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What is wrong with that?OgreBattle wrote:It feels like a hate crime when a level appropriate dragon is killed by single digit level characters, and reminds me of that painting of a baby dragon that is hanging from a tree as adventures smile
Gary Gygax wrote:The player’s path to role-playing mastery begins with a thorough understanding of the rules of the game
Bigode wrote:I wouldn't normally make that blanket of a suggestion, but you seem to deserve it: scroll through the entire forum, read anything that looks interesting in term of design experience, then come back.
Landing on top of it might be easier, but how easy it to stay on a giant dragon with not much in the way of handhold. There isn't a specific DC for "stay on a bucking bronco" but whatever you would make up for that should be higher than 20, and the DC to stay on a dragon you can't reach around or grip in any meaningful way, with 30 times the strength of a bronco, and intelligence, and possibly the ability to snake his neck around and attack or breath fire, and the ability to literally fly up or down at 6-8 times the speed of bronco...Ice9 wrote:I think you can make the case that jumping on top of a dragon (or other big creature) should be a lot easier than putting said dragon in a full-nelson, however.
If you want to make an attack, that is fine, but making an attack is different from staying something.MGuy wrote:Whether it fucking fails on a dragon at any point in time isn't even the point. The game should be able to handle at least having it. Jumping on shit to attack is something actual animals do and for fuck sake the game should be able to handle it.
The U.S. isn't a democracy and if you think it is, you are a rube.DSMatticus wrote:Kaelik gonna kaelik. Whatcha gonna do?
Grab On
Sometimes, you want to attach yourself to a larger creature, getting inside their reach and then repeatedly stabbing them or simply weighing them down. As an attack action you may attempt to grab on to an opponent.
Grabbing on to an opponent provokes an attack of opportunity and requires a check with the same bonuses as a melee attack. The DC to grab on to an opponent is their Touch AC plus their BAB. If you have 5 ranks of Climb or Ride, you get a +2 synergy bonus on this maneuver for each skill.
Holding on: Once you've attached yourself to your opponent, you go wherever they go. Move in to their space, and move where they do automatically (this movement does not provoke attacks of opportunity or count against your movement in any way). You may attack with any light or one handed weapon, and your opponent is denied his Dexterity bonus against you.
Being Held on to: If another creature has grabbed on to your character, their weight counts against your carrying capacity. If you're overloaded, you may be unable to move or even collapse until you shake your opponent off. You can attempt to attack a creature holding on to you, but your strength modifier is halved for such attacks and your attacks are at -4. You may attempt to shake your opponent off as an attack action by making a check with a bonus equal to your melee attack or Escape Artist and a DC of 10 + the greatest of your opponent's BAB, Climb Ranks, or Ride Ranks.
Edge Options: If you have the edge on an opponent when you grab them, they may not attack you at all once you have grabbed on to them. Further, grabbing on to an opponent does not provoke an attack of opportunity.
