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<blockquote data-quote="Geordon" data-source="post: 6483357" data-attributes="member: 6778015">Was running a game recently, and it was my group's first real experience with combat in 5e. It went great, but I came upon a scenario that had me stumped:One of my players (lvl 1 Dwarf Barb) was attacking a charmed guard. He - like the rest of the party - had no intention of killing the guard he was squaring off with. His exact words were, &quot;I attack the guard with my sword, aiming for his quarterstaff. I want to attack his staff and render it useless, or disarm him.&quot;I've been a DM for a little over two years, entirely 4e, and this is our third 5e session and I'm embarrassed to say I was stumped. I felt as though it was an entirely reasonable action, but I came up blank on how to resolve it, or to allow it. To make the matter more complex, he's the kind of player that would definitely take advantage of that strategy in the future had it been successful (his attack missed AC, so I was saved from having to come up with a solution).Any suggestions on how I should have handled this, or any thoughts? Have I missed something in the PHB that is incredibly obvious that makes this a non-issue? If this is something I should have absolutely allowed, what's to stop him from attacking the target's weapon in every situation in the future?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Geordon, post: 6483357, member: 6778015"] Was running a game recently, and it was my group's first real experience with combat in 5e. It went great, but I came upon a scenario that had me stumped: One of my players (lvl 1 Dwarf Barb) was attacking a charmed guard. He - like the rest of the party - had no intention of killing the guard he was squaring off with. His exact words were, "I attack the guard with my sword, aiming for his quarterstaff. I want to attack his staff and render it useless, or disarm him." I've been a DM for a little over two years, entirely 4e, and this is our third 5e session and I'm embarrassed to say I was stumped. I felt as though it was an entirely reasonable action, but I came up blank on how to resolve it, or to allow it. To make the matter more complex, he's the kind of player that would definitely take advantage of that strategy in the future had it been successful (his attack missed AC, so I was saved from having to come up with a solution). Any suggestions on how I should have handled this, or any thoughts? Have I missed something in the PHB that is incredibly obvious that makes this a non-issue? If this is something I should have absolutely allowed, what's to stop him from attacking the target's weapon in every situation in the future? [/QUOTE]

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