Sure, but the question was “how you you as a DM rule this?” Unless you’re running a game where the players are all commoners, it’s safe to assume there’s a less than 1 in 20 chance of hitting yourself with a thrown weapon
You should take your own advice, your players who play martials will have a lot more fun if they aren’t dealing damage to themselves one in every twenty hits
I’d treat it as a thrown flask of oil. If they’re not proficient with improvised weapons and roll a natural 1 on the attack, they hit themselves.
Crit fumbles are anti-fun
Depends on the group. Some people love them.
True, some people are casters
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Sure, but the question was “how you you as a DM rule this?” Unless you’re running a game where the players are all commoners, it’s safe to assume there’s a less than 1 in 20 chance of hitting yourself with a thrown weapon
Then don’t do that part
You should take your own advice, your players who play martials will have a lot more fun if they aren’t dealing damage to themselves one in every twenty hits
If you want to be good at improvised weapons, you can choose that.