One could say that Critical Role has been a great help to the D&D community as a whole, but one episode will remain as one of my favorites; the LVL 17 Battle Royale One-Shot.  I won't spoil anything from that episode but I did have a thought during the combat free-for-all.

Is it possible to attack a magical item, particularly Broom of Flying and Flying Carpet?  I want to hear the community and your thoughts.

Tactic explained; character on Broom of Flying hovering 30 feet above ground.  Attack the Broom to destroy it  (or render it inoperable for a time) while character is using it, causing character to fall and cause falling damage.

Magic Item Resilience

Most magic items are objects of extraordinary artisanship, assembled from the finest materials with meticulous attention to detail. Thanks to this combination of careful crafting and magical reinforcement, a magic item is at least as durable as a regular item of its kind. Most magic items, other than potions and scrolls, have resistance to all damage. Artifacts are practically indestructible, requiring extreme measures to destroy.

Hit Points. An object’s hit points measure how much damage it can take before losing its structural integrity. Resilient objects have more hit points than fragile ones. Large objects also tend to have more hit points than small ones, unless breaking a small part of the object is just as effective as breaking the whole thing. The Object Hit Points table provides suggested hit points for fragile and resilient objects that are Large or smaller.

Object Hit Points

Size	Fragile	Resilient
Tiny (bottle, lock)	2 (1d4)	5 (2d4)
Small (chest, lute)	3 (1d6)	10 (3d6)
Medium (barrel, chandelier)	4 (1d8)	18 (4d8)
Large (cart, 10-ft.-by-10-ft. window)	5 (1d10)	27 (5d10)

 

It's doable, but the objects AC is generally no lower than the AC of the wielder/user, and for brooms/carpets you should assume at least Medium size (even for brooms, as they are capable of carrying Medium creatures) resilient objects and resistance to all damage. So something around 18+ hit points.

I'd probably give the item max possible hp and resistance to all damage types to represent its durability.

Depending on character level, it would probably be easier to knock them off the item than break the item.

Making magic items destructible is not a flood gate I'd want opened as a DM or player.

At the very least, I thought it would be a legitimate tactic.

It is, you "just" have to deal 10-36 damage (before resistance, varied by size) to the magic item.

I would personally keep such actions out of my game. I can see the appeal but the precedent being set can be a bad thing. Where would you draw the line? If the party fireballs the bad guys are all of the targets items subject to damage? If the party get nailed by dragon breath do they lose their stuff? The point being if you can target and damage magical stuff, can you target and damage normal stuff?