Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
White Dwarf Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Nest
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions, OSR, & D&D Variants
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
EN Publishing
Twitter
BlueSky
Facebook
Instagram
EN World
BlueSky
YouTube
Facebook
Twitter
Twitch
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions, OSR, & D&D Variants
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Upgrade your account to a Community Supporter account and remove most of the site ads.
Rocket your D&D 5E and Level Up: Advanced 5E games into space! Alpha Star Magazine Is Launching... Right Now!
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
Ranged Disarm
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Arkhandus" data-source="post: 2634493" data-attributes="member: 13966"><p>Here's an example.</p><p></p><p>Fighter Fred is shooting an arrow at Barbarian Billy's (lol) greataxe. Fighter Fred strikes the greataxe with his arrow. Now do you really think that puny arrow, with its miniscule mass, is going to wrench the axe, which is several pounds heavy, out of the barbarian's grip? Consider that normally, Fighter Fred would have some difficulty even trying to knock that axe out of Barbarian Billy's grip if Fred was wielding a halberd. Comparatively speaking, that arrow's force of impact is pathetic. It may penetrate a thin layer of armor, but it doesn't carry the same knockback factor as a warhammer or something. At best the arrow will lodge in the axe's haft or, perhaps, dent the thick axehead, neither of which is likely to carry the force necessary to wrench it out of the opponent's grasp. Unless the opponent is completely unaware and not really expecting a fight (in which case, why the hell is he even holding a weapon idly, rather than leaving it sheathed?).</p><p></p><p>Now, I'm not saying it's impossible that an arrow might be able to disarm a melee weapon, but it seems rather unlikely (then again, I'm not exactly sure what the specific force of an arrow is compared to that of a halberd or something). I'd be more inclined to believe that a throwing hammer or bola might carry the necessary raw inertial power.</p><p></p><p>Likely, the feat from CW (which is based on a feat from Dragon Magazine's issue some time ago that had an article on Robin Hood) is limited to 30 feet because a ranged weapon loses some of its momentum and force after a short distance, and because it's hard to aim for the right spot on an opponent's weapon (which is comparatively much thinner than his/her body) from any significant distance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Arkhandus, post: 2634493, member: 13966"] Here's an example. Fighter Fred is shooting an arrow at Barbarian Billy's (lol) greataxe. Fighter Fred strikes the greataxe with his arrow. Now do you really think that puny arrow, with its miniscule mass, is going to wrench the axe, which is several pounds heavy, out of the barbarian's grip? Consider that normally, Fighter Fred would have some difficulty even trying to knock that axe out of Barbarian Billy's grip if Fred was wielding a halberd. Comparatively speaking, that arrow's force of impact is pathetic. It may penetrate a thin layer of armor, but it doesn't carry the same knockback factor as a warhammer or something. At best the arrow will lodge in the axe's haft or, perhaps, dent the thick axehead, neither of which is likely to carry the force necessary to wrench it out of the opponent's grasp. Unless the opponent is completely unaware and not really expecting a fight (in which case, why the hell is he even holding a weapon idly, rather than leaving it sheathed?). Now, I'm not saying it's impossible that an arrow might be able to disarm a melee weapon, but it seems rather unlikely (then again, I'm not exactly sure what the specific force of an arrow is compared to that of a halberd or something). I'd be more inclined to believe that a throwing hammer or bola might carry the necessary raw inertial power. Likely, the feat from CW (which is based on a feat from Dragon Magazine's issue some time ago that had an article on Robin Hood) is limited to 30 feet because a ranged weapon loses some of its momentum and force after a short distance, and because it's hard to aim for the right spot on an opponent's weapon (which is comparatively much thinner than his/her body) from any significant distance. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
Ranged Disarm
Top
