Small People get Small Weapons and Armor

[Dagesh]

I have a motion I'd like to pass for implementation on BG:

Whereas small-sized characters are unable to wield medium and large weapons like medium creatures do, and
Whereas this makes small characters disadvantaged, and
Whereas, technically, small characters are supposed to have items made for their size, and
Whereas small characters have strength reduced for their size, therefore

Let it be
Resolved that all armor and weapons worn or wielded by small-sized characters have their weight reduced from 100% to 80%.

[Okan]

That would make sense in the case of size had an effect on carrying capacity, which in PnP they do.

Small characters get a decent amount of bonuses to compensate for their shortcomings already with extra AC and AB, not penalized in speed -smaller player races are designed with slower land speeds in many iterations of D&D, including 3.5- and encumbrance.

[c2k]

The only way that would work is if you add new armors and weapons templates into the game. It would be very ugly to try to give items properties based on who or what wears them.

And I don't think a halfling sized Greatsword will have the same impact as a human greatsword.

[Dagesh]

It would be easy to add an item property when something was equipped. Greatswords will never be a thing for the smallies, though.

[Blackman D]

everyone knows a halfling greatsword is just a normal longsword

[c2k]

The engine can get really buggy with item property commands, especially those that would be used a lot.

Hence its easier to just make the items and work the game around them.