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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kjenks" data-source="post: 3008605" data-attributes="member: 12892">An over-sized reach weapon does not grant 20 ft. of reach. There's a FAQ entry on this topic:FAQ===How do reach weapons work if they are of a differentsize than the creature wielding them? Say, an ogre wieldinga Small or Medium glaive, or a human with the MonkeyGrip feat wielding a Large ranseur? What is the reach foreach situation?A reach weapon doubles its wielder’s natural reach, butonly if the weapon is at least of an appropriate size for thewielder. Wielding a "too-small" reach weapon grants no reach.An ogre (Large) wielding a Medium or smaller reachweapon gains no reach from the weapon, and could thus attackfoes either 5 feet or 10 feet distant (as normal for a Largecreature wielding a non-reach weapon).A human (Medium) wielding a Large or larger reachweapon could attack a creature 10 feet away (but no further),and could not use the weapon to attack a creature 5 feet away(as normal for a Medium creature wielding a reach weapon). Ahuman wielding a Small reach weapon would gain no reachfrom the weapon.The Player's Handbook isn't as clear on this as it could be,although an example of reach in action on page 113 in thePlayer’s Handbook provides pretty strong support: "A typicalLarge character wielding a reach weapon of the appropriatesize can attack a creature 15 or 20 feet away . . ." [italicsadded]. While this reference doesn’t mention the ability towield a reach weapon larger than the appropriate size, allowingsuch a weapon to grant reach to its wielder is a reasonableextension of the spirit and intent of the rule.===The mount's Flyby attack feat doesn't help the rider attack. There's a FAQ entry on this, too.FAQ===Suppose you have a flying mount: a griffon. What doyou have to do to use the ride-by tactic in the air or inswooping down on a target? Do you need to take the FlybyAttack feat? Or does the Ride-By Attack feat cover flyingmounts as well? For the mount to make a single attackwhen riding or flying by, does it also need to somehow gaina feat? If so, which one?If the example rider wants to make attacks while flying byfoes, she needs the Ride-By Attack feat and needs to charge(and fly) in a straight line (see the next question). For themount to attack in the same situation, it would need the FlybyAttack feat. The rider's Ride-By Attack feat won’t help themount attack, and the mount's Flyby Attack feat does not helpthe rider attack.[...]===I added the italics.</blockquote>

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