[House] Melee Reach

[Golthur]

I would suggest that if an opponent with a longer reach weapon readied an action to "hold his opponent at bay" - that is, threatening them whenever they tried to close without actually attacking, per se, the light-weaponed-opponent should be prevented from closing, or should, at the very least, suffer an AoO for his troubles if he attempts to do so.

I'd also suggest some sort of reduced damage for an opponent with the larger weapon if he's been engaged too closely (possibly with the exception of thrusting weapons like spears or the gladius), since he can't use the entire leverage of his weapon. Picks, despite being piercing weapons, would suffer the penalty.