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<blockquote data-quote="JPL" data-source="post: 5021956" data-attributes="member: 1964">I'm skeptical of players' appeals to verisimilitude which, if implemented, would coincidentally confer a major game advantage to the PCs.Personally, I would have no problem with minotaurs all wielding big honking weapons, but leaving the &quot;size&quot; (in game terms) of those weapons rather indeterminate and dependent upon who is holding them.&nbsp; In other words, NPC minotaurs are using big honking axes that have the game effect of being Large weapons.&nbsp; If my PC minotaur picks one up, he can use it as though it's a Medium weapon.&nbsp; No more strange than the fact that my 50 pound halfling fighter can take more punishment that an ox.And if someone smallish picks one up, I'd most likely treat them as non-proficient for the first encounter or two, until they get the hang of what is, after all, a big honking axe.&nbsp; Just because that's cool, isn't it?&nbsp; A slender half-elf struggles to swing a huge minotaur halberd, because it's the only weapon at hand . . . but once he gets used to it, stand back.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JPL, post: 5021956, member: 1964"] I'm skeptical of players' appeals to verisimilitude which, if implemented, would coincidentally confer a major game advantage to the PCs. Personally, I would have no problem with minotaurs all wielding big honking weapons, but leaving the "size" (in game terms) of those weapons rather indeterminate and dependent upon who is holding them. In other words, NPC minotaurs are using big honking axes that have the game effect of being Large weapons. If my PC minotaur picks one up, he can use it as though it's a Medium weapon. No more strange than the fact that my 50 pound halfling fighter can take more punishment that an ox. And if someone smallish picks one up, I'd most likely treat them as non-proficient for the first encounter or two, until they get the hang of what is, after all, a big honking axe. Just because that's cool, isn't it? A slender half-elf struggles to swing a huge minotaur halberd, because it's the only weapon at hand . . . but once he gets used to it, stand back. [/QUOTE]

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