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<blockquote data-quote="FrankTrollman" data-source="post: 1204468" data-attributes="member: 14225">Because the rules say they can't. The rules that you are apologizing for. The rules that don't make any sense.A one pound jagged piece of metal is small enough to be used as a light weapon by a halfling. It's also small enough to be used as a light weapon by a human.But the rules say that if a halfling can use it as a light weapon a human can't use it at all - hence the inherent and completely absurd contradiction.And for that matter, the rules say that if a human can use it as a light weapon, a halfling can only use it as a &quot;one-handed weapon&quot;. So which is it? Depending upon whether you look at that jagged piece of unworked sharp metal as an improvised weapon for a human or as an improvised weapon for a halfling - either the halfling can't use it as a light weapon or the human can't use it all.Neither choice makes any sense as it's just a sharp lump of iron. But the rules are absolute on this issue - you must choose it to be unusable as an improvised weapon by a human or have it be a non-light weapon for a halfling.-Frank</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FrankTrollman, post: 1204468, member: 14225"] Because the rules say they can't. The rules that you are apologizing for. The rules that don't make any sense. A one pound jagged piece of metal is small enough to be used as a light weapon by a halfling. It's also small enough to be used as a light weapon by a human. But the rules say that if a halfling [i]can[/i] use it as a light weapon a human [i]can't[/i] use it at all - hence the inherent and completely absurd contradiction. And for that matter, the rules say that if a human [i]can[/i] use it as a light weapon, a halfling can only use it as a "one-handed weapon". So which is it? Depending upon whether you look at that jagged piece of unworked sharp metal as an improvised weapon for a human or as an improvised weapon for a halfling - [i]either[/i] the halfling can't use it as a light weapon [i]or[/i] the human can't use it all. Neither choice makes any sense as it's just a sharp lump of iron. But the rules are absolute on this issue - you [i]must[/i] choose it to be unusable as an improvised weapon by a human or have it be a non-light weapon for a halfling. -Frank [/QUOTE]

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