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<blockquote data-quote="The Grassy Gnoll" data-source="post: 6498268" data-attributes="member: 6788652"><p>How about...</p><p>Roll a 1: You miss and may fumble: quick, Roll d20. </p><p>Get your Level or less: phew, it's just a miss. An ugly one, but just a miss. </p><p>Roll over your Level: whoops, your weapon is tangled/embedded in the fence post/whatever (adapt to suit the locale as you see fit).</p><p>On your next turn you can EITHER spend that turn's movement/actions freeing or recovering it (and thus have Disadvantage on that turn), OR you can choose to abandon/drop the weapon and draw a new one (no Disadvantage) next turn. </p><p>Roll a natural 20: double whoops, you hit a compadre: roll damage as normal. </p><p>If you wanted to, you could say that a level 19, 20 or higher character would be so skilled they forego the hit-a-friend and only suffer the stuck weapon instead on a 20.</p><p>That way, the higher level you are, the less chance you will fumble at all, and even at lower levels you'd only have a 5% chance of accidentally stabbing your buddy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Grassy Gnoll, post: 6498268, member: 6788652"] How about... Roll a 1: You miss and may fumble: quick, Roll d20. Get your Level or less: phew, it's just a miss. An ugly one, but just a miss. Roll over your Level: whoops, your weapon is tangled/embedded in the fence post/whatever (adapt to suit the locale as you see fit). On your next turn you can EITHER spend that turn's movement/actions freeing or recovering it (and thus have Disadvantage on that turn), OR you can choose to abandon/drop the weapon and draw a new one (no Disadvantage) next turn. Roll a natural 20: double whoops, you hit a compadre: roll damage as normal. If you wanted to, you could say that a level 19, 20 or higher character would be so skilled they forego the hit-a-friend and only suffer the stuck weapon instead on a 20. That way, the higher level you are, the less chance you will fumble at all, and even at lower levels you'd only have a 5% chance of accidentally stabbing your buddy. [/QUOTE]
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