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<blockquote data-quote="Hypersmurf" data-source="post: 14176" data-attributes="member: 1656"><p>[frowns] I'm wondering if you have to assume the Reach Weapon is scaled to the size of the creature for that rule to make sense.</p><p></p><p>According to that, a Storm Giant with a Gargantuan greatsword (two steps larger than a normal greatsword - it'd have to be over ten feet long, surely?) can attack anyone from 5'-15'... but with a Large Longspear (10' long) he can attack anyone 20'-30' away, but no closer. Despite the fact that 10' long only barely reaches from his shoulder down to the head of the 6' human attacking his ankle... let alone one standing 15' away. ... and that the length of his arm plus the length of the spear only just reaches 25' - how can he attack someone standing 30' away?</p><p></p><p>When is a Reach Weapon not a Reach Weapon? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> At some point, when the size disparity between the creature and the weapon becomes too much, it must cease to be a Reach Weapon for that creature...</p><p></p><p>-Hyp.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hypersmurf, post: 14176, member: 1656"] [frowns] I'm wondering if you have to assume the Reach Weapon is scaled to the size of the creature for that rule to make sense. According to that, a Storm Giant with a Gargantuan greatsword (two steps larger than a normal greatsword - it'd have to be over ten feet long, surely?) can attack anyone from 5'-15'... but with a Large Longspear (10' long) he can attack anyone 20'-30' away, but no closer. Despite the fact that 10' long only barely reaches from his shoulder down to the head of the 6' human attacking his ankle... let alone one standing 15' away. ... and that the length of his arm plus the length of the spear only just reaches 25' - how can he attack someone standing 30' away? When is a Reach Weapon not a Reach Weapon? :) At some point, when the size disparity between the creature and the weapon becomes too much, it must cease to be a Reach Weapon for that creature... -Hyp. [/QUOTE]
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