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<blockquote data-quote="the Jester" data-source="post: 390706" data-attributes="member: 1210">Well, this old fogie (31) voted cool for style.&nbsp; I don't think monkey grip is very realistic; but then, in dnd, WHAT IS???Ever see a human wield a mattock/maul of the titans?The &quot;mythical&quot; figure wielding a sword bigger than him has a long tradition in my games; in the 1e days one of my campaign's main villains used a humungous weapon passed down from the distant giant ancestors he had.&nbsp; In all the pitchers I drew of him the sword was bigger than him.&nbsp; When the pcs defeated him they couldn't use it (not strong enough- he was Str 23).Nowadays there's an actual mechanic to use for this sort of thing.&nbsp; Yay!&nbsp; I don't have to arbitrarily tweak things to justify my bad guy!&nbsp; I can make them work within the rules, and- hey, check it out- pcs can do the same thing too if they want!Cool!As to realism- really, now.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="the Jester, post: 390706, member: 1210"] Well, this old fogie (31) voted cool for style. I don't think monkey grip is very realistic; but then, in dnd, WHAT IS??? Ever see a human wield a mattock/maul of the titans? The "mythical" figure wielding a sword bigger than him has a long tradition in my games; in the 1e days one of my campaign's main villains used a humungous weapon passed down from the distant giant ancestors he had. In all the pitchers I drew of him the sword was bigger than him. When the pcs defeated him they couldn't use it (not strong enough- he was Str 23). Nowadays there's an actual mechanic to use for this sort of thing. Yay! I don't have to arbitrarily tweak things to justify my bad guy! I can make them work within the rules, and- hey, check it out- pcs can do the same thing too if they want! Cool! As to realism- really, now. [/QUOTE]

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