i was just reading this thread Conan & the 5' step:
http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=2128&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=i+tumble&start=0
there's a lot of discussion in it. i am not sure what my conclusions are yet, now i tend to be of the opinion not to change the rules. i liked the almost unanimous resolution of a 5' step not provoking aoos unless you take an action that would. still, given the discussion about sorcerers and archers in melee, i have a question:
archer's in melee are most of the time shooting at point blank range, is there an official minimum range to use missile weapons?
i ask this because from some comments there, it gives me the impression that some players were firing bows at adjascent foes. someone said that attackers with melee weapons had to sunder the bows to stop it. it seems to me that a character using a bow in melee should have a minimum rage at which he can fire without taking some sort of penalty, even to shoot at all. i think firing at an adjascent foe would prevent an archer to stretch his arm holding the bow, and pull the string back to get his full strenght bonus, unless the target is helpless. other penalties might be in place.
i don't recall the old ad&d rules for that. i remember when the point blank range was introduced, though i can't say in which book. i think it was an ability of one of the character kits or something. we used to play d&d 2nd edition, after that we changed to other systems, and never really played d&d 3 though the books were brought into the group. we are just geting familiar with the d20 rules actualy, conan brought us back to it.
http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=2128&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=i+tumble&start=0
there's a lot of discussion in it. i am not sure what my conclusions are yet, now i tend to be of the opinion not to change the rules. i liked the almost unanimous resolution of a 5' step not provoking aoos unless you take an action that would. still, given the discussion about sorcerers and archers in melee, i have a question:
archer's in melee are most of the time shooting at point blank range, is there an official minimum range to use missile weapons?
i ask this because from some comments there, it gives me the impression that some players were firing bows at adjascent foes. someone said that attackers with melee weapons had to sunder the bows to stop it. it seems to me that a character using a bow in melee should have a minimum rage at which he can fire without taking some sort of penalty, even to shoot at all. i think firing at an adjascent foe would prevent an archer to stretch his arm holding the bow, and pull the string back to get his full strenght bonus, unless the target is helpless. other penalties might be in place.
i don't recall the old ad&d rules for that. i remember when the point blank range was introduced, though i can't say in which book. i think it was an ability of one of the character kits or something. we used to play d&d 2nd edition, after that we changed to other systems, and never really played d&d 3 though the books were brought into the group. we are just geting familiar with the d20 rules actualy, conan brought us back to it.
