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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gaiden" data-source="post: 842677" data-attributes="member: 103">Some food for thought:Monkey Grip would allow a character to wield a spiked chain one handed offering the opportunity to use a shield.This is (not exactly obviously) roughly equivalent to using weapon one size category larger.  In other words Monkey Grip is similar to allowing a character to wield a huge weapon two handed, or a huge spiked chain as opposed to a large one (and is in fact a common house rule).A huge spiked chain has either 10' or 15' reach (don't remember but doesn't matter for the point) and does 2d6 damage.The point - with one extra feat a spiked chain can be made to be equivalent to dealing 2d6 damage.I concede that this is at a -2 attack bonus cost and in fact is limited to shield and medium weapon type damage as opposed to large type weapon damage.  But in terms of balance, even a +1 would be a very high cost to a weapon with this ability.  I think the 4K cost was perfectly reasonable.</blockquote>