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<blockquote data-quote="The Crimson Binome" data-source="post: 6774770" data-attributes="member: 6775031">And they immediately counteract that example by letting you retrieve multiple coins at once, proving that the number of objects is not an immutable rule. For the purposes of Object Interaction, a small number of coins is considered a single object. The question remains, whether two short swords are considered a single object for this purpose. You could make an argument, but you would have to actually argue it. It's not a given.If you can jog 30' and draw a greataxe and swing it nine times in six seconds - which nobody is disputing - then it seems oddly specific to suggest that you can't jog 30' and draw two short swords and swing them ten times in six seconds. It seems really weird that you choose that specific place to draw the line. If you'd tried to actually measure the time taken by those actions in real life, I'm inclined to believe that the latter set would be somewhat quicker. More to the point at hand, I find it difficult to believe that it takes any more time to unsheathe two scimitars than it would take to unsheathe one greatsword. Youcould come to that conclusion, if you were a computer trying to execute the rules of the game as though it was code, but that's why we have an actual DM at the table instead of an unthinking machine.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The Crimson Binome, post: 6774770, member: 6775031"] And they immediately counteract that example by letting you retrieve multiple coins at once, proving that the number of objects is not an immutable rule. For the purposes of Object Interaction, a small number of coins is considered a single object. The question remains, whether two short swords are considered a single object for this purpose. You could make an argument, but you [I]would[/I] have to actually argue it. It's not a given. If you can jog 30' [I]and[/I] draw a greataxe [I]and[/I] swing it nine times in six seconds - which nobody is disputing - then it seems oddly specific to suggest that you can't jog 30' [I]and[/I] draw two short swords [I]and[/I] swing them ten times in six seconds. It seems really weird that you choose [I]that[/I] specific place to draw the line. If you'd tried to actually measure the time taken by those actions in real life, I'm inclined to believe that the latter set would be somewhat quicker. More to the point at hand, I find it difficult to believe that it takes [I]any[/I] more time to unsheathe two scimitars than it would take to unsheathe one greatsword. You[I]could[/I] come to that conclusion, if you were a computer trying to execute the rules of the game as though it was code, but that's why we have an actual DM at the table instead of an unthinking machine. [/QUOTE]

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