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So if I'm carrying a greatsword in one hand; is it a move-action to put the other hand on the weapon to be ready to use it?
For instance:
A cleric carrying a great club just cast a spell (freeing one hand from his weapon to do so) and he moved during that round exhausting all actions - if his opponent does something that would provoke an AoO, is the cleric considered armed and threatening (reading his free hand onto his weapon as a free action)?
Or is he considered to not be threatening for the rest of the round?
Robert
He is threatening, acording to what I've seen so far. Or at least everyone assumes he is.
No, there is no RAW for letting go/replacing hand on an objec that never leaves your posession. It is essentially a free action. It's only when you have to reach (down to the ground, over to an ally 5' away, into a belt pouch, etc.) that it becomes a move action.
Right - there is a PFRPG rule for "manipulationg an object" being a move action, but other than for a few hard-core rules lawyers, releasing a hand from a two-handed weapon (and gripping it again) are not more than free actions.
However, they *are* actions, and thus can only be taken on your turn generally. Thus if you're holding a torch in one hand, and your greatsword in the other, you are not threatening, and cannot take attacks of opportunity (even though dropping a torch and gripping your weapon are both free actions).
Thus if you're holding a torch in one hand, and your greatsword in the other, you are not threatening, and cannot take attacks of opportunity (even though dropping a torch and gripping your weapon are both free actions).
Well, you're not threatening with the Greatsword. You may still threaten with the torch as an improvised light club, depending on your DM.
