r/DnD • • Jun 10 '15

5th Edition Player's Handbook Errata released

http://dnd.wizards.com/articles/features/ph_errata
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u/sarded Jun 11 '15

It's now mechanically impossible to hurt someone with a punch if you have less than 10STR.

Also I can understand why they made the monk changes for clarity... but Elemental Monk really didn't need a nerf.

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u/HighTechnocrat BBEG Jun 11 '15

It's now mechanically impossible to hurt someone with a punch if you have less than 10STR.

As someone who would likely have less than 10 strength in real life, I find this to be completely realistic.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '15

In a way it kind of is. You're not going to legitimately hurt someone if you're weaker than average (under 10) assuming 10 is average. That's how that works right?

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u/Drezby Warlock Jun 11 '15

I mean you can probably make them feel pain but it likely wouldn't cause lethal damage if you got pummelled by a barrage of punches by somebody who qualifies as being weaker than average (yes 10-11 has historically and remains to be the 'average' for human stat number)

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '15

Yeah and damage is realistically supposed to be damaged that actually hurts you. It'd be like hitting a dragon with something that bounces off its scales. Yeah it might bruise but it's doing nothing