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[Roland of Gilead]

what is the threat range on a spiked chain wielded by a large character?

[Ithamar]

A large character with a spiked chain would threaten all adjacent squares, as well as squares up to 20' away.

[Roland of Gilead]

Cool, I wasn't sure if it was an extra 5 or doubled. So would spears have a 15ft range?

[Ithamar]

Originally Posted by SRD

Large or larger creatures using reach weapons can strike up to double their natural reach but can’t strike at their natural reach or less.

So a large creature, say a troll, has hit creatures right next to it and up to 10' away. With a reach weapon, such as a spear, it could only hit creatures are 15' and 20' away with the spear, though it could still bite at creatures 5' and 10' away.

[Tofu]

With the chain however he could hit all area's as per spiked chains abiliteis.

[Ithamar]

That is what I said in my original post.

[DrClaeys]

Do you guys use range much here in play by post???? or is this for a face to face game?? I have played with the little hexogons, but it seems a little to strict. Now we just wing it, and tell the story, . More like 2 ed style.

thank you all for sharing.

[Ithamar]

Yeah, my groups tend to be pretty combat oriented (IRL), thus reach weapons come into play quite frequently. Here in PbP, it is not as big of an issue thus far, but in the games that rely on combat maps it can be important.