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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Elder-Basilisk" data-source="post: 398422" data-attributes="member: 3146">Actually, I would imagine bows being quite effective in narrow tunnels--it's the short tunnels with low roofs that would cause a problem for bows.Similarly, while it might be difficult to use a viking style lonsword, a scythe or a saxon greataxe in such an area, a two handed sword could be used to thrust quite effectively (as it was often used in real life). I don't imagine that a cut and thrust style sword would have too many problems either. A warhammer or heavy pick would probably be usable as well. Even so, a longspear would be better than either of them.I suppose that's the difficulty with creating rules for this kind of thing based on size category or perceived damage type. Rather than going for realism in such instances, I'd just have straight categories: "you can't do that" (greataxe in a 3'x3' tunnel), it'll be difficult, -4 to hit for using a weapon in a way it's not supposed to be used (greataxe in the 3'x10' tunnel), and "no problem; I'm not going to worry about that level of realism" (greataxe in a 5'x8' tunnel).</blockquote>