Hmm, I use broken to mean that a rule doesn't acheive what it's supposed to. I guess you could use broken for all sorts of things you don't like.Originally Posted by Lyc
In that case D&D 2e was broken because my whole group hated it :D Just kidding
Though not by much - a sap iNo, the whole point of KO weapons is to take out opponents who are pretty weak.Originally Posted by Lyc
D&D is a heroic RPG, not grim/gritty. It's about kicking in the door and taking names, not going down in one hit because of a low level character with a sap is attacking you.
They're both mutually exclusive and can't exist together. Just a connundrum of role playing.
You're either playing a heroic game or a grim/gritty game. You can't be heroic if the rules make you vulnerable to a wimp with a pipe and you can't have a grim/gritty game if you can laugh off glancing blows by running up walls, jumping over opponents and other crazy combat moves.
Grim/Gritty you're afraid of that random attack that can cripple or take you out.
So thats not a fault of the rule as you not liking the genre tropes