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<blockquote data-quote="Kinematics" data-source="post: 8621548" data-attributes="member: 6932123">This doesn't seem to be in conflict. If drawing a weapon can be done as part of an attack, doing so doesn't require the use of the free action on your turn, so you can use that free action for something else.&nbsp; Drawing a weapon involves taking the weapon from a prepared location (typically a sheathe) and readying it. Picking up a weapon would involve collecting it from a non-prepared location, so doesn't get the free melding with the attack action itself.&nbsp; Thus it would require the separate object interaction in order to bring it to ready, followed by attacking with it.Regardless, retrieving the weapon as the object interaction does not prevent you from then using your normal action to attack with the weapon. Any conflict here appears to be entirely imaginary.That said, I'd probably add a condition that Take Weapon can only be used on a creature that's within 2 size categories of yourself. Otherwise the weapon is simply too large or too small to be manipulated like that and taken away (though getting the creature to simply drop the weapon still seems reasonable).Even 2 size categories is a bit of a stretch. Could a normal human take and wield a cyclops's club? Or, in the other direction, a pixie's dagger?So yeah, the maneuver seems completely reasonable against similar-sized opponents, but starts to get wonky against very large or very small creatures.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kinematics, post: 8621548, member: 6932123"] This doesn't seem to be in conflict. If drawing a weapon can be done as part of an attack, doing so doesn't require the use of the free action on your turn, so you can use that free action for something else. Drawing a weapon involves taking the weapon from a prepared location (typically a sheathe) and readying it. Picking up a weapon would involve collecting it from a non-prepared location, so doesn't get the free melding with the attack action itself. Thus it would require the separate object interaction in order to bring it to ready, followed by attacking with it. Regardless, retrieving the weapon as the object interaction does not prevent you from then using your normal action to attack with the weapon. Any conflict here appears to be entirely imaginary. That said, I'd probably add a condition that Take Weapon can only be used on a creature that's within 2 size categories of yourself. Otherwise the weapon is simply too large or too small to be manipulated like that and taken away (though getting the creature to simply drop the weapon still seems reasonable). Even 2 size categories is a bit of a stretch. Could a normal human take and wield a cyclops's club? Or, in the other direction, a pixie's dagger? So yeah, the maneuver seems completely reasonable against similar-sized opponents, but starts to get wonky against very large or very small creatures. [/QUOTE]

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