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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 8649510" data-attributes="member: 57383">Oh, there was something else I thought worth mentioning.I kept wondering whether the Brittle Star should be injured if it sheds an arm due to brute force from an action that doesn't have a damage listed.For example, if a Storm Giant played &quot;do they love me&quot; by plucking the arms off a giant ophiuroid, as written the brittlestar won't take any damage.It also doesn't take any damage when it tears an arm off its own body!So I was thinking it could take, say 4 (1d4 + 2) damage if there's no damage listed for the attack that removes the limb. So it's doing its own Arm damage to itself when it tears the limb off.My original conclusion was that would make the Shed Arms trait too complicated as 5th Edition is supposed to be a simple ruleset. Still, it seems a bit odd!However, it'd be easy enough to include that by adding something like:If a giant brittle star loses an arm to a grapple attack or self mutilation, the brittle star takes 4 (1d4 + 2) damage or the damage rolled by the attack, whichever is higher.What do you think?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 8649510, member: 57383"] Oh, there was something else I thought worth mentioning. I kept wondering whether the Brittle Star should be injured if it sheds an arm due to brute force from an action that doesn't have a damage listed. For example, if a Storm Giant played "do they love me" by plucking the arms off a giant ophiuroid, as written the brittlestar won't take any damage. It also doesn't take any damage when it [B]tears an arm off its own body[/B]! So I was thinking it could take, say 4 (1d4 + 2) damage if there's no damage listed for the attack that removes the limb. So it's doing its own [I][B]Arm[/B][/I] damage to itself when it tears the limb off. My original conclusion was that would make the [I][B]Shed Arms[/B][/I] trait too complicated as 5th Edition is supposed to be a simple ruleset. Still, it seems a bit odd! However, it'd be easy enough to include that by adding something like: [INDENT]If a giant brittle star loses an arm to a grapple attack or self mutilation, the brittle star takes 4 (1d4 + 2) damage or the damage rolled by the attack, whichever is higher.[/INDENT] What do you think? [/QUOTE]

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