Flying Blade: A flying blade is a large, crescent-shaped blade anchored to a 10-foot chain. You fight with a flying
blade by spinning it about your head or by snapping it toward an opponent. The flying blade is a clumsy weapon and receives a –2 penalty on attack rolls, but when you make attacks of opportunity provoked by movement, you receive a +2 bonus on attack rolls instead of the penalty.
I am wondering what the reach of this weapon actually is. The chain is 10 feet long but it also says the blade is large as well so I am wondering it the reach is 10 feet or 15 feet.
Also I am wondering what stops a character from shortening the chain length for closer attacks.
Flying Blade: A flying blade is a large, crescent-shaped blade anchored to a 10-foot chain. You fight with a flying
blade by spinning it about your head or by snapping it toward an opponent. The flying blade is a clumsy weapon and receives a –2 penalty on attack rolls, but when you make attacks of opportunity provoked by movement, you receive a +2 bonus on attack rolls instead of the penalty.I am wondering what the reach of this weapon actually is. The chain is 10 feet long but it also says the blade is large as well so I am wondering it the reach is 10 feet or 15 feet.
Also I am wondering what stops a character from shortening the chain length for closer attacks.
It's just flavor text. If it were actually a size Large blade, it would have capitalized, as so. It is in a fact, a large blade compared to weapons of it's type, but the blade itself is not actually Large-sized within game terms.
So would it be 10 feet then?
Flying Blade: A flying blade is a large, crescent-shaped blade anchored to a 10-foot chain. You fight with a flying
blade by spinning it about your head or by snapping it toward an opponent. The flying blade is a clumsy weapon and receives a –2 penalty on attack rolls, but when you make attacks of opportunity provoked by movement, you receive a +2 bonus on attack rolls instead of the penalty.I am wondering what the reach of this weapon actually is. The chain is 10 feet long but it also says the blade is large as well so I am wondering it the reach is 10 feet or 15 feet.
Also I am wondering what stops a character from shortening the chain length for closer attacks.
reach is a weapon property that doubles your reach, so if you have a 5 foot reach you have a 10 foot reach with a reach weapon... if you have a 10 foot reach you have a 20 foot reach with a reach weapon. Unless your character has an ability to let them use reach weapons up close it cannot be done by raw. if you take catch off guard your dm will probably let you use the part of the chain you are holding up close and the blade out further.
reach is a weapon property that doubles your reach, so if you have a 5 foot reach you have a 10 foot reach with a reach weapon... if you have a 10 foot reach you have a 20 foot reach with a reach weapon. Unless your character has an ability to let them use reach weapons up close it cannot be done by raw. if you take catch off guard your dm will probably let you use the part of the chain you are holding up close and the blade out further.Flying Blade: A flying blade is a large, crescent-shaped blade anchored to a 10-foot chain. You fight with a flying
blade by spinning it about your head or by snapping it toward an opponent. The flying blade is a clumsy weapon and receives a –2 penalty on attack rolls, but when you make attacks of opportunity provoked by movement, you receive a +2 bonus on attack rolls instead of the penalty.I am wondering what the reach of this weapon actually is. The chain is 10 feet long but it also says the blade is large as well so I am wondering it the reach is 10 feet or 15 feet.
Also I am wondering what stops a character from shortening the chain length for closer attacks.
OK then. :)