View Single Post
Old 08-16-2022, 08:15 PM   #36
Axly Suregrip
 
Join Date: Jun 2018
Location: Durham, NC
Default Re: DX penalties for attacking a flying critter

Quote:
Originally Posted by Shostak View Post
Right. It begs the question of what exactly a magical attack is. Is an enchanted weapon that affects creatures susceptible to magical weapons considered a magical attack?


Regarding the penalty on the Rope spell, on what basis do you make that determination? It seems more than a little arbitrary to say that Thrown spells receive no penalty against a flying target yet impose one on Creation spells for which no penalty is ever mentioned in the rules. Do you then also make wizards cast Rope on a 4d roll if the target is defending or dodging?
My bad, I got twisted around on that. You are right. I would treat Rope the same as Thrown. That is, not apply the DX -4.

Thus the magical attack would include all thrown spells AND Rope. But not include missile spells or any other magical attack (swing a magical sword) that can be classified as something else (eg. missile attack, melee attack, etc).
Axly Suregrip is offline   Reply With Quote