Cloud Size Weapons

[The Demonologist]

Okay, so I (being incredibly rude, and my actually ever so patient DM have been arguing my weapon.

I want to swing around a huge great axe. 18 str and barbarian level 1.

Logically and RAW is this possible?

Rules as I've read state that I can use a weapon and take -2 for each size larger.

so Great Axe +5 to hit (1 BAB)

Large great axe +3

Huge +1

Thats how I read it.

Just for clarity cause I'm sure people like being rediculous

[IejirIsk]

RAW, no... I admit, I like the idea, though. You can wield a weapon 1 size larger, as a step up at a -2, but i have not seen anything to wield a larger weapon, except maybe through use of enlarge, but then it isnt oversized. and not 2H weapons, either way...

so, houserule, shuold be amusing... RAW, 'fraid not.

[bookrat]

There rules by RAW are very limited to using larger sized weapons. As a medium sized creature, you can use a one-handed large weapon in two hands. You cannot wield a two-handed large weapon. You cannot wield anything larger than that at all.

[kyrt-ryder]

Depends on whether or not you want to use 3rd party material. I can get you 3 sizes higher weapon than your base race size, but one of those sizes won't stack with Enlarge Person and its ilk (which give other benefits, so you may want to stick to +2)

[Drakkiel]

By RAW if its increased passed 2 handed or below light according to your character's size its not wield-able without some special feature...so you could not even wield a large greataxe, its a 2 handed weapon, if increased in size even by one size to large it would go above "two handed" for your character

[blackbloodtroll]

Each larger size, increases the number of hands required to wield it.

From Light, to One-handed.

From One-handed, to Two-handed.

From Two-handed, to unwieldable.

[Talonhawke]

With EWP you could wield a large battle axe in two hands. I believe that's 2d8 instead of 1d12 but someone else might know the math better.

[IejirIsk]

that sounds like the right prgression, but how you figure ewp(battleax)?

[Ninja in the Rye]

You could do it with a large Dwarven Waraxe and EWP (@ -2 for using an over sized weapon).

[Jinx Wigglesnort]

The Demonologist wrote:

Logically and RAW is this possible?

RAW-wise in Pathfinder, without the liberal application of 3rd party rules, you are unable to use a huge great axe as a medium-sized character. Now if you found a way to be a large race...

Logically, sure. There's no reason you couldn't enter combat wielding a caber, hoping that when you toss it there will be mayhem on whatever it lands upon. The larger the weapon the more negatives that should be applied, making it so you almost never hit, but when you do, holy otters does it smart.

[IejirIsk]

if you are wielding a large weapon, and get an enlarge person, you would be large wielding a huge weapon. granted, i have never seen enlarge as anything byt a tank killer, so...

[Talonhawke]

Yeah wrong weapon I always get those mixed up