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<blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 5282461" data-attributes="member: 82106"><p>No, but notice there is no reference to lanyards being used by footsoldiers. They were popular in mounted combat and at sea where loss of the item in question was both likely and the item could not be retrieved feasibly. Presumably the same was not generally true if you were fighting on foot and there are disadvantages. It could be difficult or inconvenient to switch weapons or drop your weapon if necessary. More critically an item of that type could be taken advantage of by your opponent, become caught in something, etc. Judging from the fact that they have been rarely used by infantry I'd guess that probably means the disadvantages outweighed the advantages.</p><p></p><p>You might want to say "well, it should be up to the player to decide" except D&D doesn't model that kind of subtlety very well. The sure result is going to be everyone would rope everything they might ever want to drop to their body and you'll have a rather silly kind of situation with only some variable level of DM punishment going on to deter it (which inevitably starts arguments or makes players feel picked on). </p><p></p><p>So it is just one of those things. If a player really insisted on doing it then I guess I'd just have to cook up a situation where it might get them in trouble, but I'd hope it just won't ever come up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AbdulAlhazred, post: 5282461, member: 82106"] No, but notice there is no reference to lanyards being used by footsoldiers. They were popular in mounted combat and at sea where loss of the item in question was both likely and the item could not be retrieved feasibly. Presumably the same was not generally true if you were fighting on foot and there are disadvantages. It could be difficult or inconvenient to switch weapons or drop your weapon if necessary. More critically an item of that type could be taken advantage of by your opponent, become caught in something, etc. Judging from the fact that they have been rarely used by infantry I'd guess that probably means the disadvantages outweighed the advantages. You might want to say "well, it should be up to the player to decide" except D&D doesn't model that kind of subtlety very well. The sure result is going to be everyone would rope everything they might ever want to drop to their body and you'll have a rather silly kind of situation with only some variable level of DM punishment going on to deter it (which inevitably starts arguments or makes players feel picked on). So it is just one of those things. If a player really insisted on doing it then I guess I'd just have to cook up a situation where it might get them in trouble, but I'd hope it just won't ever come up. [/QUOTE]
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