Tower Shield / Smash Spider Swarm

[Tommy GM]

In response to a spider swarm a pc used his tower shield to fall onto the swarm in order to smash them (under his weight). I ruled this as effective for 1d6 of damage.

The pc was automatically damaged by the swarm as a result of the move.

After reading through the swarm rules my sense was this type of attack is not technically effective but I ruled based upon creativity and for the player's willingness to have his character take damage as a result as well. Also, to keep momentum going.

I've recently come out of "retirement" as a GM to run one of the APs and each session has been a true test of my knowledge and application of the rules.

I'm trying to get a sense of my judgment in comparison to others who've experience this type of scenario? Thanks!

[Matthew Morris]

I'd consider his idea creative, and your resolution elloquent. :-)

[Elegonn]

I think over all, never discourage a creative player trying to do something awesome. Movies wouldn't be awesome if the main character couldn't do really cool stuff when they thought outside of the box.