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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Storyteller01" data-source="post: 3088533" data-attributes="member: 20931">Rethink that statement. The weapon is 1/4 " (inch) wide by 3/8" high. You have to maintain a light grip because you can't hold this weapon without crowding your fingures. A new born can grip your finger, which isn't much bigger than these dimensions. A small creature with half the size of a human hand (to be conservative) will have a problem gripping this why?We agreed on this, but he barely qualifies. <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=":)" /> Then you should keep looking. Kids get excited when you bring out the wooden tantos in a martials arts class. <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=":)" />Regardless, they're learning a weapon with a stadard handle vs a weapon with a pistol grip. Two completely diferent animals, and they overcome this without a problem. If they can do this, do you think a slightly smaller dagger handle will bother them?And a human overcomes all of these weight differences without penalty. Why would a creature of similar strength be suffering penalties? Small creatures have an equivalent strength to humans. You're saying that a critter that can carry an average of 60 lb for 8 hours without to much effort is going to be thrown off by 3-4 lbs? Yes, and there's a reason a machete is a different shape. And their the same length, with the machete being slightly lighter.Difine optimal scale. A japanese national in WWII would have a blade 27" long. My optimal length is 30" to 31". I own a 27" blade, and have no problems wielding it. It's actually easier to use than the 30" training blade. Am I somehow suffering penalties for having a blade 3" to 4" too short and a 1/4 lb lighter that what's optimal? A small hafling using a Medium shortsword isn't facing nearly so much a difference.</blockquote>

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