Two-handed Weapons and Spellstrike

[lucesque]

So considering this below, which I found on the d20pfsrd:

What kind of action is it to remove your hand from a two-handed weapon or re-grab it with both hands?

Both are free actions. For example, a wizard wielding a quarterstaff can let go of the weapon with one hand as a free action, cast a spell as a standard action, and grasp the weapon again with that hand as a free action; this means the wizard is still able to make attacks of opportunity with the weapon (which requires using two hands).

Would it be fair to assume that a Magus using Spell Combat could attack with a weapon two-handed, switch to one-handed to cast the spell, and return to two-handed wielding after the spell is cast? I know it'd still earn the -2 penalty on all attack rolls and all that.

Does that seem right?

[Jiggy]

Your thread title refers to Spellstrike, while your post refers to Spell Combat. That makes a difference.

If you re-read Spell Combat, you'll see it carries its own special restriction on weapons used; the traditional one-handed style of the magus is not merely the result of needing a hand free.

Spellstrike, on the other hand, has no such restriction.

[Artanthos]

You can spellstrike while holding a weapon in two hands.

You cannot combine spell combat and a two-handed attack. Spell combat is a full round action that requires a free hand.

[lucesque]

Jiggy wrote:

Your thread title refers to Spellstrike, while your post refers to Spell Combat. That makes a difference.

If you re-read Spell Combat, you'll see it carries its own special restriction on weapons used; the traditional one-handed style of the magus is not merely the result of needing a hand free.

Spellstrike, on the other hand, has no such restriction.

That was my mistake. I think I had just read Spellstrike when I started the thread. My inquiry was about Spell Combat, but reading it closely makes sense that it would require a free hand.