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Is there an official (or optional) rule for weapon damage vs. creatures in different size categories?
I thought I saw this rule in an official D&D 5e rulebook, but now that I'm looking for it, I can't find anywhere. I'm pretty sure it was an optional/alternative rule, like in a little sidebar in ...
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What are the rules for the size of weapons?
According to Items and Sizes Small and Medium creatures seem to be able to use Small and Medium weapons interchangeably without any penalty, and they can use Large weapons but they gain the Clumsy 1 ...
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Character size and weapons
Can a Goblin use a Greataxe, or two Battleaxes? How much damage does he do with them?
I found a section (CRB p295) about the bulk and price differences of weapons of different sizes, but not about the ...
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Does this artifact from Descent Into Avernus prove that magic weapons resize?
The accepted answer to Are there any guidelines in place governing the extent to which magic items can resize to different-sized users? only shows that "worn" magic items are supposed to resize to fit ...
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How can a tiny-sized gunslinger increase the base die when we use houserules that favor larger creatures?
I plan to go dwarf gunslinger with dual revolvers.
So in our game, size class rules have the following changes,
size classes scale closer to what an IRL human would 4' 1" is the highest end of tiny ...
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How much damage does a stolen Merrow’s harpoon do if you have Powerful Build?
Can a PC use a Merrow's Harpoon? says that a Merrow’s harpoon’s damage changes based on the PC’s size. The answer mentions that because PCs are usually medium sized that the damage changes from ...
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For a Small race using a heavy weapon, does the Enlarge spell remove disadvantage on attacks with it?
The heavy weapon property is described as follows:
A heavy weapon’s size and bulk make it too large for a Small creature to use effectively.
And in the description of the Enlarge option of the ...
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Can the "Two-Fisted Shooter" rogue feat give a Small creature the ability to use a crossbow?
Can the "Two-Fisted Shooter" rogue feat give a Small creature the ability to use a crossbow?
You can treat the hand crossbow as an off-hand weapon, and you can reload it one-handed
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Using a large dwarven waraxe as a medium creature
This question is complicated and is asking about manipulating the rules as written (RAW).
RAW states that using a weapon that is not of your size category incurs a cumulative −2 attack penalty ...
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How much damage does an Ogre's greatclub do when wielded by an Enlarged character?
If a medium-sized character picks up an Ogre's greatclub, then has Enlarge cast on them, how much damage does the greatclub do (and does the character have disadvantage with the weapon)? 2d8? 2d8+1d4,...
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Is there anything that cancels out Small creatures' disadvantage to attack when using Heavy weapons?
A party member in a D&D 5e game I'm in is playing a halfling paladin. It occurred to me (for whatever reason) to ask what weapon they were wielding, and they said their main weapon was a maul, and ...
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Smaller weapons as light weapons?
My question is simple: If, let's say, a Medium character wields a Small Rapier in his off-hand, does it count as a Light Weapon? After all, it should be easier to wield, or is it not because it is ...
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Can you make non-reach melee weapon attacks while on a Huge+ mount?
Logic would say that, if you're mounted on, say, an elephant, you wouldn't be able to swing a sword at a goblin at the elephant's feet.
But is there an official rule that allows/prevents non-reach ...
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Can creatures that are larger than Medium use two-handed weapons with one hand?
Do ogres and other Large creatures need to use weapons with the two-handed property with two hands?
As far as I can tell, the rule is for player characters, and as there is no playable race that is ...
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Can medium Sized characters use Small sized weapons?
I'm sure the question of a medium character using a large weapon was asked often here, but what about the reverse?
Say a medium sized character wanting to use a small dagger, like strictly as a ...
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