Resizing Weapons

[DanMcS]

The chart in the 3.5 SRD is a little ambiguous.

1->1d2->1d3->1d4->1d6->1d8->2d6->3d6->?
But also 1d10->2d8->3d8->? and 2d10->4d8->? (And what weapon does 2d10, anyway? I guess a large monk at 20th level might need that entry.)

I suppose this was necessary to keep the damage progression, the average damages go up by half or a little less each time, as so:
1>1.5>2>2.5>3.5>4.5>7>10.5,
5.5>9>13.5,
11>18

Seems like it would have been easier to have a simpler progression.
1-d2-d3-d4-d6-d8-2d6-3d6-4d6-5d6-6d6-7d6 etc, or something that would get simpler as it went. You know?

So the question is, a greatsword for a medium user (large weapon) does 2d6. A greatsword for a large user does 3d6. A greatsword for a huge user (a giant, or whatever) does what?

 

[CRGreathouse]

4d6.

 

[Nail]

The Monster Section of the SRD has this:

Table: Increased Damage By Size

Old Damage (Each)* New Damage 
    1d2            1d3 
    1d3            1d4 
    1d4            1d6 
    1d6            1d8 
    1d8            2d6 
    1d10           2d8 
    2d6            3d6 
    2d8            3d8 
* Repeat the adjustment if the creature moves up more than one size category.

I'm not sure that's very helpful. The weapon damage table, OTOH, shows that if you move up 2 sizes, 2d6 goes to 2d10, rather than 4d6.

 

[Nail]

A Storm Giant carries a Huge-sized greatsword, which does 4d6.

Huh. Where's th' logic or table fer that?

(Boy, I'm battin' 0 fer 2 today.)

 

[Lord Pendragon]

Seems like it would have been easier to have a simpler progression.
1-d2-d3-d4-d6-d8-2d6-3d6-4d6-5d6-6d6-7d6 etc, or something that would get simpler as it went.

Isn't this the way it was in 3.0? The only problem is that it leaves out the d10 of the bastard sword. In 3.0 the bastard sword progressed from 1d10 to 2d6 (the same as the longsword), so that Large-sized bastard swords or larger were shafted in relation to the longsword.

 

[Staffan]

A Storm Giant carries a Huge-sized greatsword, which does 4d6.

Huh. Where's th' logic or table fer that?

(Boy, I'm battin' 0 fer 2 today.)

There's a more detailed table in Arms & Equipment Guide, which provides for something like six size increases/decreases from the standard damage values.