"Opposable" was a magic weapon/armor modifier introduced in MotW to allow creatures without opposable thumbs to wield weapons and shields.
This is useful as a Druid. However, I think it would be more useful for my animal companion (panda -- use stats for black bear minus the swim skills). Could a bear theoretically push around a tower shield if it attached to its forearm magically?
Admittedly, without a shield proficiency feat, you'd be taking a pretty hard armor check penalty for the bear when doing *anything*...but if you're standing behind a bear with a tower shield, you don't need the bear to do much but soak some blows into the shield.
Plausible? Would you let it happen as a trained trick? As one of the new bonus 3.5 tricks? How about if you used a trick to stand it on its hind legs, the second to push the shield? From a min/max standpoint, does this sound stupid? (from a RP standpoint, it tickles the hell out of me)
Just curious.
This is useful as a Druid. However, I think it would be more useful for my animal companion (panda -- use stats for black bear minus the swim skills). Could a bear theoretically push around a tower shield if it attached to its forearm magically?
Admittedly, without a shield proficiency feat, you'd be taking a pretty hard armor check penalty for the bear when doing *anything*...but if you're standing behind a bear with a tower shield, you don't need the bear to do much but soak some blows into the shield.
Plausible? Would you let it happen as a trained trick? As one of the new bonus 3.5 tricks? How about if you used a trick to stand it on its hind legs, the second to push the shield? From a min/max standpoint, does this sound stupid? (from a RP standpoint, it tickles the hell out of me)
Just curious.
