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<blockquote data-quote="Deset Gled" data-source="post: 532147" data-attributes="member: 7808">I believe that, since the weapon is labeled as a medium weapon, I would have to agree that the weapon should be usable with one, facing the -4 penalty for being nonprofficient.&nbsp; However, the ruling of the FAQ would work out perfectly if the weapon was labeled &quot;large&quot; instead of &quot;medium&quot;.&nbsp; The ablility to weild a specific large weapon with one hand would makes sense with Exotic Weapon Proficiency.Basically, this is a case of dealing with a weapon that is in between the two sizes.&nbsp; When writing it into the rules, they had the option of labeling it medium, and giving it options to be used as large, or labeling it large and allowing it to be used as medium.&nbsp; With the release of the FAQ, it seems that the folks at WotC would like this weapon to be interpreted as a large weapon that can be used as a medium one under certain circumstances.&nbsp; However, in the core rules, its labeled the other way around.&nbsp;&nbsp; It is a bit of a discrepancy.&nbsp; But labeling it as medium does have a few other implications (example: disarming), so it's possible that those were the reasons it was labeled the way it is.&nbsp; Or, it could just be a mistake that will be revised eventually.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Deset Gled, post: 532147, member: 7808"] I believe that, since the weapon is labeled as a medium weapon, I would have to agree that the weapon should be usable with one, facing the -4 penalty for being nonprofficient. However, the ruling of the FAQ would work out perfectly if the weapon was labeled "large" instead of "medium". The ablility to weild a specific large weapon with one hand would makes sense with Exotic Weapon Proficiency. Basically, this is a case of dealing with a weapon that is in between the two sizes. When writing it into the rules, they had the option of labeling it medium, and giving it options to be used as large, or labeling it large and allowing it to be used as medium. With the release of the FAQ, it seems that the folks at WotC would like this weapon to be interpreted as a large weapon that can be used as a medium one under certain circumstances. However, in the core rules, its labeled the other way around. It is a bit of a discrepancy. But labeling it as medium does have a few other implications (example: disarming), so it's possible that those were the reasons it was labeled the way it is. Or, it could just be a mistake that will be revised eventually. [/QUOTE]

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