LucaCherstich said:
In general terms piercing attacks should not be allowed to do so...but
Ahh...good catch. Thanks.
But, that doesn't help us with knives, does it? (slashing weapon). The dirk, stiletto, and dagger can't be used for a Sunder, but the knife can...that's kind of strange right there. The knife can be used if a -4 penalty is taken on the Sunder check (because it's a Light Weapon).
Doesn't it seem strange to split apart a shield with a knife, even with the -4 penalty?
The reason I asked the question was that, during last night's game, a PC used a dirk to sunder a wooden targe used by his enemy. Now I realized that was wrong, but imagine if the PC used a knife instead of a dirk. The targe is Hardness 6 and Hitpoints 6. After the successful Sunder attempt, the PC rolled 12 points of damage. The dirk does 1d6 dmg, and the PC was under the Fighting Madness Feat, which boosted his STR bonus to +6. The player rolled a 6 on the die, bring the damage total to 12 points.
12 pts of damage - 6 Hardness = 6 points of damage to the shield. It's useless.
Really?
I'm trying to picture in my head what happens when a knife used to sunder a shield...or even a sword.
We had another instance where the same PC tried sunder on a war sword and put a decent little nick in the blade.
That just seems strange, even with the -4 penalty on the sunder check, for light weapons. It seems too easy.
