How would you use a Spiked Helm?

Zarthon

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Greetings all,

I just got a call from one of my players asking how I would ajudicate an attack with a spiked helm (basically a head butt - think Dwarven Battle Rager). Anyway I told him that a spiked helm is esentailly spiked armour, so he should run it like that.

What do you think?

BTW: What happened to the spell check function?
 

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Zarthon said:
Greetings all,

I just got a call from one of my players asking how I would ajudicate an attack with a spiked helm (basically a head butt - think Dwarven Battle Rager). Anyway I told him that a spiked helm is esentailly spiked armour, so he should run it like that.

What do you think?

BTW: What happened to the spell check function?


Seems reasonable, I'd do the same.

And I don't know where the spellchecker went. :)
 



For headbutts, treating it like spiked armor is fine. If the player wants to charge foes to skewer them in the abdomen, you could give it double damage on the charge, but the charge will provoke AoO's (since the dwarf is looking at the floor).

Slim
 


It's in RoF isn't it ? ...

It provokes an AoO when used, and gives double damage on a charge.

I'd use it in combination with power lunge ... you get the AoO anyway :D
 

Brekki said:
It's in RoF isn't it ? ...

It provokes an AoO when used, and gives double damage on a charge.

I'd use it in combination with power lunge ... you get the AoO anyway :D

Which book is RoF ?
 

Brekki said:
It's in RoF isn't it ? ...

It provokes an AoO when used, and gives double damage on a charge.

I'd use it in combination with power lunge ... you get the AoO anyway :D

My god I got it right and I've never seen the book (neither do I know what book you speak of... RoF? Races of Faerûn?)

Slim

edit: actually, I got one thing wrong, in RoF, it does 1d4 damage, not 1d6 like Armor Spikes... - Slim
 
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I'd use it to injure my neck.

All kidding aside, I'd treat it as Armor Spikes & a light weapon. I'd also say that if they use it in any circumstance other than a grapple (ie charging with their head down to impale, etc) it should provoke.
 

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