Warmaster Horus
Explorer
That's pretty dumb. Can your armor be 'disarmed' as well? A spell focus, okay. A worn spell pouch? Nope.
I find my players only start exploiting things when I limit what will work.i expect them to exploit things they have tried and seen work. Not wink it away as a "one shot funny".
Even if the optional disarm rules are not used, this question could certainly come up at a table if someone is playing a Fighter, because "Disarming Attack" is one the Maneuvers that can be chosen as a Battle Master. So, I think it is worth looking at the wording of the Maneuver when considering how to adjudicate this... It specifically states that they can "attempt to disarm the target, forcing it to drop one item of your choice that it's holding"... This gives Fighters tons of interesting disarm opportunities, but it has to be something that the target is holding, not something the target is wearing.
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Just like I have to constantly fight players who want to cast spells in a clever way to get 'Subtle Spell' for free.
funny but re-using things that worked before and trying new things are not exclusive.I find my players only start exploiting things when I limit what will work.
By letting them have a good chance to do the "dumb" things like we're discussing, I seem to be achieving 2 results I value highly:
1) My players do more than just those things they know have worked before.
2) My sessions plays more like an episode of Xena: Warrior Princess.
If you want to offer something like it to others, then it has should be VERY weak in comparison. Otherwise, it wouldn't be a class-only feature requiring a limited resource to fuel.
Just like I have to constantly fight players who want to cast spells in a clever way to get 'Subtle Spell' for free.
Oh. Well then.obviously the key point was the not wink it away as a one shot.
It is gonna be fun for your wizard when kobolds will take away his component pouch.Hi,
the optional rule for Disarming says:
Usually a caster uses a component pouch (at least in our games). So, would you allow e.g. a ranged attacker to target the component pouch of a caster to shoot it off his grasp, then pick it up himself to prevent the caster from further spells?
Kind regards!