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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DND_Reborn" data-source="post: 8614057" data-attributes="member: 6987520">The bastard sword was a bit of a beast in AD&D! That 2d8 vs. Large opponents was huge and just a hair under the 3d6 for a two-handed sword.2E removed the table that 1E had about minimum and maximum strengths:[ATTACH=full]155926[/ATTACH]But even in 1E your gnome with Strength 18/31 would have been within the gnome male maximum.So, I say kudos on the gnome! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />FWIW, as for the size rule in 2E, we did a slightly different version. For instance, why couldn't a halfling have a "smaller" version of a glaive or other polearm? Instead of using the size rule, we adjusted the damage die down one step.A halfling or gnome could wield a two-handed sword (for them), but instead of 1d10/3d6 it did 1d8/3d4 (about the equivalent of a longsword's 1d8/1d12 used by a medium creature). We also halved the weight for the weapon.So, your gnome's bastard sword at our table would have gone from this:[ATTACH=full]155928[/ATTACH]to this: Bastard sword: cost 25 gp, weight 5 lb., size: n/a, slashing, speed 6 (2H: 8), damage: 1d6 / 1d10 (2H: 2d3 / 2d6)But, since we allowed them to use their version of a two-handed sword, you probably would have used that anyway. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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