Harbringer
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And then we could kill it with thine holy handgrenade!Fallen Angel Lord said:
Could you take on a raptor with a suit of platemail and a sword
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The Condor
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No, it would just blast it into tiny bits.
newfangle
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First off, any medieval armor will do NOTHING. A raptor's bite will presumably crush bone- whether there's a crappy plate of forged steel covering it or not.
I would throw on a chain shirt to protect my torso from claws, and then arm myself with a Katana. Now THAT would pwn him.
I would throw on a chain shirt to protect my torso from claws, and then arm myself with a Katana. Now THAT would pwn him.
Archbob
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newfangle said:
Good platemail will stop a sword thrust. I would hope it would provide some armor against bites.
newfangle
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Only a glancing blow. But I suspect that any solid bite will take out the human, no matter what he's wearing.
newfangle
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Here are the D&D 3.5 stats for a Megaraptor
79 hitpoints
Full attack: Talon +9 melee (2d8 + 5)
2 Foreclaws +4 melee (1d4 + 2 each)
Bite +4 melee (2d6 + 2)
AC: 16
CR: 6
79 hitpoints
Full attack: Talon +9 melee (2d8 + 5)
2 Foreclaws +4 melee (1d4 + 2 each)
Bite +4 melee (2d6 + 2)
AC: 16
CR: 6
Archbob
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Can a level 30 Archmage take a raptor in D&D?
nonconformist
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Why does evverything on these forums end up with Nazis, roleplaying, roleplaying Nazis or God?
Archbob
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nonconformist said:
It was intelligently designed that way.
GrandAdmiral
Deity
nonconformist said:
Because roleplaying, Nazis and God explain everything or at least give good excuses.
JoeM
Imperator
Fallen Angel Lord said:
On the above stats, I'd say a level 6 would have a fair crack. Unless he was wearing plate mail.
CrazyScientist
Those crazy scientists...
Does the velociraptor have a shotgun monkey on its back?
Simon Darkshade
Mysterious City of Gold
Maybe if I got the initiative, rolled a 20 and was using a vorpal long sword...
I'll take my +4 Uzi of Leaden Death, thanks, ideally with my +5 Magazine of Fewer Reloads.
Hmmm... do raptors have any serious bone-type armor, or are they built like huge bats with teeth and claws? If the former, shotguns (other than those loaded with plain slugs) are going to be of less use, similar to stopping bears, where one does well to file down the front sight first. If the latter, one is going to be less use just from having less substantial target area, given that most of the shot will go uselessly through wing and do little damage.
Assuming the claws won't open the armor like a combat knife through a soda can, I'd take the armor, a round shield, and a 2-foot or so sword. Short enough to not get too tangled in raptor bits, and long enough to do serious damage quickly.
Great thread.
Hmmm... do raptors have any serious bone-type armor, or are they built like huge bats with teeth and claws? If the former, shotguns (other than those loaded with plain slugs) are going to be of less use, similar to stopping bears, where one does well to file down the front sight first. If the latter, one is going to be less use just from having less substantial target area, given that most of the shot will go uselessly through wing and do little damage.
Assuming the claws won't open the armor like a combat knife through a soda can, I'd take the armor, a round shield, and a 2-foot or so sword. Short enough to not get too tangled in raptor bits, and long enough to do serious damage quickly.
Great thread.
Panda
Metal head
I don't know about the mail & sword. But if you can believe Peter Jackson, raptors are toast if you have a submachine gun.
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Xen said:
I disagree--generally they'd be going for puncture wounds, and plate mail is excellent protection against that.
Arm me with a spear, and a short sword just in case, and I suspect I could probably kill it. Probably.
EDIT: Preferably with a fast acting poison on the spear.
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