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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TheEvil" data-source="post: 1946377" data-attributes="member: 23261">Not with the D&D armor class system.  In essence since you are rolling to break past the armor, a to hit penalty can be used to reflect that you can't hit as hard.  This is why strength gives a bonus to hit as well as damage, to reflect your ability to push past defenses.  With an improperly sized weapon, you are not able to bring your full force to bear.  Your second question leads into this.Even with a weapon of the same dimensions, that hand that holds it makes a difference.  When a weapon strikes or is struck, the force is tranmitted to the hand of the wielder.  Here is where the size of the handle most comes into play: With a smaller handle, that force is distributed across a smaller area, putting a greater strain on the fingers holding it.  Too small a handle and you don't have enough hand strength to hold it.  Not to mention a fair amount of discomfort.  This is less true on a thrust, thus do the handles of thrusting weapons often have a small cross-section.  Ditto on light slashing weapons: they are not meant to give or recieve strong blows. With a larger handle, the force is distributed across a greater area, but that area isn't fully confined by the hand.  This leads to greater strain on the fingers, since the farther the force is from the restraint (fingers), the more strength it takes to hold it.  This is often even worse then trying to hold a smaller handle, as threshold for pain is a limiting factor there.  Here, lever action will often just pop the handle out of your hand.This make any sense?</blockquote>

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