Weak str mod & 2 handed weapon damage

[jlord]

So I'm playing a wizard with a 7 str and I have my handy dandy quarterstaff, like any other cliche of a wizard. Now does my attack with said walking stick deal 1d6-2 damage or 1d6-3 damage? Not that I am ever planning to actually wield this weapon in combat, but you never know.

[StabbittyDoom]

AFAIK you only multiply or halve strength bonuses, not penalties.

[Ravingdork]

StabbittyDoom wrote:

AFAIK you only multiply or halve strength bonuses, not penalties.

That's right. It's 1d6-2. If you read the rule that says you apply your strength, it specifically says you multiply your strength bonus by 1.5, not your strength modifier.

[jlord]

thanks guys, that is what i though, but i couldn't remember and a character generator i used gave me a -3 and could not find where it stated it in the rules.

[Jim McIntyre]

Using two hands to swing a weapon increases your strength damage by 50% (+2 becomes +3 etc.), but if you have penalty to damage from strength then the penalty is reduced by 50% when using two hands.

So if you did 1d6-2 swinging it one handed you would do 1d6-1 when using two hands, because of the extra force being used with two handed swinging.

[StabbittyDoom]

Jim McIntyre wrote:

Using two hands to swing a weapon increases your strength damage by 50% (+2 becomes +3 etc.), but if you have penalty to damage from strength then the penalty is reduced by 50% when using two hands.

So if you did 1d6-2 swinging it one handed you would do 1d6-1 when using two hands, because of the extra force being used with two handed swinging.

I would like to see a source for this, if you know one. The only source I know on this issue is the equipment section that says "strength bonus" and makes no reference to what happens to a strength penalty.

Not that this isn't a reasonable modification, but I hardly feel the need to house-rule anything having to do with physical damage on a character that would obviously not normally be build for physical damage.