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<blockquote data-quote="drnuncheon" data-source="post: 330087" data-attributes="member: 96">Page 125 says: &quot;You can use a double weapon to make an extra attack as if you were fighting with two weapons.&quot;&nbsp; So, obviously, you only get your 1/2 your strength bonus to the other end of the weapon (since that's how 2WF works.)Now.&nbsp; Where in the PHB do you see the option to switch from two-weapon fighting to one-weapon fighting in a single round?&nbsp; Answer: you don't. You're fighting for the entire round as if you were using two weapons - just like Power Attack or Expertise lasts for the whole round. Otherwise you'd get jokers that say &quot;OK, I'm going to attack as if my double sword was one weapon...now I'll switch and use it as a double weapon to attack with the other end...now I'll switch back to using it as a single weapon for the rest of my attacks.&quot;Since D&amp;D combat is an abstraction, this is the only thing that makes sense - it's not like batle chess, where your piece comes alive, whales on the opposition, and then freezes while other people take their turns.&nbsp; You're not hitting the guy 5 times in 1 second and then standing around picking your nose - you're making that AoO in the middle of your 6-second attack sequence.J</blockquote>

[QUOTE="drnuncheon, post: 330087, member: 96"] Page 125 says: "You can use a double weapon to make an extra attack as if you were fighting with two weapons." So, obviously, you only get your 1/2 your strength bonus to the other end of the weapon (since that's how 2WF works.) Now. Where in the PHB do you see the option to switch from two-weapon fighting to one-weapon fighting in a single round? Answer: you don't. You're fighting for the entire round as if you were using two weapons - just like Power Attack or Expertise lasts for the whole round. Otherwise you'd get jokers that say "OK, I'm going to attack as if my double sword was one weapon...now I'll switch and use it as a double weapon to attack with the other end...now I'll switch back to using it as a single weapon for the rest of my attacks." Since D&D combat is an abstraction, this is the only thing that makes sense - it's not like batle chess, where your piece comes alive, whales on the opposition, and then freezes while other people take their turns. You're not hitting the guy 5 times in 1 second and then standing around picking your nose - you're making that AoO in the middle of your 6-second attack sequence. J [/QUOTE]

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