Small lance and shield, threatened area, attacks of opportunity.

[GoldfishBowl]

I'm not parsing everything very well, so I'll ask the experts.

I'm a small cavalier riding a medium mount. I'm using the lance one handed and wearing a shield.

I guess my first question is would a Small sized lance still have reach? My group imagines so, a lance sized even for a Gnome could be well over 5 feet.

Assuming I do in fact have reach... With the lance I threaten not adjacent, but ten feet out. Would I also threaten adjacent with a shield bash? What would my penalties be?

If I had a longsword and a dagger and attacked with only the longsword on my turn, would I be considered 'Two Weapon Fighting' if I later took an attack of opportunity using the dagger?

[Blakmane]

a) yes, you still have reach.

b) you do not threaten adjacent with the lance, yes. You could threaten with a shield bash, yes, but you would lose the shield bonus to AC until the end of your next turn unless you have the relevant feat. You could also threaten with armour spikes.

c)no, you are not considered 'two weapon fighting' except when you are specifically taking the two weapon fighting full attack action. For example, you could TWF on your turn (with the relevant penalties) and then make an attack of opportunity later with either one of your weapons, with no TWF penalty.

[Nefreet]

GoldfishBowl wrote:

would a Small sized lance still have reach?

Yes. Both Small-sized reach weapons and Medium-sized reach weapons have the same reach. Once you go smaller than Small or larger than Medium the reach begins to change.

GoldfishBowl wrote:

Would I also threaten adjacent with a shield bash?

Indeed.

GoldfishBowl wrote:

What would my penalties be?

None.

GoldfishBowl wrote:

If I had a longsword and a dagger and attacked with only the longsword on my turn, would I be considered 'Two Weapon Fighting' if I later took an attack of opportunity using the dagger?

Nope.

[Gwen Smith]

GoldfishBowl wrote:

I'm not parsing everything very well, so I'll ask the experts.

I'm a small cavalier riding a medium mount. I'm using the lance one handed and wearing a shield.

I guess my first question is would a Small sized lance still have reach? My group imagines so, a lance sized even for a Gnome could be well over 5 feet.

Assuming I do in fact have reach... With the lance I threaten not adjacent, but ten feet out. Would I also threaten adjacent with a shield bash? What would my penalties be?

If I had a longsword and a dagger and attacked with only the longsword on my turn, would I be considered 'Two Weapon Fighting' if I later took an attack of opportunity using the dagger?

1) Small reach weapons have the same reach as medium reach weapon, so your lance reaches 10 ft.

2) Correct, you do not threaten adjacent with the lance. You should threaten adjacent with the shield bash (but you might need shield spikes for this).

3) No--you are only "two weapon fighting" if you take an extra attack on your turn.