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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mvincent" data-source="post: 3040366" data-attributes="member: 27034">The 3.5 FAQ says:"You can get a host of benefits from wielding a twohandedweapon, such as 1-1/2 times your Strength bonus ondamage (and twice your damage bonus from the PowerAttack feat) and a +4 bonus on your opposed attack roll ifsomeone tries to disarm you. So when is a weapon “twohanded?”For example, a lance is a two-handed weapon,right? But you can wield it in one hand when you’remounted. Since the weapons table shows that a lance is atwo-handed weapon, I get all the two-handed benefits nomatter how I wield the lance, right?Wrong. Table 7–5 in the Player’s Handbook lists weaponsas light, one-handed, or two-handed strictly as a matter ofconvenience. These size categories are always relative to thewielder’s size, as explained in some detail in the section onweapon size on page 113 in the Player’s Handbook (also seenext question).When the combat rules speak of “two-handed” weapons,they’re referring to how the weapon is being used. A Mediumcharacter using a Medium longsword in two hands is using a“two-handed” weapon. The same character using a Mediumlance in one hand while mounted is using a one-handedweapon. Light weapons are an exception. If you wield a lightweapon in two hands you get no advantage on damage (seepage 113 in the Player’s Handbook). Likewise, you alwaystake a –4 penalty on your opposed roll when you’re wielding alight weapon in a disarm attempt (when someone tries todisarm you or you try to disarm someone) regardless ofwhether you wield it one- or two-handed."This has been the subject of long debates even before the addressed it, so the issue is obviously subject to interpretation and debate. The FAQ is intended to alleviate this. Whether anyone actually follows it is entirely up to them (unless they are in an RPGA game).I'm fairly certain that the FAQ answer was not intended to apply to hit points (and I'm fairly certain most people realize this).</blockquote>

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