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Mock26 02-16-06, 02:00 PM	This thread is a tongue-in-cheek way to poke fun at the RAW by coming up with strange, unusual, stupid, or whatever ways of abusing the RAW. It's just a bit of humor. Please leave the arguments in someone else's thread. Thanks! 1. You can sleep standing up with a weapon at the ready in your hand. You can even wear light armor without a fatigue penalty the next day. Nowhere in the RAW does it state that you have to lie down to sleep or rest. So, sleep standing up, with your eyes open! 2. You can hold your sword by the blade and swing it as if it were a club, and, it will still cause the same amount of damage! The RAW does not state whether or not the blade or the hild causes the damage. But, here's the best part, you won't cut your hand if you hold it by the blade and swing it like a club.
olshanski_home 02-16-06, 02:31 PM	3. The RAW fails to mention that flying monkeys do not emerge from your butt and try to abscond with your posessions... Since RAW doesn't explicitly state that it doesn't happen, it probably should.
DanjaNinja 02-16-06, 02:37 PM	3. The RAW fails to mention that flying monkeys do not emerge from your butt and try to abscond with your posessions... Since RAW doesn't explicitly state that it doesn't happen, it probably should. In my campaign, that happens. Constantly. Constantly.
Clawhound 02-16-06, 02:53 PM	Bare hands defend against arrows better than shields do. A shield does not help when fighting defensively, or in all-out defense. In fact, you are better off using a weapon to defend yourself than a shield! If you have no weapon, and a shield, you can use unarmed combat with combat expertise, but you drawn an AoO by fighting defensively without Improved Unarmed Combat. You can use the shield to defend yourself with Combat Expertise, by using it as a weapon, but then you lose your shield bonus. A buckler is better than a large shield. By giving up only 1 AC, you get can use a buckler, and use a two handed weapon, and (possibly) reach, and get 1.5x your strength to damage.
Lord Dastir 02-16-06, 04:36 PM	2. You can hold your sword by the blade and swing it as if it were a club, and, it will still cause the same amount of damage! The RAW does not state whether or not the blade or the hild causes the damage. But, here's the best part, you won't cut your hand if you hold it by the blade and swing it like a club. Actually, this is historically acurate to a point. You wouldn't swing the sword like a club, but you could grab the blade and the hilt and bash your opponent in the face with the pommel. In fact the phrase "I will pummel you" comes from a mangling of the name for that specific part of the sword. Remeber, historically only the first 5-6 inches of a sword blade was sharpened...
fatal error 02-16-06, 05:07 PM	Remeber, historically only the first 5-6 inches of a sword blade was sharpened... Not to mention your full plate probably comes attached with gauntlets that would keep you quite safe from holding your own sword by the blade.
mvincent 02-16-06, 07:20 PM	“A creature can’t hide within 60 feet of a character with darkvision unless it is invisible or has cover.” RAW implies that a dwarf cannot hide within 60’ of himself “Evasion can be used only if the rogue is wearing light armor or no armor.” RAW implies that a rogue cannot use a ring of evasion while in armor, even though other PC’s can. “This spell causes an object to radiate shadowy illumination out to a 20-foot radius”. RAW implies that the Darkness spell can improve the ambient lighting conditions in a pitch-black room. "Speed while wearing elven chain is 30 feet for Medium creatures, or 20 feet for Small." RAW implies that elven chain would make Dwarves go faster, but Barbarians, Monks, Flyers, etc. would go slower.
Nom 02-16-06, 08:15 PM	RAW implies that elven chain would make Dwarves go faster, but Barbarians, Monks, Flyers, etc. would go slower.Well, monks would. ;)