Oversized weapons.


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One thing we have to remember is that the design team often leaves rules ambiguous intentionally. They want to leave room for the GM to be free to adjudicate their own interpretation without having "that's not what the rule says" thrown in their face. So, it is possible that the prices for tiny and huge weapons are part of that intention.

It is also possible they just don't think pricing of tiny/huge weapons is worth the time and effort it'll take to develop them. They do have a lot of other things to do after all. Or maybe the idea of someone employing a weapon that small or large, if you are even able to, is just too silly to waste time on. Course RPG GMs are afforded the power to decide this issue for themselves. If tiny/huge weapons is something that will bring value to your campaign, there are certainly a number of suggestions what would be a fair process for pricing said items.

This is really only an issue in PFS and even then, only if we want tiny/huge weapons to be available. Maybe PFS leadership doesn't want them, in which case there is no reason for them to price them. It is also possible that they (rightfully) consider this an RPG issue, not a PFS issue. Let the design team decide on the pricing and then they'll decide to allow the items or not.

IMHO, the addition/inclusion of tiny/huge weapons will just create more confusion with figuring out how many hands it takes to wield, what class (light, etc) a weapon belongs to, what feats/class abilities apply, etc. Not to mention the audience for these is going to extremely small. Does not seem like a responsible use of their time to develop the rules required considering the backlog of other project on the waiting list.

Grand Lodge 4/5

You really think it is that big of a rules issue?

Simple rule would be: Pricing outside of Small/Medium size is multiplied (if larger) or divided (if smaller) by 2 times the number of size categories it is from PC standards.

And, IMO, yes, rules for smaller weapons, at a minimum, are needed for the campaign, as there are intelligent, tool-using Improved Familiars who can use weapons.

Not to mention the oddball but well within the rules situation for a Titan type to get Enlarge Person cast on them, and they are using a bow, so want to have really big arrows available, so that the damage increase applies, instead of the odd "These arrows shrink when fired" rule.

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Bob Jonquet wrote:
Nefreet wrote:
Murdock Mudeater wrote:
This should really be in that PFS document somewhere.
If by "this" you mean that PFS should create a Campaign houserule for pricing larger-than-large, and smaller-than-small weapons, then I totally agree.
PFS tries really hard not to make campaign rules that conflict with existing RPG rules or create rules/clarifications that would have far-reaching ramifications outside the campaign. Sometimes it is necessary, but I do not think this is one of those times. Pricing for items not currently listed in any official publication is really the purview of the design team, not the OP development team.

Could it really possibly matter? I mean i've had 4th level characters blow 50 gp on dogsitting services. What could chump change possibly matter?

Scarab Sages

BigNorseWolf wrote:
Could it really possibly matter? I mean i've had 4th level characters blow 50 gp on dogsitting services. What could chump change possibly matter?

Agree, I don't think the base cost on weapons really matters much beyond 1st level. It's chump change most of the time.

The main cost is the weight increases for larger weapons made of special properties.

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