Cost of an Oversized Adamantine Scythe in the Core Campaign


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I just want to make sure I'm doing the math right. A large scythe will cost double the price of a medium scythe (2 x 18gp = 36gp), and you add +3000gp to the cost of an adamantine weapon, so an oversized large adamantine scythe will cost 3036gp total.

It's already considered masterwork for being adamantine so I don't have to pay the 300gp that normally costs. And I believe you only have to add in the +3000gp cost for adamantine once, not twice (which would be +6000gp). Even though it's an oversized weapon, you only double the cost of the base weapon itself.

Is that correct? Also, I'm not aware of any rule barring oversized weapons from being legal in CORE. This will be a hefty purchase so I just want to be sure. Thanks.

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Why are you bothering with a large scythe? It's a two-handed weapon, so the only way to wield a large one is by being large. To be large, you need to use enlarge person, which also enlarges your weapon.

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You can use a weapon larger or smaller than your size category, but you take a -2 attack penalty per size category difference. It's the same as the penalty applied to the oversized greatsword wielded by the pre-gen barbarian, and in the case of the scythe, will increase the damage from 2d4 to 2d6 as stated in the Core Rulebook.

I don't really care about the additional damage so much as the opportunity to roll d6s instead of d4s. I've crit enough times that rolling that many d4s has become onerous (some of them are read from the top of the die, others from the bottom, etc.). I don't have that many d4s whereas I already have more than enough d6s.


shaxberd wrote:

You can use a weapon larger or smaller than your size category, but you take a -2 attack penalty per size category difference. It's the same as the penalty applied to the oversized greatsword wielded by the pre-gen barbarian, and in the case of the scythe, will increase the damage from 2d4 to 2d6 as stated in the Core Rulebook.

You can not use a large two handed weapon. The blade used by Amiri is a large bastard sword which is a one-handed exotic weapon, that she uses two-handed.

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Ah. Craptastic. Okay.

But just for future reference, is my math for the cost correct? Are oversized medium weapons legal in the CORE Campaign?

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DrParty06 wrote:
Why are you bothering with a large scythe? It's a two-handed weapon, so the only way to wield a large one is by being large. To be large, you need to use enlarge person, which also enlarges your weapon.

I will be buying one of these shortly when my druid hits level 10. Large earth elementals need large weapons.


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shaxberd wrote:
But just for future reference, is my math for the cost correct?

Nobody knows. It's never been clarified.

Here's a similar question with many FAQ requests.

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