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<blockquote data-quote="77IM" data-source="post: 8057288" data-attributes="member: 12377"><p>For over a year, I DM'd for a group with a PC bugbear who used a polearm -- reach 15 feet! It was never a problem at all. It gave the character increased mobility and sometimes allowed him to attack foes that would otherwise be surrounded, but wasn't imbalanced at all. The same player later made a bugbear rogue who would sneak-attack from 10 feet away using a dagger; again, it really wasn't a big deal. So I think reach should be fine.</p><p></p><p>I also DM'd a Large-sized giant PC for almost a year, and the 10x10 space wasn't an issue either. What <em>was</em> an issue was Larged-sized weapons, with double damage dice. I made the PC give up their "Extra Attack" ability in order to weild Large-sized double-dice weapons, which seems balanced (in fact, one attack at double dice is usually <em>weaker</em> than two attacks with normal dice), but it's still possible to abuse it with bonus-action attacks and <em>haste</em> and reaction attacks. So I'd tread carefully there. The Large-sized weapons were still not as overpowered as Great Weapon Master.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="77IM, post: 8057288, member: 12377"] For over a year, I DM'd for a group with a PC bugbear who used a polearm -- reach 15 feet! It was never a problem at all. It gave the character increased mobility and sometimes allowed him to attack foes that would otherwise be surrounded, but wasn't imbalanced at all. The same player later made a bugbear rogue who would sneak-attack from 10 feet away using a dagger; again, it really wasn't a big deal. So I think reach should be fine. I also DM'd a Large-sized giant PC for almost a year, and the 10x10 space wasn't an issue either. What [I]was[/I] an issue was Larged-sized weapons, with double damage dice. I made the PC give up their "Extra Attack" ability in order to weild Large-sized double-dice weapons, which seems balanced (in fact, one attack at double dice is usually [I]weaker[/I] than two attacks with normal dice), but it's still possible to abuse it with bonus-action attacks and [I]haste[/I] and reaction attacks. So I'd tread carefully there. The Large-sized weapons were still not as overpowered as Great Weapon Master. [/QUOTE]
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