Buddah668 wrote:
John Templeton wrote:
Mechanically it might be a no no but honestly I think you're stepping away from the Spirit of the Rules and focuing on the Letter of the Rules.
Exactly.
Mechanically speaking, I'd suspect someone is trying min/max damage with a two weapon fighter, so using the biggest hardest hitting sword fits the bill. My approach would be allow it with the large penalties, making it inefficient over the more conventional two weapon types. Still if the rolls favor the player, they'll have a great story to tell later. A -6 (-2 for the two handed primary, -4 for improvised) to hit with the primary hand is a hefty penalty to overcome, even with magic. I'd even look at tacking on an additional penalty to the secondary weapons attack rolls.
I'd also allow large creatures to wield the great sword much like a bastard sword. It makes for an interesting monster as a boss. So yes I've dealt with the main subject before.
From a role play stand point. What makes a better improvised weapon tale? Charging and ogre chieftain with a Great Sword in one hand and some other hefty weapon in the other. Or two weapon rending the barkeep in a tavern brawl with a pair of bar stools.
My interest is im building a magus with magus from crono trigger as inspiration...the obvious weapon is the scythe but magus requires a one hand free. and in my opinion if you spent all your time fighting with only that weapon youd train yourself to use it one handed at some point. from a mechanical rules pov its no but from a story pov (not trying to min/max) I believe you should be able to do it if you take weapon focus with the scythe. but its just me
