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<blockquote data-quote="Jeff Wilder" data-source="post: 4576368" data-attributes="member: 5122">I think folks are a little confused.The Sage's answer doesn't say that a Medium creature wielding a Large reach weapon has the reach of a Large creature with a Large reach weapon, or even that of a Medium creature with a Large reach weapon's reach.&nbsp; (What does that even mean?)&nbsp; He says a Medium creature with a Large reach weapon gains the benefit of reach, even though the weapon isn't &quot;of the appropriate size.&quot;A Medium creature using a Medium longspear has 10-foot reach.&nbsp; A Medium creature using a Large longspear has 10-foot reach ... instead of, as the RAW could be read, no reach at all (because it's not an appropriately sized weapon).A Large (long) creature like a centaur is still a weird case, aesthetically, because to gain a 10-foot reach the centaur needs a Large longspear, and we're accustomed to thinking of centaurs as normal-sized humans ... just, you know, half-horse.&nbsp; But from a rules perspective, it works fine.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jeff Wilder, post: 4576368, member: 5122"] I think folks are a little confused. The Sage's answer doesn't say that a Medium creature wielding a Large reach weapon has the reach of a Large creature with a Large reach weapon, or even that of a Medium creature with a Large reach weapon's reach. (What does that even mean?) He says a Medium creature with a Large reach weapon gains the benefit of reach, even though the weapon isn't "of the appropriate size." A Medium creature using a Medium longspear has 10-foot reach. A Medium creature using a Large longspear has 10-foot reach ... instead of, as the RAW [i]could[/i] be read, no reach at all (because it's not an appropriately sized weapon). A Large (long) creature like a centaur [i]is[/i] still a weird case, aesthetically, because to gain a 10-foot reach the centaur needs a Large longspear, and we're accustomed to thinking of centaurs as normal-sized humans ... just, you know, half-horse. But from a rules perspective, it works fine. [/QUOTE]

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