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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hypersmurf" data-source="post: 3087906" data-attributes="member: 1656">Not at all.  And if we were to take Lidda using that human weapon and use the 3.5 rules, she'd take the -2 penalty.If it bothers you in 3.5, use the variant rule in the DMG.The difference between 3E and 3.5 is not the scale; the difference in 3.5 is that we say because of the scale, a penalty is incurred.I don't disagree.  I think it makes more sense to say "This is what a Medium weapon looks like to something proportionately half the size of a human", and say "Does that look comfortable?"When I look at the wakizashi designed for a creature twice as large as me, I can say "No, it doesn't look comfortable".  And if someone says it looks fine, I call shenanigans.Right.  It's an illustration of the effect of the 3E weapon size system, that allows a human wizard to wield a Large dagger (designed for a Gargantuan creature) with proficiency, and at no penalty.Even in 3E, the flavour text (and even some of the mechanics) disagreed with you.The Fullblade went through three versions - Sword and Fist first printing, Sword and Fist second printing, and Arms and Equipment Guide.  In one of those (S&F 2nd), it stated that the weapon was too large for a Medium creature to wield!Fullblade: A fullblade is 18 inches longer than a greatsword, and is too large for a Medium-size creature to use at all. A Large creature could use the fullblade with one hand, but would suffer the standard –4 nonproficiency penalty to its attack rolls, or with two hands as a martial weapon. A Large creature with the Exotic Weapon proficiency could use the fullblade in one hand with no penalty. A fullblade is also called an ogre’s greatsword.In the other two versions, a Medium creature could use it with the EWP.But it was not designed for Medium creatures.  The ogre is Large; a weapon named "Ogre's" anything is one designed for Large creatures.  And a weapon made for a Medium creature wouldn't be errata'd to say "Medium creatures cannot use this at all".-Hyp.</blockquote>

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