Monkey Grip

**Monkey Grip**
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Type of feat: General

Prerequisite: Base attack bonus +3, Strength 13+

Required for: None

Specifics: A character with this feat can do the following:

Equip a weapon that is one size larger than the wielder with a shield at a -2 AB penalty
Dual-wield two weapons of the same-size as the wielder with only the same dual-wield penalty as dual-wielding a weapon of the same-size as the wielder and a light weapon
Equip a ranged weapon that is two sizes larger than the wielder
Small-sized characters can equip Tower Shields at a -1 AC penalty (Can't do both 2H and Tower Shield for Small)
Tiny-sized characters can equip Large Shields at a -1 AC penalty (Can't do both 2H and Large Shield for Tiny)
A penalty to physical damage is applied which is equal to half your STR mod rounded down. This is done to negate the two-handed bonus which is still applied when single handing a 2H weapon.

The reduction uses a calculation that scales with character level. For every 5 levels it assumes +1 additional soft STR modifier for every 5 levels. This means at level 30 it is assumed a character (with +14 str mod) is at their maximum STR modifier, resulting in a max of a -7 penalty.

Use: Automatic

Notes

Large races cannot dual wield large weapons (no dual greataxes) with or without monkey grip
Whips, morningstars, and flails: can't offhand because of animations
Double-sided weapons are a thing
Main hand gets full str bonus, offhand get half rounded down
Half-orcs get Ambidexterity for free, so they essentially bypass dex requirements, since MG, TWF, and ITWF don't have dex prerequisites

Improved two-weapon fighting (adds 2nd offhand attack, reduces the penalty for both hands by 1, free on ranger 9 and if taken before then its wasted)
Dual-wield (feat) (Like having ambi + two-wep, but have to have ranger lvl 1 and light armor or less)
Ambidexterity (reduces the penalty of the off-hand weapon by 4)
Two-weapon fighting (reduces the penalty for both hands by 2)
Monkey Grip (reduces the penalty for both by 2 when offhand the same size)
Dual wield mastery (Doesn't exist anymore. Rangers get +1 at level 9 from imp twf and that is it. Posted on forums to check.)
Offhand Lighter (without a feat, reduces the penalty for both by 2 when offhand lighter)

Feats	Offhand Size	Main AB	Off AB	STR Req	DEX Req	BAB Req
None	Same	-6	-10
None	Lighter	-4	-8
Ambidexterity	Same	-6	-6		13
Ambidexterity	Lighter	-4	-4		13
Two-weapon Fighting	Same	-4	-8
Two-weapon Fighting	Lighter	-2	-6
Monkey Grip	Same	-4	-8	13		3
Monkey Grip	Lighter	-4	-8	13		3
Monkey Grip & Ambidexterity	Same	-4	-4	13	13	3
Monkey Grip & Ambidexterity	Lighter	-4	-4	13	13	3
Monkey Grip & Two-weapon Fighting	Same	-2	-6	13		3
Monkey Grip & Two-weapon Fighting	Lighter	-2	-6	13		3
Ambidexterity & Two-weapon Fighting	Same	-4	-4		13
Ambidexterity & Two-weapon Fighting	Lighter	-2	-2		13
Monkey Grip & Ambidexterity & Two-weapon Fighting	Same	-2	-2	13	13	3
Monkey Grip & Ambidexterity & Two-weapon Fighting	Lighter	-2	-2	13	13	3
Improved Two-Weapon Fighting & Ambidexterity & Two-weapon Fighting	Same	-3	-3		13	9
Improved Two-Weapon Fighting & Ambidexterity & Two-weapon Fighting	Lighter	-1	-1		13	9
Monkey Grip & Improved Two-Weapon Fighting & Ambidexterity & Two-weapon Fighting	Same	-1	-1	13	13	9
Monkey Grip & Improved Two-Weapon Fighting & Ambidexterity & Two-weapon Fighting	Lighter	-1	-1	13	13	9