Nets: the ultimate weapon?

Michael Thayne · 05-16-2018, 12:32 PM

By chance, I took a look at the net rules yesterday, and noticed something I'd never noticed before: nets seem like an extremely effective way to level the playing field against otherwise very tough enemies–such as a knight with nigh-impenetrable plate armor, a demon lord, or even a super-brick. The root of the problem, I think, is that nets are diffuse, a 20-lb. Large net with 20+ HP (assuming HP is calculated as if it's Homogenous?) inherently takes 10+ attacks to cut through. Even a super-brick with 200+ ST using Super-Effort can't just break through in a turn under RAW as far as I can tell. In a Monster-Hunters game, this seems like it could allow clever net-using PCs to make a fight against an angel or demon lord much easier than they should be. Or am I missing something? Is there an optional rule somewhere that fixes this?

05-16-2018, 12:32 PM	#1
Michael Thayne Join Date: May 2010	Nets: the ultimate weapon? By chance, I took a look at the net rules yesterday, and noticed something I'd never noticed before: nets seem like an extremely effective way to level the playing field against otherwise very tough enemies–such as a knight with nigh-impenetrable plate armor, a demon lord, or even a super-brick. The root of the problem, I think, is that nets are diffuse, a 20-lb. Large net with 20+ HP (assuming HP is calculated as if it's Homogenous?) inherently takes 10+ attacks to cut through. Even a super-brick with 200+ ST using Super-Effort can't just break through in a turn under RAW as far as I can tell. In a *Monster-Hunters* game, this seems like it could allow clever net-using PCs to make a fight against an angel or demon lord much easier than they should be. Or am I missing something? Is there an optional rule somewhere that fixes this?