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<blockquote data-quote="Unkabear" data-source="post: 3377297" data-attributes="member: 39373"><p>In the midnight game that I am in the DM threw a horde of spiked chain wielding guys with levitate. That would have been worse if our party was not based around a good deal of archers. Though now we have a party and a ton of spiked chains that no one will use. I have one just in case, but with the negatives for not having the feat it is a weapon of last resort. Really we are just keeping them for barter or trade later, but I have not seen that much abuse from it.</p><p></p><p>To abuse the spiked chain you have to dedicate yourself to it and in most campaigns I have seen most people are not willing to dedicate themselves to a weapon that is hard to come by and easy to sunder. Yes you can pull cheese. But you can do that with any munchkin. And as for how it would be wielded. My wife did Color Guard for a long time and one of the flags that they used was effectively a spiked chain (minus the spikes) and they were able to have a line of these girls swinging these things around in tight formation little more than 5' apart. It is similar to a greatsword wielding fighter you swing the blade(chain) around you or close to you building momentum before letting loose. Plus in D&D and most of the rest of the games based on it suspension of belief is part of the game. I would not tell a player no unless they are the power gamer type and are building something that would detract from the fun of the other players. But that could be anything really not just the spiked chain.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Unkabear, post: 3377297, member: 39373"] In the midnight game that I am in the DM threw a horde of spiked chain wielding guys with levitate. That would have been worse if our party was not based around a good deal of archers. Though now we have a party and a ton of spiked chains that no one will use. I have one just in case, but with the negatives for not having the feat it is a weapon of last resort. Really we are just keeping them for barter or trade later, but I have not seen that much abuse from it. To abuse the spiked chain you have to dedicate yourself to it and in most campaigns I have seen most people are not willing to dedicate themselves to a weapon that is hard to come by and easy to sunder. Yes you can pull cheese. But you can do that with any munchkin. And as for how it would be wielded. My wife did Color Guard for a long time and one of the flags that they used was effectively a spiked chain (minus the spikes) and they were able to have a line of these girls swinging these things around in tight formation little more than 5' apart. It is similar to a greatsword wielding fighter you swing the blade(chain) around you or close to you building momentum before letting loose. Plus in D&D and most of the rest of the games based on it suspension of belief is part of the game. I would not tell a player no unless they are the power gamer type and are building something that would detract from the fun of the other players. But that could be anything really not just the spiked chain. [/QUOTE]
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