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<blockquote data-quote="Balord" data-source="post: 2596709" data-attributes="member: 22662">Personally, I think a &quot;Weapon&quot; should be defined as anything you can attack with and deal damage. A square of toilet paper obviously wouldn't count. But a tree branch or a chair definitely would, cause you could hurt someone with it. For a Tempest to be able to apply the special class AC bonus, I think he/her must be weilding one &quot;weapon&quot; in each hand, each of which can deal damage using melee attacks and/or likewise have some logical means of warding off attacks. A tempest could concievably use a longsword in his main hand and the sheath of the weapon in his off-hand as a parrying tool. I've seen this done in movies many times. (After the first few &quot;rounds&quot;, the sheath usually gets Sundered. But before that happens, the sheath proves fairly effective as an off-hand parrying device.) And to those who might argue that a sheath could not be used as a melee weapon, I disagree. Most sword-sheaths are quite sturdy. They may not be very effective as a weapon, but I'm sure you could hit someone in the face with one and deal at least 1 point of damage.I would probably think a chair a two-handed weapon, so unless it was a 'small' chair, or the Tempest was large, the Tempest would not gain any AC bonus with it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Balord, post: 2596709, member: 22662"] Personally, I think a "Weapon" should be defined as anything you can attack with and deal damage. A square of toilet paper obviously wouldn't count. But a tree branch or a chair definitely would, cause you could hurt someone with it. For a Tempest to be able to apply the special class AC bonus, I think he/her must be weilding one "weapon" in each hand, each of which can deal damage using melee attacks and/or likewise have some logical means of warding off attacks. A tempest could concievably use a longsword in his main hand and the sheath of the weapon in his off-hand as a parrying tool. I've seen this done in movies many times. (After the first few "rounds", the sheath usually gets Sundered. But before that happens, the sheath proves fairly effective as an off-hand parrying device.) And to those who might argue that a sheath could not be used as a melee weapon, I disagree. Most sword-sheaths are quite sturdy. They may not be very effective as a weapon, but I'm sure you could hit someone in the face with one and deal at least 1 point of damage. I would probably think a chair a two-handed weapon, so unless it was a 'small' chair, or the Tempest was large, the Tempest would not gain any AC bonus with it. [/QUOTE]

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