This started in the Akashic Mysteries thread, but I have realized its more of a psionic and general monster ability issue, so I open it up to a (slightly) wider audience:
How does the Powerful Build astral suit customization interact with the "undersized weapons" Universal Monster Rule? The centaur, drider, and lamia are exampls of creature with the undersized weapons trait (also,
While it makes sense that they cancel each other out- meaning a creature with both uses weapons of its own size without penalty- I am leaning heavily toward the armor customization replacing the universal weapon quality. This is part from the way things look in my head, and in the way the wording is in powerful build.
Side note: Ssalarn and Andreas Rönnqvist are- I think- are writers for Dreamscarred Press, and take the stacking stance; a aegis drider would wield large sized weapons without penalty. Please take this into account.
Thanks to all would help me settle this issue for my table!
I'll go ahead and crosspost my 2cp from the other thread.
Not official obviously, but I'd say Powerful Build would just up what she can naturally weild by one category. So normally she wields objects as a Medium creature, PB would up it to Large. Likewise enlarge person would make her size Huge, and also allow her to wield Large weapons. Combining both would make her Huge size and wielding Huge weapons.
Just my 2cp.
This is how I run it in my games, where my homebrew setting has both a Drider-like race and a Lamia Matriach-like Naga race as standard playable species.
Side note: Ssalarn and Andreas Rönnqvist are- I think- are writers for Dreamscarred Press, and take the stacking stance; a aegis drider would wield large sized weapons without penalty. Please take this into account.
Andreas co-owns the company and Ssalarn is a long-time fan/contributor who is now writing Akashic Mysteries. They can both safely clarify the RAI for you.
The question of what the RAW actually says remains, of course.
Side note: Ssalarn and Andreas Rönnqvist are- I think- are writers for Dreamscarred Press, and take the stacking stance; a aegis drider would wield large sized weapons without penalty. Please take this into account.Andreas co-owns the company and Ssalarn is a long-time fan/contributor who is now writing Akashic Mysteries. They can both safely clarify the RAI for you.
The question of what the RAW actually says remains, of course.
...and this is where I say "oh" followed by a bit of silence.
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And there we go. I stand corrected.