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<blockquote data-quote="Li Shenron" data-source="post: 1663359" data-attributes="member: 1465"><p>Well, what I read in the SRD doesn't satisfy me very much...</p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>Notice how it makes the difference between a small/medium creature striking a 10ft but not 5ft, and a large creature striking at 20ft and 15ft but not 10ft or 5ft. It mentions "appropriate size", which may mean that if he wields a smaller reach weapon it may not increase the reach...? Also, if reach weapons "double" the natural reach, a tiny or smaller creature with natural reach 0ft simply won't benefit from its reach weapons?</p><p></p><p>Anyway, all the weapons in the SRD simply say that "you can strike opponents 10ft away", this could be because by default the description is for small/medium weapons.</p><p></p><p>But then read the whip:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The whip seems to have its own reach, it doesn't say it "triples" your reach, it just has a reach of 15ft. Furthermore, my favourite part is when it says that you can use it to strike at your own reach... so if you have reach 5ft and the whip has reach 15ft you cannot strike at 10ft? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /> That's obviously not how we play it.</p><p></p><p>I think someone spoke about treating reach weapons as adding 5ft to your minimum and maximum reach, but I don't know where this ruling comes from...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Li Shenron, post: 1663359, member: 1465"] Well, what I read in the SRD doesn't satisfy me very much... Notice how it makes the difference between a small/medium creature striking a 10ft but not 5ft, and a large creature striking at 20ft and 15ft but not 10ft or 5ft. It mentions "appropriate size", which may mean that if he wields a smaller reach weapon it may not increase the reach...? Also, if reach weapons "double" the natural reach, a tiny or smaller creature with natural reach 0ft simply won't benefit from its reach weapons? Anyway, all the weapons in the SRD simply say that "you can strike opponents 10ft away", this could be because by default the description is for small/medium weapons. But then read the whip: The whip seems to have its own reach, it doesn't say it "triples" your reach, it just has a reach of 15ft. Furthermore, my favourite part is when it says that you can use it to strike at your own reach... so if you have reach 5ft and the whip has reach 15ft you cannot strike at 10ft? :p That's obviously not how we play it. I think someone spoke about treating reach weapons as adding 5ft to your minimum and maximum reach, but I don't know where this ruling comes from... [/QUOTE]
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