From: Graeme A Lindsell (gal502@cscgpo.anu.edu.au)
Date: Mon 19 Jul 1993 - 23:05:20 EEST
>
> >
> > David Cheng <drcheng@sales.stern.nyu.edu> writes:
> >
> > > This is fine and good by me, but isn't this taking reality too far?
> > > Personally, I don't really care that in reality, the broadsword and 1H
> > > bastard sword hit just as hard.
>
> I'll second this. I like realism in my games. It makes the fantasy
> elements seem so much more, well fantastic. I'm all for burning the
> heretics. :)
> Curtis Shenton curtiss@netcom.com internet & 4@3091 WWIVnet
> "At the GM's option, strategic nuclear weapons may be considered
> 'magical'"-From the CyberCthulhu rules in Interface
>
Careful now: three people agree with him. Remember
One's an Unbeliever
Two are Schismatics
Three are Heretics
Four makes a New Religion
So this is now the One True Faith, and David's the Prophet. Burning us
will only enrage the Armies of the Faithful!
My reason for supporting the heresy are twofold:
1) It changes the concept of weapon damage. Up to now, once you had
the right strength to use a weapon, it would do damage x. Using it
2-handed just gave you more strength towards getting x, it didn't
change the base damage of the weapon, which is based on weapon
size. Now how the weapon is handled determines weapon damage, but
only in a few limited cases.
2) I didn't think they were being realistic, and Paul (who certainly
seems to have experience in the field) agrees: the heavier weapons can
be used 1 handed to full effect by people who are strong enough and big
enough to do so. Taken to the extreme, the 1d8/1d10 system says that
a Siz 40 giant needs to use the bastard sword 2 handed to get 1d10
damage, even though the sword has the same relative size to him as a
dagger has to the average human. The 1d8/1d10 system is probably
accurate for average size/strength people, but if we are going to
do this, I think a more comprehensive system should be built, ie
like the Pendragon system, rather than a system that is almost always
weapon damage is proportional to weapon size except for one limited
case. I might propose something in a day or so.
Graeme a.k.a gal502@huxley.anu.edu.au
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