[GUIDE] The Art of Battleraging

[Markh3rd]

I know the letter of the law may say no. But it can be argued that because spiked armor is a weapon, and when battleragers use it to grapple, which does damage as a weapon (3 points), then it could be argued in this one exception when a battlerager dwarf in spiked armor uses a grapple attack, but could be reasonably considered a weapon attack instead. Anyone else in any other armor, including spiked, no. But if it can do 3 points of damage, it must be a weapon. The 3 points don't come from bad breath (or maybe it does!).

I would allow it. I mean, you grapple a target and the damage only happens once. It's not like if you maintain the grapple the target keeps taking damage. I'm not going to worry over 3 more points for example against a 156hp target. But that's me, you do what you want with it.

 

[Yunru]

If the letter of the law says no, then that's where the buck stops. Because that's the only baseline a guide can take.

 

[FrogReaver]

I know the letter of the law may say no. But it can be argued that because spiked armor is a weapon, and when battleragers use it to grapple, which does damage as a weapon (3 points), then it could be argued in this one exception when a battlerager dwarf in spiked armor uses a grapple attack, but could be reasonably considered a weapon attack instead. Anyone else in any other armor, including spiked, no. But if it can do 3 points of damage, it must be a weapon. The 3 points don't come from bad breath (or maybe it does!).

I would allow it. I mean, you grapple a target and the damage only happens once. It's not like if you maintain the grapple the target keeps taking damage. I'm not going to worry over 3 more points for example against a 156hp target. But that's me, you do what you want with it.

I can make lots of arguments like that:
You shouldn't be able to attack with a bow when an enemy is in melee range.
You should be able to use a hand crossbow and shield because you could reload with your teeth.
Any character should deal damage when they grapple and are wearing spike armor.
ETC.

For almost anything there's a reason to make a houserule about the interactions if it bothers you that much. None of those are houserules (including yours above) that I would expect many tables to use.