Which weapons can switch between adjacent and reach?


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I'm looking for all the weapons which could be used to attack adjacent squares and be used a reach weapons. The one I found so far need actions for changing the grip. That could be anywhere from free to full round action. Of course I'd prefer free :-)

So far I found:
DC Kama
Metoer Hammer
Dorn Dergar
and whips

Are there other weapons like that?


Any weapon can do it by using it as an improvised weapon, though it's not ideal.

The whip can be used anywhere out to 15 feet, and can threaten out to 10 feet with some whip master feats.


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There are two options in Weapon Master's Handbook which allow this with multiple weapons;

The 'Haft Bash' weapon trick allows any polearm with reach to be used as a club until the start of your next turn.

The 'Spear Dancing Style' feat chain allows any spear or polearm to be used as a double weapon and one or both ends of any double weapon to be treated as having reach.


Ranged weapons with improved snap shot. No action required to change grip.


Paulicus wrote:

Any weapon can do it by using it as an improvised weapon, though it's not ideal.

The whip can be used anywhere out to 15 feet, and can threaten out to 10 feet with some whip master feats.

There is a fighter archetype that allows this with the -4 penalty. You can just change the reach of a weapon by saying its improvised.


Double-Chain Kama


wraithstrike wrote:
Paulicus wrote:

Any weapon can do it by using it as an improvised weapon, though it's not ideal.

The whip can be used anywhere out to 15 feet, and can threaten out to 10 feet with some whip master feats.

There is a fighter archetype that allows this with the -4 penalty. You can just change the reach of a weapon by saying its improvised.

Did you mean "can't?"

FAQ (Not that we should need one for this).

The polearm master fighter has the advantage of an immediate action, and retains magical properties and feat bonuses when doing so.

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