WinceRind
2010-11-16, 11:21 PM
Is there a way to train your animal to either attempt to pin the target (Assuming it has the ability to do so, which isn't all that likely in most cases, although I'd imagine some kind of an ape, monkey, or something with a lot of tentacles should easily be able to do so) or to perform a coup de grace attack?
The Attack trick from PhB only talks about straight-up attacking, and Hold and Stalk tricks from Complete Adventurer do not clarify it enough.
The Hold trick only talks about grappling and doesn't say if your animal can pin something if it has the ability to do so, and the Stalk trick, while it can be interpreted as having the animal attempt to coup de grace a resting or otherwise fairly helpless target, almost certainly doesn't mean that.
So... is there a way to issue your animal a command to execute someone if they're in the right condition? Should I assume that being trained to Attack is enough?
I had a crazy idea for a character that handles animals, possibly ??/beastmaster, to have a somewhat feral personality and hunt as a pack with his animals, unarmed. The idea would be trying to pin a target with the character and have one or multiple of the animal pets perform a coup de grace on it. I understand that this isn't a sensible tactic in most cases, but I need to know if one can do so by RAW.
Thanks!
The Attack trick from PhB only talks about straight-up attacking, and Hold and Stalk tricks from Complete Adventurer do not clarify it enough.
The Hold trick only talks about grappling and doesn't say if your animal can pin something if it has the ability to do so, and the Stalk trick, while it can be interpreted as having the animal attempt to coup de grace a resting or otherwise fairly helpless target, almost certainly doesn't mean that.
So... is there a way to issue your animal a command to execute someone if they're in the right condition? Should I assume that being trained to Attack is enough?
I had a crazy idea for a character that handles animals, possibly ??/beastmaster, to have a somewhat feral personality and hunt as a pack with his animals, unarmed. The idea would be trying to pin a target with the character and have one or multiple of the animal pets perform a coup de grace on it. I understand that this isn't a sensible tactic in most cases, but I need to know if one can do so by RAW.
Thanks!