Has there ever been consideration for creating a reverse monkey grip? Maybe this has already been done? The purpose of this would be to downsize characters to make wielding a one handed weapon actually more viable.

Currently you get the 1.5 str bonus only when going two handed (Aka weapons one size larger than you) but with this Reverse Monkey Grip you could get that bonus with single handed weapons. Obviously, single handed rapier users might never two hand wield their sword but other characters (Katana/Bastard sword samurai anyone?) would consider it a valuable stance.

I personally feel like a combination of this and the ACP combat styles could really open up the possibilities for people. This wouldn't make one handers overpowered but instead help bring them closer to sword/board users or true two handers, without actually being better than those two. Thoughts? This would only effectively help str based one handers, but it is a start.

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Techsmith Tokas Tokersun - http://amiaworld.net/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=88661

It's been suggested many times here and there in other threads. IIRC, the issue when we were playing around with it was that you could get the 1.5 STR mod to a one-handed weapon, but the Small Stature bonuses also stuck around for some reason, which makes it into more of a buff than just a weapon option.

Alternatively, I've wondered if we could make a custom Small Shield (invisible model with -1 AC) whose only affect would be to add 1/2 the PC's strength mod to their damage. That would provide a workable option until we could actually script something. I wouldn't suggest it as a final option because it's prohibitive to people who could use a one-hander with two hands, but can't use shields. Reminds me of something else I might post later, though.

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Ah. That is an interesting issue. The shield idea is a potentially pretty clever solution but if this would ever actually be considered we might as well wait for the proper scripted product. I know they can take those bonuses away, just like they take away select stats with the normal monkey grip as a penalty.

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Techsmith Tokas Tokersun - http://amiaworld.net/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=88661

As with the Parry thread, this falls under things that can be posted in Improving Amia when it opens again, not in General Discussion.