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Get one sized for a Huge character, and you can wield a huge bastard sword at a -4. I was 2 points away from one-shotting a minotaur with my 1st level barbarian once, and I didn't even crit.Īlso, here's a fun thing a Sun Blade () is the size of a bastard sword but it's as easy to wield as a short sword. Damage doesn't matter if you don't hit, and not many enemies at low levels can take a hit from a barbarian. I don't know, I'd say the 2 point on to-hit is a lot more valuable than the difference in die steps. I'm just not seeing how the penalties work out to anything worthwhile, until you get to higher levels. If she's level 1 and it's a large longsword that she's wielding in 2 hands, that's a -2 penalty in exchange for. So if she's a level 3 Titan Mauler with a large greatsword, that's a -5 penalty for an extra 3.5 damage (3d6 vs 2d6). If a weapon's designation would be changed to something other than light, one-handed, or two-handed by this alteration, the creature can't wield the weapon at all. For example, a Small creature would wield a Medium one-handed weapon as a two-handed weapon. The measure of how much effort it takes to use a weapon (whether the weapon is designated as a light, one-handed, or two-handed weapon for a particular wielder) is altered by one step for each size category of difference between the wielder's size and the size of the creature for which the weapon was designed. How do you figure that? That looks like a large-sized greatsword to me, which under normal circumstances she just couldn't wield. all the better.)Īmiri's basically trading -2 attack for an average of 2 damage, which is not a good idea. I'm looking for a character that picks up the biggest piece of steel he/she can carry and hits people with it. (I am aware of the Impact weapon property, lead blades spell, and magic items that increase the effective size of your weapon. Are there other options I've missed? Am I miscalculating how the penalties work?

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That said, a barbarian's high strength, rage boosts, and full BAB will help offset those penalties. Sure, you can use a large longsword in two hands with only a -1 penalty (and no penalty at 6th level), but that's identical to using a medium greatsword. So picking up a large-sized greatsword at level 3 gives you a -5 attack penalty? (-2-4+1) It would go to zero at 18th level, but at lower levels that seems crippling. But the penalty for wielding oversized weapons (all oversized weapons, presumably) goes down by 1, and by another 1 every 3 levels. Or -4 and -2 with a 2H weapon and a light weapon.Īt 3rd level, you can use a large 2H weapon in two hands, but get an extra -4 for oversized weapon on top of the existing -2. You could also conceivably dual-wield 2H weapons (which is getting closer), treating each as a 1H weapon, which means a -6 penalty on both attacks if I'm figuring it right (-4 for not wielding a light weapon in your off hand, -2 for oversized weapon)-pretty hefty for a 2nd level character. underwhelming? You can use a shield, sure, but you get a -2 to attack. At 2nd level, you can wield a medium-sized 2H weapon as a 1H weapon, which seems. The Titan Mauler archetype is what I'm looking at currently. Instead of 1d8 the large longsword does 2d6 damage-meaning it's exactly like wielding a medium greatsword, but with an attack penalty. So it seems like if one picked up, for example, a large-sized longsword as a medium character, they can wield it in two hands and get a -2 penalty. Given that this () is the official artwork for a barbarian in Pathfinder (and the propensity for other ridiculously oversized weapons in their artwork), there seem to be surprisingly few options. Effectively dual-wielding larger weapons would be even better. I'm looking at building a character, preferably a barbarian, who can use oversized weapons. Linked this over from the simple RAW thread.

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