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<blockquote data-quote="Charlaquin" data-source="post: 7836842" data-attributes="member: 6779196">Woah, now that’s pretty wild! I don’t know that a ballista bolt is going to have enough force to carry a Medium or even Small creature tied to it with a rope... If anything, it would significantly decrease how far it could go...Alright, I think I have my ruling. The ballista attack’s close range becomes the length of the rope (unless the ballista’s normal close range is already shorter than the rope), and it’s long range is triple that distance (so assuming a 50 ft. rope, the range would be 50/150). If the attack exceeds the dragon’s AC by 5, the bolt will get lodged in its body. While the character is attached to the dragon in this way, the dragon’s movement forces the character to move with it as if the character was grappled (and since the dragon is Huge, a Medium or larger creature so attached would effectively halve the dragon’s speed.) The character can climb the rope, spending 2 feet of movement for every foot, as per the usual climbing rules. The dragon can use an action or a reaction to try to buck the character off as a Strength (Athletics) vs Strength (Athletics) or Dexterity (Actobatics) contest, or it can simply use its action to attack the rope.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Charlaquin, post: 7836842, member: 6779196"] Woah, now that’s pretty wild! I don’t know that a ballista bolt is going to have enough force to carry a Medium or even Small creature tied to it with a rope... If anything, it would significantly decrease how far it could go... Alright, I think I have my ruling. The ballista attack’s close range becomes the length of the rope (unless the ballista’s normal close range is already shorter than the rope), and it’s long range is triple that distance (so assuming a 50 ft. rope, the range would be 50/150). If the attack exceeds the dragon’s AC by 5, the bolt will get lodged in its body. While the character is attached to the dragon in this way, the dragon’s movement forces the character to move with it as if the character was grappled (and since the dragon is Huge, a Medium or larger creature so attached would effectively halve the dragon’s speed.) The character can climb the rope, spending 2 feet of movement for every foot, as per the usual climbing rules. The dragon can use an action or a reaction to try to buck the character off as a Strength (Athletics) vs Strength (Athletics) or Dexterity (Actobatics) contest, or it can simply use its action to attack the rope. [/QUOTE]

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