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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The Blow Leprechaun" data-source="post: 3621827" data-attributes="member: 52540">I really didn't want to go down this path because there was an entire thread about the spiked chain recently, so I'm just going to say one thing regarding the realism of the spiked chain:Personally, I find the weapon extremely believable. There are lots of real world, historical examples of chain weapons that function mechanically the same way the spiked chain does. The real objection people have to be is some imagined spiked chain that involves people holding onto the spikey bits. Unfortunately for them, this is not how the spiked chain works, nor is it even how it is pictured in the PHB. The spiked chain as pictured in the PHB is composed of a 5' length of chain with spikes on it, a hand ring, two 2.5' lengths of spikeless chain with a hand ring in the middle, another hand ring, and a 5' length of chain with spikes.The obvious mechanic is one holds the outer hand rings, spinning the 5' lengths of chain with spikes. When one wishes to attack, one decides whether it is a close attack or a far attack. For a far attack, one releases one of the hand rings, extending the chain out to 10', with the spikey bit at the end. When one wishes to attack close, one does not release the hand ring, and instead just lashes out with the 5' of spikey chain.This mechanic is completely realistic and believable. There is nothing about it that is ridiculous. You simply spin the outer lengths of chain with spikes on the end on either side of your body, and release them using the exact same physical process utilized by numerous historical weapons.</blockquote>

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