5e Rule Question (Dropped Weapons)

[Muu]

Just curious, is being disarmed by a spell in 5e tabletop as bad as it is in BG3? In BG3, you can pick up the dropped weapon, but have to spend an action to re-equip it in combat. Does this work the same way or did BG3 add more value to disarming in their iteration of the rules?

[Sentient_Toaster]

Tabletop play, it's usually that picking up an item and wielding it costs you an object interaction -- assuming that you already had a free hand, or are able to release something in order to free your hand.

You typically get one 'free' object interaciton per turn, which you could use to pick something up, draw a weapon, sheathe a weapon, open or close a door, etc. If you wanted to make a second object interaction in the same turn, that costs you your whole action.

An exception to those rules is that equipping or un-equipping a shield is a full action, and equipping or removing armor can take far longer (e.g. ten minutes for heavy armor). Also, using *magical* objects like potions almost always isn't covered by that, but instead falls under activating a magic item as a full action.

[Kappa]

In bg3 you can pick up unlimited items and let em bounce on the floor during combat. Way more game breaking than the 5e.

[TaKo]

also note that enemies seem to be allergic to picking up their dropped weapons once disarmed

it is one of the strongest debuffs you can use against most martial enemies that can be disarmed, and even if they werent, picking them up after disarming them is free as noted above

[Simon McAllister]

Originally posted by TaKo:

also note that enemies seem to be allergic to picking up their dropped weapons once disarmed

it is one of the strongest debuffs you can use against most martial enemies that can be disarmed, and even if they werent, picking them up after disarming them is free as noted above

Well some of the more difficult boss fights can be made a little easier if you disarm them and pick up the weapon. Some will pick up and equip the weapon again. A certain mother superior can be disarmed which is a good benefit to the group.

[TaKo]

Originally posted by Simon McAllister:

Well some of the more difficult boss fights can be made a little easier if you disarm them

theres some exceptions, such as a certain foundry's final fight where they, if disarmed, just spam their super fire cone attack that bypasses resistance and applies a 6d10 burn that also bypasses resistance

[harken23]

It doesn't seem to work every time, but I've had it happen that a character was disarmed, and I right-clicked on it and re-equip (or maybe just equip) was an option.