Bastard sword question [Archive] - Wizards Community

Bastard sword question [Archive] - Wizards Community

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ForcedEvolution
09-05-05, 07:59 AM I was wondering. I bastard sword is a two-handed weapon when not trained with it. Does this mean that the Bastard Sword qualifies for the extra damage from power attack as if it were a two-handed weapon.

If so that would mean that a character with Exotic Weapon Proficiency (Bastard Sword) would have the option of one-handed or two-handed use with full benefits.

I would assume you don't get the extra damage because its listed as a 1-handed exotic weapon.

Just checking to see what others make of this.
Kikoskia
09-05-05, 08:38 AM As far as I know, you don't get the benefits. it is a one handed weapon.
rks
09-05-05, 08:45 AM If a bastarsword is used with two hands gives a higher bonus when power attacking. If it is used in one hand it doesn't.
Tainted Geomancer
09-05-05, 09:50 AM When wielding a two-handed weapon, or a one-handed weapon in two hands you get double the penalty to attack on damage rolls when using power attack. So a bastard sword wield in two hands as a martial or exotic gets the bonus.
zero_cool
09-05-05, 10:26 AM you get double the penalty to attack on damage rolls when using power attack.

don´t you mean double the bonus?
Thorak
09-05-05, 12:26 PM I was wondering. I bastard sword is a two-handed weapon when not trained with it. Does this mean that the Bastard Sword qualifies for the extra damage from power attack as if it were a two-handed weapon.

If so that would mean that a character with Exotic Weapon Proficiency (Bastard Sword) would have the option of one-handed or two-handed use with full benefits.

I would assume you don't get the extra damage because its listed as a 1-handed exotic weapon.

Just checking to see what others make of this.
Like the others have said, the bastard sword is a one-handed weapon. It can be wielded two-handed as a martial weapon, but that doesn't make it ever a two-handed weapon, any more than wielding a longsword two-handed does.

The text has a specific term for one-handed weapons used that way. A "one-handed weapon wielded in two hands". See the descriptions of handedness, where it describes that subsection under one-handed weapons, and Power Attack, where both two-handed weapons and one-handed weapons wielded in two hands get the doubled bonus.

So yes, you get the double bonus, but not because it's a two-handed weapon.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
ForcedEvolution 09-05-05, 07:59 AM	I was wondering. I bastard sword is a two-handed weapon when not trained with it. Does this mean that the Bastard Sword qualifies for the extra damage from power attack as if it were a two-handed weapon. If so that would mean that a character with Exotic Weapon Proficiency (Bastard Sword) would have the option of one-handed or two-handed use with full benefits. I would assume you don't get the extra damage because its listed as a 1-handed exotic weapon. Just checking to see what others make of this.
Kikoskia 09-05-05, 08:38 AM	As far as I know, you don't get the benefits. it is a one handed weapon.
rks 09-05-05, 08:45 AM	If a bastarsword is used with two hands gives a higher bonus when power attacking. If it is used in one hand it doesn't.
Tainted Geomancer 09-05-05, 09:50 AM	When wielding a two-handed weapon, or a one-handed weapon in two hands you get double the penalty to attack on damage rolls when using power attack. So a bastard sword wield in two hands as a martial or exotic gets the bonus.
zero_cool 09-05-05, 10:26 AM	you get double the penalty to attack on damage rolls when using power attack. don´t you mean double the bonus?
Thorak 09-05-05, 12:26 PM	I was wondering. I bastard sword is a two-handed weapon when not trained with it. Does this mean that the Bastard Sword qualifies for the extra damage from power attack as if it were a two-handed weapon. If so that would mean that a character with Exotic Weapon Proficiency (Bastard Sword) would have the option of one-handed or two-handed use with full benefits. I would assume you don't get the extra damage because its listed as a 1-handed exotic weapon. Just checking to see what others make of this. Like the others have said, the bastard sword is a one-handed weapon. It can be wielded two-handed as a martial weapon, but that doesn't make it ever a two-handed weapon, any more than wielding a longsword two-handed does. The text has a specific term for one-handed weapons used that way. A "one-handed weapon wielded in two hands". See the descriptions of handedness, where it describes that subsection under one-handed weapons, and Power Attack, where both two-handed weapons and one-handed weapons wielded in two hands get the doubled bonus. So yes, you get the double bonus, but not because it's a two-handed weapon.