Sundered Weapons are BROKEN!

[AuraSeer]

Or what if you get the drop on Arnold the Barbarian who wields his Bastard Sword two-fisted and raised just behind his head like he did in the movies? You might take his head off, but you ain't reaching that weapon.

Ah, you've forgotten that there's no facing in D&D. The sword is only inaccessible from the front; from behind it's easily targeted. So just ignore your assumption that you're in front of the guy, and give that sword a whack.

 

[IceBear]

Trying to add too much realism in D&D just doesn't work

IceBear

 

[Kai Lord]

Trying to add too much realism in D&D just doesn't work

IceBear

The same holds true for having too little realism.

 

[Bastoche]

The same holds true for having too little realism.

Someone on another topic used a word I like a lot: plausible.

D&D doesn't have to be realistic (or else it would be too complicated) it has to be believable.

The standard sunder rule don't make the game unbelievable to me. Unrealistic maybe, but not unbelievable.

Suppose that the sunder feat is a feint. You provoke an attack of opportunity that allow you to sunder the weapon. That is but one ad hoc explanation for the ability (and it explains why someone without the feat suffer from that attack of opportunity...)

 

[IceBear]

Been down that path with 2 binders of house rules for AD&D. I prefer plausible over realistic anyday after that

IceBear

 

[Kai Lord]

Been down that path with 2 binders of house rules for AD&D. I prefer plausible over realistic anyday after that

Good point. Because recognizing that the official Sunder rule is among a select few that stretches the bounds of what's plausible in a fantasy setting and adjusting it accordingly is pretty much equivalent with filling two binders full of house rules.

Why does every thread that poses a simple tweak have to invoke a But where does it end??? sentiment? I'm sure its only a matter of time before someone jumps in and says, "well if you ready a Sundered action you might as well just take dragons out the game too."

 

[kreynolds]

I'm sure its only a matter of time before someone jumps in and says, "well if you ready a Sundered action you might as well just take dragons out the game too."

Damn. You beat me to it. Just kidding. Honestly, I really dig your suggestion, and wouldn't mind giving it a try either.

 

[Kai Lord]

Damn. You beat me to it. Just kidding. Honestly, I really dig your suggestion, and wouldn't mind giving it a try either.

Sweet. Now if I can just get a "What's your point?" from hong this thread will be complete.

 

[Bastoche]

Good point. Because recognizing that the official Sunder rule is among a select few that stretches the bounds of what's plausible in a fantasy setting and adjusting it accordingly is pretty much equivalent with filling two binders full of house rules.

Why does every thread that poses a simple tweak have to invoke a But where does it end??? sentiment? I'm sure its only a matter of time before someone jumps in and says, "well if you ready a Sundered action you might as well just take dragons out the game too."

Maybe because we're in the rules forum

 

[kreynolds]

Maybe because we're in the rules forum

You know...I wasn't gonna go there. Well, ok, I've done it before, but I only do that when I think the rule-change is pretty bad.