pukunui
Legend
My players have taken a liking to the benefits of using a net to restrain nasty critters. The only problem is that their nets tend to get destroyed, either because the critter rips it up escaping or because the sorcerer burns it up with her fire magic. So they've asked me if they can get a net made out of metal.
What do you guys think? I'm willing to entertain the idea but I'm not sure how to represent a metal net mechanically. I *am* sure, however, that I don't really want to make this tactic even more effective than it already is. Restraining a creature with a net is already a powerful maneuver - you lock the victim in place, and you gain advantage on your attacks against them while it gets disadvantage on its attacks against you. Even if the creature manages to break free on the next round, that's still a whole round's worth of advantaged attacks for your allies, and the round it spends breaking free is a round it's not spending attacking you or your allies. So I'm not sure I want to give them a net that's harder to break out of or that's not flammable or whatever.
I don't want "I throw a net on it" to become the party's standard operating procedure.
To be honest, I'm not even sure how a metal net would work. I'm thinking it'd have to be a fine mesh of some kind. But this is fantasy, so it probably doesn't pay to overthink it. But anyway, it'd undoubtedly be heavier than a rope net, and so maybe it'd be more unwieldy to use effectively? I could increase the break/escape DCs but also impose disadvantage on the attack roll or something.
What do you guys think? What would you do if your players asked about having a metal net made for them?
Thanks in advance!
Cheers,
Jonathan
What do you guys think? I'm willing to entertain the idea but I'm not sure how to represent a metal net mechanically. I *am* sure, however, that I don't really want to make this tactic even more effective than it already is. Restraining a creature with a net is already a powerful maneuver - you lock the victim in place, and you gain advantage on your attacks against them while it gets disadvantage on its attacks against you. Even if the creature manages to break free on the next round, that's still a whole round's worth of advantaged attacks for your allies, and the round it spends breaking free is a round it's not spending attacking you or your allies. So I'm not sure I want to give them a net that's harder to break out of or that's not flammable or whatever.
I don't want "I throw a net on it" to become the party's standard operating procedure.
To be honest, I'm not even sure how a metal net would work. I'm thinking it'd have to be a fine mesh of some kind. But this is fantasy, so it probably doesn't pay to overthink it. But anyway, it'd undoubtedly be heavier than a rope net, and so maybe it'd be more unwieldy to use effectively? I could increase the break/escape DCs but also impose disadvantage on the attack roll or something.
What do you guys think? What would you do if your players asked about having a metal net made for them?
Thanks in advance!
Cheers,
Jonathan