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How much protection would a floating disk spell provide?
in a recent game game i had my party pinned down by from above by archers and other monsters throwing rocks they needed to get to a door 30 feet away that was locked .
The party mage surgested that he could cast floating disk then the party rouge (A gnome) could walk underneth it and use it as a shield the spell discription gives no stats for it so i was at a bit of a loss as what to do .
any thoughts or suggestions
The GM's Best Friend, +2 bonus. And I think that's being gracious (as a reward for an innovative solution).
-Skeld
GM-discretion, I would however grant full cover, like holding a tower shield over your head, however heavy bolders would max out the limit very fast as I would count in weight and velocity to calculate actual weight.
How much protection would a floating disk spell provide?
in a recent game game i had my party pinned down by from above by archers and other monsters throwing rocks they needed to get to a door 30 feet away that was locked .
The party mage surgested that he could cast floating disk then the party rouge (A gnome) could walk underneth it and use it as a shield the spell discription gives no stats for it so i was at a bit of a loss as what to do .
any thoughts or suggestions
I'd do 0 shield bonus but allow it to provide cover. Perhaps a 50% concealment?
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Because this isn't really a use described in the book, here's the impromptu GM ruling I'd probably make if this suddenly came up in my game.
The disk floats 3 feet off the ground so the gnome is going to have to be pretty short to walk underneath it without ducking his head or scrunching down. Still, I don't think it would affect his movement unless he's tall for a gnome, in which case I might penalize him, like, 5 feet of movement for every 40 (still not bad and not enough to slow his progress to the door.) At three-feet wide, the gnome is reasonably well protected by the disc. I'd give him the standard soft cover bonus to AC from the thrown weapons, but I wouldn't say he's completely immune to the attacks. The only other factor to consider is the weight capacity of the disk. That's not likely to be an issue unless the monsters are throwing cows at the gnome but, if they do happen to hit the disk with something heavy enough to exceed its weight limit, I'd say it goes piff and the gnome gets squished.
All-in-all, I'd say the gnome is free to make his way to the door under the cover of the disk with a +4 soft cover bonus to AC unless the wizard decides it would be hilarious to dispel the disk just as the cows and kitchen sinks and bowling pins are about to hit him.
What Velcro said by i would say regular cover and not soft, small difference but still it might make the difference if the enemies start throwing spells.