Large powered armor melee weapons

[Olkadan]

Do you need melee weapons specifically fitted for large individuals to use in large powered armor with its arms?

[Nefreet]

From the rules on Powered Armor:

"The weapons mounted in powered armor’s weapon slots require no hands to wield or carry as long as the armor has power, but reloading such weapons requires a free hand (unless you have an automated loader upgrade). Mounted weapons designed for a creature the size of the powered armor or smaller impose no penalty to attack rolls."

[Garretmander]

Which of course doesn't help for weapons wielded by hand instead of mounted.

My thought is that yes they would need to be sized for the size of the armor not the pilot.

[Nefreet]

Garretmander wrote:

Which of course doesn't help for weapons wielded by hand instead of mounted.

Those are specifically not wielded in hand, since your hands are on the controls.

[Nefreet]

Oh, you mean in the hands of the powered armor.

Large creatures can wield medium weapons just fine, so large powered armor hands wielding medium weapons should be fine, too:

"Weapons are built to be easily held and used by both Small and Medium creatures. Weapons can be built for use by smaller creatures but generally cost twice as much (since they require special miniaturization technology). Weapons can also be built for use by larger creatures with no increase in price. A Small or Medium creature trying to use a weapon built for a creature that is Tiny or Large suffers a –4 penalty to attack rolls. Weapons designed for creatures Diminutive or smaller, or Huge or larger, generally cannot be effectively used by Small or Medium creatures."

[Olkadan]

Oh, it really doesn't say anything about large creatures being penalized for using medium weapons. Interesting. Well, that solves it. Thanks, Nefreet!

[Furansisuco]

large weapons do more damage?
I have a Player have do a large PC . the fault is mine for allowing it, but done is done. ^_^U

[Ixal]

Size gets mostly ignored in Starfinder. A weapon my a small character does the same damage as a weapon from a large apart from any strength difference.
That is also a small nitpick I have with SF, especially for things like carry capacity, but it makes balancing large characters easier so I have to get used to it.

[Furansisuco]

me too, Thanks Ixal