Question About Godlike Stature from Eternal Defender Epic Desitiny

[Starfox]

Godlike Stature (24th level): Your size doesn’t change, but your height and weight increase to 25 percent and 100 percent above the normal range for your race, respectively. You can wield weapons as if you were one size larger, and if you are normally Medium or larger, your melee reach increases by 1 square.

My question is about the bolded part. It is very clear if you are Small. But what does it do - if anything - if you start out medium-sized?

 

[tiornys]

Two things. A large weapon has bigger damage dice than a medium version of the same weapon. And, a large creature can wield a medium two-handed weapon and treat it as a one-handed weapon. See PHB, p. 220 for details.

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edit: alternately, check out the "Weapons and Size" entry in the DDI glossary; it has the same info as the PHB.

 

[Flipguarder]

Dual wielding garrotes!

 

[Starfox]

Two things. A large weapon has bigger damage dice than a medium version of the same weapon. And, a large creature can wield a medium two-handed weapon and treat it as a one-handed weapon. See PHB, p. 220 for details..

Is this the general opinion here?

I was aware of this reading, and wondered if the consensus is that you'd get these bonuses.

 

[Flipguarder]

Is this the general opinion here?

I was aware of this reading, and wondered if the consensus is that you'd get these bonuses.

From phb: 220

Large, Huge, and Gargantuan creatures use
weapons that are specially sized for them. Each size
category larger than Medium increases the weapon’s
damage die by one size.
Large creatures can use two-handed weapons
intended for creatures one size category smaller than
themselves and treat them as one-handed weapons.

 

[DracoSuave]

Epic Defenders with reach weapons = fun.

Just sayin'.

 

[Starfox]

Because of all the hassle with Minotaurs and Goliaths not being able to use Large weapons, I tough Eternal Defenders would not do so either.

 

[DracoSuave]

Because of all the hassle with Minotaurs and Goliaths not being able to use Large weapons, I tough Eternal Defenders would not do so either.

There's a big difference tho between 'A monster manual race got balanced for players to use' and 'Epic Destiny.'

Destinies are allowed to do crazy broken stuff.

 

[Flipguarder]

starfox has a point.... if Demigod was a race choice.

yeah, for a 24th level ED, its moderately powerful.

 

[Turtlejay]

. . .and if you could already use Large weapons, this ED would grant you Huge weapons, which waves at stupid as it bolts straight to ridiculous.

Jay