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I just discovered my new favorite combat mechanic for my warrior about three battles ago...which leads me to believe it might be a bit overpowered.

I discovered that if I pick up a barrel and place it right beside an enemy, it will do 20-30 damage. Also, if two enemies are standing next to each other, and I move and place a barrel between them, it will do that amount of damage to both. This is way more effective than swinging a sword right now...granted, very early into the game (fighting undead just west of Cyseal).

Balanced or not right now this is cool as hell! I didn't expect stuff like that to work after I tried to teleport a giant enemy onto another and nothing happened... maybe that means I'll be able to do that too soon

Haha, agreed, luciferdern! When I stumbled across this, I was actually just trying to place some barrels/crates between me and the enemy as an impediment to see how they would react. Also, I definitely don't want this 'ability/consequence of the systems' removed! It's great fun to stumble into stuff like this. As fun as it is to 'beat the undead with a barrel,' right now it is sooooo much more effective than using my spiked club...for one, there is no chance to miss. It is a guaranteed 20-30 damage as many times as you can move the barrel during a turn.

I think the barrels probably supposed to break after the first time...