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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 7839751" data-attributes="member: 996">DMs do have unlimited license to let NPCs/Monster do whatever they want.  So whether you as a player, want arrow-cutting to be something you might come up against, the DM may well decide that someone you face is going to do it.  Or, just cast some variation on "Protection from Normal (or your archer guy's because I'm clos'n the loophole) Missiles" and, well, hey, at least in 5e you're automatically pretty good with that rapier (totally the classic side-arm of medieval archers!) anyway.At least if there's a balanced/playable established mechanic it's a little more likely the DM will just use that, and not screw you over with some absolute/arbitrary thing of his own devising.</blockquote>