MarkB
Legend
Thus my suggestion of mounting a blade on the rod when using it to slice up a ship - it prevents the ship from bringing its full mass to bear against the rod.serraphin said:I hate to be the moany rules lawer - but the ship stopping and (to an extent) giant creature stopping have a rather big flaw:
Immovable Rod:
An immovable rod can support up to 8,000 pounds before falling to the ground. If a creature pushes against an immovable rod, it must make a DC 30 Strength check to move the rod up to 10 feet in a single round.
And whilst an immovable rod won't stop a ship under sail, it should be sufficient to anchor an unpowered one in place if you should wish to do so under circumstances where dropping the anchor is impractical or undesirable.
A Behir has Strength 26. That's insufficient to succeed on the check even with a natural 20. And it may or may not weigh 8,000 lbs. Where does the 3,000 figure come from?If something's swallowed you whole, I'm guessing it's a bit big. Bigger than 8k lbs and strong enough to shrug off a DC 30+ roll. One could argue that if 3000lbs are 'pushed' against the rod in any direction, it drops.
They're also good for keeping doors open if you happen to suspect a 'sealed room' trap.Immovable rods do, however, make marvelous doorstops when you haven't got time to sprang a door and stop that horde of orcs what's chasing you![]()