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<blockquote data-quote="frogged" data-source="post: 5356907" data-attributes="member: 75765">I'll try to answer your questions:The answer to your question is yes*, the spear end is the off-hand side.Since it has the stout property, at any time you can treat your character as either wielding a two-handed weapon, or wielding a weapon in each hand.I am not sure what you are asking when you mention extra damage. Is it possible you are using a rule from a different edition or confusing two-handed weapons with versatile weapons? There is no innate bonus to damage from wielding a two handed weapon (though there may be class features/feats/powers/etc. which might provide a bonus). There is only the weapon property &quot;versatile&quot;, which is found on one-handed weapons, that gives a bonus to damage when wielding the normally one-handed weapon in both hands.This is correct.As long as you are wielding the weapon in both hands, the defensive property applies. You are correct that since the Urgrosh counts as wielding a weapon in each hand it satisfies the defensive property requirement. The defensive property is worded that way because it can also be found on one-handed weapons.*Technically, double weapons do not have a set &quot;off-hand&quot; side, but the&nbsp; Urgrosh is a special case. Unlike most other double weapons which have&nbsp; the off-hand property on both ends, only the secondary spear end of the&nbsp; Urgrosh has the off-hand property. You normally can not wield a weapon&nbsp; in your off hand unless it has the off-hand property, so most characters&nbsp; can only wield an Urgrosh one way, with the spear in the off hand.&nbsp; However, if for some reason a character can wield non off-hand weapons&nbsp; in their off-hand, then they could choose either end of the Urgrosh as&nbsp; the &quot;off-hand side&quot;. One example of this is the Two-Blade Fighting Style&nbsp; class feature that a ranger can select, and since you mentioned your character was part Ranger I felt it might be worth it to give you the rules for this strange corner case.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="frogged, post: 5356907, member: 75765"] I'll try to answer your questions: The answer to your question is yes*, the spear end is the off-hand side. Since it has the stout property, at any time you can treat your character as either wielding a two-handed weapon, or wielding a weapon in each hand. I am not sure what you are asking when you mention extra damage. Is it possible you are using a rule from a different edition or confusing two-handed weapons with versatile weapons? There is no innate bonus to damage from wielding a two handed weapon (though there may be class features/feats/powers/etc. which might provide a bonus). There is only the weapon property "versatile", which is found on one-handed weapons, that gives a bonus to damage when wielding the normally one-handed weapon in both hands. This is correct. As long as you are wielding the weapon in both hands, the defensive property applies. You are correct that since the Urgrosh counts as wielding a weapon in each hand it satisfies the defensive property requirement. The defensive property is worded that way because it can also be found on one-handed weapons. *Technically, double weapons do not have a set "off-hand" side, but the Urgrosh is a special case. Unlike most other double weapons which have the off-hand property on both ends, only the secondary spear end of the Urgrosh has the off-hand property. You normally can not wield a weapon in your off hand unless it has the off-hand property, so most characters can only wield an Urgrosh one way, with the spear in the off hand. However, if for some reason a character can wield non off-hand weapons in their off-hand, then they could choose either end of the Urgrosh as the "off-hand side". One example of this is the Two-Blade Fighting Style class feature that a ranger can select, and since you mentioned your character was part Ranger I felt it might be worth it to give you the rules for this strange corner case. [/QUOTE]

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