What weapons are safest for the fumble prone?

[Dannyalcatraz]

Unless you're fighting the Flex-SEALs Brigade...

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[was]

spiked gauntlets

 

[Janx]

spiked gauntlets

to which they will get hung up in your shirt, or poke you in the leg while you walk, or get your arm pushed into your face whilst blocking a blow, thus getting a spike in the eye.

 

[tomBitonti]

Ohoh, unarmed combat would be rather a poor choice.

Fist against steel plate sounds like a broken hand, to various degrees of "bruised" to "completely smashed" depending on the skill and strength of the blow.

Using your own appendages invites all the fumbles that involve weapon damage.

Or, fumbles where you basically impale yourself on the opponents weapon (or say, try to parry a two handed sword with your arm).

TomB

 

[was]

to which they will get hung up in your shirt, or poke you in the leg while you walk, or get your arm pushed into your face whilst blocking a blow, thus getting a spike in the eye.

You can find, or create, a situation that would rule out the use of any weapon. Unless you arm a pc with a pillow. Oh wait, there are those darn pointy feathers that may poke an eye out.

Okay, then for the ultimate klutz/Mr. Bean..Wear one spiked gauntlet on your main hand in case you get disarmed and a regular gauntlet on the other. Then buy decent armor so it doesnt get hung up in your frilly shirt or poke your awesomely tanned but overly sensitive legs. Finally use a shield to block blows instead of attempting those Zoro style parries with your blade.

If your pc is a nose picker, then stock up on eyepatches.

 

[Janx]

You can find, or create, a situation that would rule out the use of any weapon. Unless you arm a pc with a pillow. Oh wait, there are those darn pointy feathers that may poke an eye out.

Okay, then for the ultimate klutz/Mr. Bean..Wear one spiked gauntlet on your main hand in case you get disarmed and a regular gauntlet on the other. Then buy decent armor so it doesnt get hung up in your frilly shirt or poke your awesomely tanned but overly sensitive legs. Finally use a shield to block blows instead of attempting those Zoro style parries with your blade.

If your pc is a nose picker, then stock up on eyepatches.

the problem is, the point of Critical Fumbles is to Frak with your PC whenever he rolls a 1. So no matter what you got, you roll a 1, the DM describes some way your PC has become totally inept.

Obviously, there are ways people get hurt while working with chain saws and other dangerous tools.

But when working with weapons, etc, the most I've hurt myself is rapping my knuckle with an escrima. The probability of you hurting me is higher than the probability of me seriously hurting me.

But since the scenarios is What Weapon is Fumble Safe, the answer is, None.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

But when working with weapons, etc, the most I've hurt myself is rapping my knuckle with an escrima. The probability of you hurting me is higher than the probability of me seriously hurting me.

OTOH, there are countless videos of nunchaku dome or nut shots, and let's not forget the Atlanta police officer who accidentally shot himself in the foot at a school's career day.


(Sad *ahem* footnote: none of the kids so much as flinched...)

 

[Noumenon]

The only weapon you can't hurt yourself with won't hurt the enemy either.

My friend found a way around this. It's simple, you just use a brilliant weapon. The not-so-simple part is getting your character raised as an intelligent undead...