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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hypersmurf" data-source="post: 2643301" data-attributes="member: 1656">A two-handed weapon gets a +4 bonus to Disarm and Sunder checks.  A light weapon gets a -4 penalty to Disarm and Sunder checks.  This is not a penalty related to two-weapon fighting, nor is it related to Power Attack.So, if fighting with both ends of a double weapon means treating it as a one-handed weapon and a light weapon, then when you attempt to disarm someone with one end, you get no bonus, and with the other end, you take a -4 penalty.If it means treating it as a one-handed weapon and a light weapon for purposes of penalties related to two-weapon fighting and of the Power Attack feat, then when you attempt to disarm someone with one end, you get a +4 bonus, and with the other end, you also get a +4 bonus... because a quarterstaff is a two-handed weapon.An attack with a two-handed weapon adds 1.5x Str bonus to damage.  An off-hand attack adds .5x Str bonus to damage.  This is not a penalty related to two-weapon fighting, nor is it related to Power Attack.So, if fighting with both ends of a double weapon means treating it as a one-handed weapon and a light weapon, then when you attack with one end, you add Str bonus to damage, and with the other end, making an off-hand attack, you add .5x Str bonus to damage.If it means treating it as a one-handed weapon and a light weapon for purposes of penalties related to two-weapon fighting and of the Power Attack feat, then when you attack with one end, you add 1.5x Str bonus to damage (because a quarterstaff is a two-handed weapon), and with the other end, making an off-hand attack, you add .5x Str bonus to damage.  Assuming that the 'off-hand attack' rule takes precedence over the 'two-handed weapon' rule, naturally, otherwise it's 1.5x with both ends.But it isn't unprecedented... see Crossbow, Heavy, 3E PHB p100 <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=":)" />-Hyp.</blockquote>

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