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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cap'n Kobold" data-source="post: 7811211" data-attributes="member: 6802951">No, I'm just making the distinction mostly between two-handed weapons and one-handed weapons used with a shield. In a line fight, two-handed weapons are generally kept with the business end aligned horizontally with the opponent and blows are mostly vertical or diagonal - precisely because swings out to the side are less practical and endanger your allies in adjacent squares.With a shield, keeping the weapon in front of you to defend yourself isn't needed, but swings are still generally coming mostly down rather than across.Off the top of my head, I can't think of any weapons that require being practically wielded in such a manner that they might endanger someone fighting next to you. Even the chonkiest of Dragonborn aren't going to be filling up a 5ft square themselves. And bluntly, I wouldn't expect many party members to use techniques that would risk hitting their allies next to them.</blockquote>