one-handed weapon or an inappropriately-sized Huge light weapon.Under the FAQ ruling, "one-handed weapon" and "two-handed weapon" only exist on the tables "as a matter of convenience" (!?) (and apparently sometimes don't apply even then, like the bastard sword or waraxe), because they really mean "how many hands you're using to hold the weapon".-Hyp.</blockquote>

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