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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 5192627" data-attributes="member: 4937">Yeah, that's basically how I would run it, and I'm assuming the the DM did the 4e equivalent.There are some complexities here he seems to have hand waved for the sake of play flow.  For one, I'd think the Wyvern would get an attack of opportunity if you tried to 'grab' it like this (to say nothing about moving through its threat zone), but maybe it wouldn't work that way in 4e.  Also, I'd probably apply some sort of falling damage to both the character and the wyvern, but maybe the Wyvern was only 10' below the character or something.   Also, under my house rules, this would result in a 'clinch' so the tactical situation would be somewhat more complex (and overall better for the character that attempted this stunt), but my rules are very nonstandard as far as that goes.   From the sound of it though, the DM improvised a 'clinch' quite well.On the whole though, sounds like the DM did a really good job.   I can't fault the DM or the player.  While this kind of thing would get annoying if it was tried all the time just for the sake of trying it, there are times when a stunt is exactly the right thing to try and the game system and the DM needs to handle that accordingly.   For example, while this stunt might be a little gratuitious, pulling the same stunt when you know the Wyvern will do a coup de grace on a fallen comrade if you don't is combat RPing at its very finest IMO.</blockquote>

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