Posted By dj-chuckles on 09/26/2006 7:09 PM
Balanced weapon I believe give you colassal.

Posted By Oryan77 on 09/26/2006 10:06 AM

The only question I have is what class are you using to gain the sneak attack ability? Because most of those classes are only proficient in simple weapons and a few select martial weapons. I don't know of one that grants a Great Sword proficiency.

Posted By Oryan77 on 09/26/2006 5:34 PM
Even if you can wield such a big sword by the rules, how do you travel with it? You can't exactly walk into a bar with a weapon that's bigger than the bar. You can't sheath it. If you are walking around with it in your hands 24/7 you'll just look like an idiot.

Compare the sword that the Storm Giant mini is holding to the medium sized Goliath mini. That's only a Huge sized sword and look at how much bigger it is compared to the Goliath.

You're talking about wielding a Guargantuan & Colossal sized Greatsword? At some point, I gotta tell my players to be realistic. No amount of feats can justify a medium sized character using such weapons.

There has to be some kind of rule about not being able to wield weapons that are 2 or more size categories larger than you.

Posted By Ghendar on 09/27/2006 9:00 AM

yeah, I'm curious about this as well. Does this pc have a level in rogue?

Posted By Ethandrul on 09/27/2006 1:20 PM

ok- you use a glove of storing to carry it around, then animate it with spells- like telekinesis.
but, could a rogue using telekinesis sneak attack?

Posted By Sulaco on 09/29/2006 9:29 AM
Every time you doulbe size multiple volume - and thus weight - by eight. A collossal sword would weigh 3.5 lbs x8 (large) x8 (huge) x8 (garg.) x8 (col.) for a total of 14,336 lbs.. That assumes real-world physics, though. In D&D the weight doubles for every size category, does it not? So that weapon would be only a feather-light 56 pounds rather then the truckload 14,336.

Posted By gss_000 on 10/02/2006 6:25 PM
Powerbuilding might ruin your game, and that's fine, but if their game is based around it then it's their problem and their game. I've had fun in some games being maxed out to the fullest, other games it can be a detriment and I was happy not to be as effective as I could have made the character.

Besides, this character build is epic. The spells and monsters at this stage of the game are just as rediculous in their own way, and no one complains about epic mages with the same venom as epic figter-type builds.

Let pople play the game they want to play. D&D should be inclusive for everyone to have fun the way they want to.

Posted By gss_000 on 10/03/2006 5:45 PM
Oh, I meant in no way anyone can't comment that they disagree with the idea. I'd hate to suppress comment. It was just one of the phrases hit a nerve, that certain types of play ruins the game. I've seen this kind of thread permeate other boards that I no longer post on because it was getting so elitist and I didn't want that happening here. If it was too much, I apologise.