Demonthorn bush

[RIPnogarD]

Is it possible to set these bushes to act similar to say caltrops if a PC walks over them?

I think it would be kinda cool, “Avoid the demonthorns, they can hurt!”

Just a thought…

[PanamaLane]

I like it. In fact I planted a bunch around a patch of other plants in an effort to "ward off" other people from picking plants. Of course, people just walked around and picked them clean anyway.

[Aldrick Tanith]

From my understanding both OOC and IC, the Demonthron bush is kinda like Nettles.  Therefore it is not really thorny, like say - a rose bush or briars.

Besides, certain types of armor would completely protect you from them... pretty much everything greater than cloth.

[RIPnogarD]

Besides, certain types of armor would completely protect you from them... pretty much everything greater than cloth.

So too would a set of plate hard soled boots yet caltrops still get ya. Besides, a sharp thorn that gets stuck in a joint of plate armor may even be worse than just stepping on it.

I mostly wanted to know if it were even possible mechanically. *Shrugs*

[Efu_Executioner]

It is if you remember the little acid puddles from the UD.

[Pup]

A caltrop is a metal object specifically designed to impede horse/troop movements.  Not a plant trying to keep something from eating it.

But as realism isn't really a viable argument in a fantasy setting, I have no problem with this, other than leading to insane amounts of these being planted solely to harvest caltrops.

[Snoteye]

It would be pretty easy to add a check that damages people when the plant is harvested. I'm not interested in, as Pup pointed out, bushes being used as barricades.

[Aldrick Tanith]

Yeah, I was never quite sure why caltrops effected people wearing plate...

But regardless, my point is ICly I've been playing them as if they were basically like Nettles, not a literally thorny bush.  If I was wrong in that IC observation it would be nice to be corrected!