ichabod
Legned
There is only a teeny little bit about underwater combat in the PHB. This leaves one point of vagueness: What exactly is underwater combat? If both the attacker and the target are underwater, it is obviously underwater combat. But what if only the target is underwater? And what if only the attacker is underwater?
Last session I ruled that if only the target is underwater, the underwater combat rules still apply. One of my players objected, feeling that the rules should only be based on the weapon, not on the full attack. This was specifically dealing with shooting arrows at fully submerged targets, but could have also applied to the guy on the shore swinging a battleaxe at a target in the water.
How would you rule in these situations?
Last session I ruled that if only the target is underwater, the underwater combat rules still apply. One of my players objected, feeling that the rules should only be based on the weapon, not on the full attack. This was specifically dealing with shooting arrows at fully submerged targets, but could have also applied to the guy on the shore swinging a battleaxe at a target in the water.
How would you rule in these situations?