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<blockquote data-quote="Hypersmurf" data-source="post: 1663457" data-attributes="member: 1656"><p>Appropriate size is only mentioned for the Large creature, though. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Savage Species actually did an almost-good job with reworking reach weapons, but 3.5 pretty much went back to the original 3E method.</p><p></p><p>If we fix the Savage Species system so it's intuitive, and convert it to 3.5, what it does is to give reach weapons a 'reach modifier'. </p><p></p><p>So a Medium reach weapon shifts a creature's natural reach out by 5 feet. A human normally threatens one square at 5'; a Medium longspear shifts that one square outwards to 10'. An ogre normally threatens two squares, at 5' and 10'; a Medium longspear shifts them one square outwards, to 10' and 15'.</p><p></p><p>A Large reach weapon shifts reach by 10'. So an ogre with a Large longspear threatens 15' and 20'. A human Monkey-Gripping a Large longspear threatens 15', but not 5' or 10'.</p><p></p><p>Tiny creatures are a special case; with Reach weapons they threaten 5', but cannot attack creatures in their own squares. A Small or larger creature with a Tiny Reach weapon treats it as not-a-Reach-weapon.</p><p></p><p>It's a more complicated system, but it handles the "What about inappropriate size?" question much better.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The 'your reach' refers to the 15', not your natural reach.</p><p></p><p>-Hyp.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hypersmurf, post: 1663457, member: 1656"] Appropriate size is only mentioned for the Large creature, though. Savage Species actually did an almost-good job with reworking reach weapons, but 3.5 pretty much went back to the original 3E method. If we fix the Savage Species system so it's intuitive, and convert it to 3.5, what it does is to give reach weapons a 'reach modifier'. So a Medium reach weapon shifts a creature's natural reach out by 5 feet. A human normally threatens one square at 5'; a Medium longspear shifts that one square outwards to 10'. An ogre normally threatens two squares, at 5' and 10'; a Medium longspear shifts them one square outwards, to 10' and 15'. A Large reach weapon shifts reach by 10'. So an ogre with a Large longspear threatens 15' and 20'. A human Monkey-Gripping a Large longspear threatens 15', but not 5' or 10'. Tiny creatures are a special case; with Reach weapons they threaten 5', but cannot attack creatures in their own squares. A Small or larger creature with a Tiny Reach weapon treats it as not-a-Reach-weapon. It's a more complicated system, but it handles the "What about inappropriate size?" question much better. The 'your reach' refers to the 15', not your natural reach. -Hyp. [/QUOTE]
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