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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fieari" data-source="post: 2064696" data-attributes="member: 16221">Except that in this case, the FAQ is wrong.  Not only is it wrong, it directly contradicts the Rules as Written.  "1 handed" or "2 handed" weapons have NOTHING to do with how many hands are required to weild them.  Because a Small Greatsword (designed for a halfling) is still a 2 handed weapon even when weilded by a giant, who is holding said greatsword in one hand, perhaps even between two fingers like a toothpick.  A 2 handed weapon is and always has been a weapon DESCRIPTOR in 3.5e.  It's there so we can have greatswords made for halflings.As you quoted, all "two handed weapons" get 1.5x bonus on a powerattack.A lance is a two handed weapon.Now, as a side effect, all two handed weapons must be held in two hands.EXCEPT for the lance, if you are on horseback.  This is a noted exception for the lance and lance alone.  It's a two-handed weapon that can be weilded in one hand.  VERY clearly written.So the FAQ is wrong, dead wrong, and the only thing that will convince me otherwise is an errata that reads something like "a lance can be weilded as a one handed weapon on horseback" instead of "a lance can be weilded in one hand on horseback."Note that I'm doing this from memory, and don't have the EXACT rule quotations on me, but we've had this argument here on ENWorld often enough that I can do this by rote.Edit: (By the way, if you're offended by the concept of the FAQ being wrong, don't be.  The FAQ not only contradicts the RAW on numerous occasions, it even contradicts itself within the same document.  Just look a few threads down in this very forum to see another thread complaining about FAQ contradictions)</blockquote>

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