Looking at FAQ'S and I see :
1) Core rulebook / Feats&skills section : Power Attack....If I use a 2h weapon in 1h do I get the +50% damage = YES
and
2) Core rulebook / Gear&Magic items section : Weapons, Two Handed in one hand....If your wielding in 1h even if normally a two-handed weapon = Treat as 1h for purpose of Str bonus and Power attack.
I haven't posted full faq's for simplicity but is it just me or are these not conflicting Answers??
(novice poster hence no links, sure some kind expert can assist)
Yes and maybe? haha
So yes, on the casual reading and generic understanding they conflict, but if you get technical about word choice then they don't, maybe.
If you use a lance while mounted you can do it in 1 hand but is still a 2H weapon. So the first applies to lances on mounts
If you are a titan mauler and can use a 2h weapon in 1h then it's counting as a 1h weapon. Applies to everything else I think
So yes, I feel it's contradicting, but above is the best I know to look at it as is. And I feel is a conservative safer view of it.
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Yes, those are conflicting. I've never needed one or the other, but I have plans to only have the one beneficial to me at the time (the one that says YES) if it ever matters to me because in the past I know I've known more about rules and FAQs than others at the table when it has mattered so no one would contend me on it especially if I provided the one (and not the other) that supported me.
No, there is no conflict. You are confusing a two-handed weapon that can be wielded in one hand by a special rule and a two-handed weapon that can be treated as a one-handed weapon in special circumstances.
The first case changes ONLY the number of hands required to wield, while the second case changes ALL aspects of the two-handed weapon to those of a one-handed weapon.
The search engine is your friend: Use it to find related threads like this one where such things are discussed.
I see how the intent is possibly to distinguish between a 2h weapon that allows its use 1handed somehow (eg. lance) and 2h weapons wielded 1handed due to an ability/feat etc that calls out "treat as a 1h weapon".
Its the wording of the FAQ reponse for weapons treated as 1h that seems poorly written and therefore contradictory. It seems to call out ALL 2h weapons used in 1h should be treated as 1h.. therefore including the lance.
I will go with the answers applying separately, but given that faq's are meant to clarify it could be clearer IMHO.