New Posts For Thread: Dexterous Disarm & Triphttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29500159/Dexterous_Disarm__TripThere was a finesse fighter in my playtest. An elf with a rapier.One of the things we noticed was that all the non-attack actions were Str vs Str or Dex. Since his Str was low he never wanted to do any so just kept spamming his attack w/ Deadly StrikThe thing about disarming a weapon in real life, is that there are multiple ways to do so.You can disarm someone by overpowering them and ripping the weapon from thier grasp.The other method is to use skill and dexterity to redirect an opponents weaphttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29500159/Dexterous_Disarm__Trip?post_id=526553795#526553795The thing about disarming a weapon in real life, is that there are multiple ways to do so.You can disarm someone by overpowering them and ripping the weapon from thier grasp.The other method is to use skill and dexterity to redirect an opponents weapSun, 02 Dec 2012 17:29:12 -0600I can see disarming with Dex while unarmed, using martial arts to do it, but not with a finnesse weapon like a rapier, it's simply not designed to disarm. However there could be a "disarm" descriptor on certain weapons, even some finnesse weapons, whhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29500159/Dexterous_Disarm__Trip?post_id=526381457#526381457I can see disarming with Dex while unarmed, using martial arts to do it, but not with a finnesse weapon like a rapier, it's simply not designed to disarm. However there could be a "disarm" descriptor on certain weapons, even some finnesse weapons, whMon, 26 Nov 2012 11:30:35 -0600Well, figure if skill checks use different abilities based on the player's description maybe it would make sense to get a better description for an idea of how a character would use Dexterity to disarm or trip someone. I probably wouldn't bend too fhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29500159/Dexterous_Disarm__Trip?post_id=526190575#526190575Well, figure if skill checks use different abilities based on the player's description maybe it would make sense to get a better description for an idea of how a character would use Dexterity to disarm or trip someone. I probably wouldn't bend too fSun, 18 Nov 2012 22:36:32 -0600There was a finesse fighter in my playtest. An elf with a rapier.One of the things we noticed was that all the non-attack actions were Str vs Str or Dex. Since his Str was low he never wanted to do any so just kept spamming his attack w/ Deadly Strikhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29500159/Dexterous_Disarm__Trip?post_id=526172237#526172237There was a finesse fighter in my playtest. An elf with a rapier.One of the things we noticed was that all the non-attack actions were Str vs Str or Dex. Since his Str was low he never wanted to do any so just kept spamming his attack w/ Deadly StrikSun, 18 Nov 2012 10:01:03 -0600