Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="Riastlin" data-source="post: 5680864" data-attributes="member: 94022">Technically, per RAW, I believe your players are correct.&nbsp; I don't recall there being anything about requiring the character to run in a straight line, etc.&nbsp; Ordinarily, the limiting factor to this would be that there may well be other monsters in the area that would get OA's against a character trying to run in circles.&nbsp; That being said, I don't necessarily have a problem with a DM stepping in to say &quot;Uh guys, I realize per RAW you may be right, but c'mon man!&quot;&nbsp; Be careful though to make sure that you have good logic to back this up, that you apply this universally (i.e. to monsters too) and that there isn't some alternative explanation available.For instance, I had this come up in a game I was running.&nbsp; The paladin wanted to try to jump across a chasm, but to do so, he'd have to run parallel to it along its edge, then jump sideways because the cavern wall would be in his way.&nbsp; I ruled that he could do it and that what he was actually doing was running along the wall in a parkour or &quot;free running&quot; fashion.&nbsp; So yeah, always try to look for ways to make it work, but if there is no logical explanation then you can invoke Rule 0 if need be.One question though, what prevented the warden from simply backing up two squares then running forward to jump?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Riastlin, post: 5680864, member: 94022"] Technically, per RAW, I believe your players are correct. I don't recall there being anything about requiring the character to run in a straight line, etc. Ordinarily, the limiting factor to this would be that there may well be other monsters in the area that would get OA's against a character trying to run in circles. That being said, I don't necessarily have a problem with a DM stepping in to say "Uh guys, I realize per RAW you may be right, but c'mon man!" Be careful though to make sure that you have good logic to back this up, that you apply this universally (i.e. to monsters too) and that there isn't some alternative explanation available. For instance, I had this come up in a game I was running. The paladin wanted to try to jump across a chasm, but to do so, he'd have to run parallel to it along its edge, then jump sideways because the cavern wall would be in his way. I ruled that he could do it and that what he was actually doing was running along the wall in a parkour or "free running" fashion. So yeah, always try to look for ways to make it work, but if there is no logical explanation then you can invoke Rule 0 if need be. One question though, what prevented the warden from simply backing up two squares then running forward to jump? [/QUOTE]

Verification