Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="bogmad" data-source="post: 6098060" data-attributes="member: 6695559">Maybe, with regards to oozes, it's a consideration of &quot;how does one&nbsp; physically disadvantage a mindless, shapeless being that doesn't care&nbsp; whether you wiggle a sword in it or spread it on toast?&quot;Sure you&nbsp; can trip a guy and knock him off his feet, but why is it mechanically&nbsp; just as easy to knock said formless, mindless puddle so that it's shaken&nbsp; and has to coalesce for a turn before moving five feet in any&nbsp; direction?&nbsp; Just to save a halfling with a dagger from getting his&nbsp; feelings hurt?&nbsp; Doing all the semantic gymnastics to make&nbsp; &quot;proning&quot; an ooze makes sense is simply way more confusing than simply&nbsp; saying &quot;prone&quot; means to knock something off it's feet.&quot;&nbsp; No feet? You&nbsp; can't prone that then. Simple.Granting disadvantage to an ooze?&nbsp; Now that's more workable a concept, but a halfling with a dagger&nbsp; shouldn't be able to do that just as easily and with the same mechanism&nbsp; that he uses to knock a guy off his feet.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bogmad, post: 6098060, member: 6695559"] Maybe, with regards to oozes, it's a consideration of "how does one physically disadvantage a mindless, shapeless being that doesn't care whether you wiggle a sword in it or spread it on toast?" Sure you can trip a guy and knock him off his feet, but why is it mechanically just as easy to knock said formless, mindless puddle so that it's shaken and has to coalesce for a turn before moving five feet in any direction? Just to save a halfling with a dagger from getting his feelings hurt? Doing all the semantic gymnastics to make "proning" an ooze makes sense is simply way more confusing than simply saying "prone" means to knock something off it's feet." No feet? You can't prone that then. Simple. Granting disadvantage to an ooze? Now that's more workable a concept, but a halfling with a dagger shouldn't be able to do that just as easily and with the same mechanism that he uses to knock a guy off his feet. [/QUOTE]

Verification