Hello everyone,
While generally, when i hear -strikes with a weapon-, think of the way to deal dmg to something, i am wondering about the following situation.
In this case, it involves the Caryatid column's shatter weapon ability (3d6 dmg to any manufactured weapon that strikes it)
Say, for example, a PC wants to use a trip weapon to knock it off it's footing, like a fauchard or a heavy flail. Does the weapon take the damage upon connecting, or does this only apply when the attack is meant to deal damage?
Thanks in advance.
If your attack exceeds the target’s CMD, the target is knocked prone.
Knocking is striking, not pushing. I would say it counts and gets the Shatter Weapons damage.
However, I can see this as a GM call.Either use an Adamantine weapon, or multiple non-magical-or-masterwork weapons, and avoid the problem. Remember, the weapon gains the broken condition, but does not necessarily go to half hit points. It could easily make more strikes, and hardness applies to each shatter effect.
Also, magic adds 2 to the hardness for each plus, and mithral starts at 15.
A Fortifying Stone adds 5 hardness.
The spell Hardening adds a minimum of 5 hardness. [660 gp cast for 5, 720 gp for 6, and +120 gp for +1 beyond that.]
/cevah
If your attack exceeds the target’s CMD, the target is knocked prone.Knocking is striking, not pushing. I would say it counts and gets the Shatter Weapons damage.
However, I can see this as a GM call.Either use an Adamantine weapon, or multiple non-magical-or-masterwork weapons, and avoid the problem. Remember, the weapon gains the broken condition, but does not necessarily go to half hit points. It could easily make more strikes, and hardness applies to each shatter effect.
Also, magic adds 2 to the hardness for each plus, and mithral starts at 15.
A Fortifying Stone adds 5 hardness.
The spell Hardening adds a minimum of 5 hardness. [660 gp cast for 5, 720 gp for 6, and +120 gp for +1 beyond that.]/cevah
A word in a phrase does not always have the same literal meaning as it does alone. Take the phrase "take a leak" as an example. So a simple use of synonyms is not as straight forward as you are implying.
Agreed. That is why I said I can see this as a GM call.
/cevah