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Sundered Weapons are BROKEN!
- Thread starter Kai Lord
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Ravellion
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In two and a half year of 3e, in my weekly campaign, I've seen two sunders, one on a PC's bow by my pet Ogre Barbarian, and one on some mooks by the PC's as an obvious show of superiority.
Does it really happen that often in the game that you feel that you need to change it?
Rav
Does it really happen that often in the game that you feel that you need to change it?
Rav
kreynolds
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Xarlen said:Kreynolds, you're the Rules Pimp. Shouldn't you...uh... Be contributing more?
Yeah, you're right. OK. After thinking about this, I would have to say "no" as to whether or not I think it's a great idea as is, mostly because it complicates a rule that I don't think is broken or needs fixing/patching/updating/reworking.
First, you run into the problem that IceBear pointed out with the archer stepping back and shooting you, you step forward and ready, the archer stepping back and shooting you, you step forward and ready, the archer stepping back and shooting you, you step forward and ready, the archer stepping back and shooting you, you step forward and ready, the archer stepping back and shooting you, you step forward and ready, etc, etc, etc. (OK. Maybe I could have shortened that a bit.
)Also, it puts a solid rule into the hands of the DM to make snap judgements about, and half the time, snap judgements aren't very reliable, IME. To take care of the snap judgement problem, you could just build a list of weapons that you can't sunder by readying an action, a list of weapons that you can't sunder at all, and a list of weapons that you can't do one or the other or either with. For me, that's a bit too much modification.
Does the house rule have potential? Absolutely. Am I still interested? You bet. Does it have drawbacks? Sure, but that doesn't automatically mean that it's implausible. YMMV.
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Kai Lord
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kreynolds said:
Does the house rule have potential? Absolutely. Am I still interested? You bet. Does it have drawbacks? Sure, but that doesn't automatically mean that it's implausible. YMMV.
What does that have to do with hong Clever Wrestling with the Barbarian's Wand of Magic Missiles before Swallowing it Whole (Ex) with a Flurry of Blows?
