inexorabletruth
2012-09-03, 02:04 PM
I can't believe this never came up in any of my campaigns...
We've got a character with a STR score of 0. He's going to use a battle axe to break a chain, because he's the only one unbound to do so. The Hardness on a Chain is 10.
If he lines up the shot and hits the chain, the best he can do is 8 HP. So he wants to wield the axe in both hands.
But his STR bonus is 0. So... 0 x 1.5 = 0.
Wha-? :smallconfused:
I mean... he can't break the chain no matter what, but still, it got us asking. What if his STR bonus was a -2 penalty? That would give him a -3 to damage when wielding a weapon in two hands. That doesn't make any sense. Is there a minimum +1 damage bonus rule or something? Or is that something the DM is supposed to just call BS on?
We've got a character with a STR score of 0. He's going to use a battle axe to break a chain, because he's the only one unbound to do so. The Hardness on a Chain is 10.
If he lines up the shot and hits the chain, the best he can do is 8 HP. So he wants to wield the axe in both hands.
But his STR bonus is 0. So... 0 x 1.5 = 0.
Wha-? :smallconfused:
I mean... he can't break the chain no matter what, but still, it got us asking. What if his STR bonus was a -2 penalty? That would give him a -3 to damage when wielding a weapon in two hands. That doesn't make any sense. Is there a minimum +1 damage bonus rule or something? Or is that something the DM is supposed to just call BS on?