Feather Falling - Laterally
Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2021 4:55 pm
Howdy everyone!
We recently had an encounter with some hill giants, and one of them launched a player like a baseball directly into another character. Our group wizard contended that he should be able to use feather fall to slow the launch and negate the damage taken by the impact. To keep the game rolling and not devolve into mid-combat semantics discussion, our Judge ruled that feather fall's intention is to slow the descent of a fall and would have no effect on the lateral motion of some duders already in flight like a missile.
I'm wondering if any of your here have thoughts on the matter, or better yet - experience in a similar situation. Please let me know.
We recently had an encounter with some hill giants, and one of them launched a player like a baseball directly into another character. Our group wizard contended that he should be able to use feather fall to slow the launch and negate the damage taken by the impact. To keep the game rolling and not devolve into mid-combat semantics discussion, our Judge ruled that feather fall's intention is to slow the descent of a fall and would have no effect on the lateral motion of some duders already in flight like a missile.
I'm wondering if any of your here have thoughts on the matter, or better yet - experience in a similar situation. Please let me know.