From: Wayne Shaw (shadow@qedbbs.com)
Date: Fri 27 Aug 1993 - 13:30:04 EEST
David Dunham (via RadioMail) <ddunham@radiomail.net> writes:
> Actually, I like hit locations, too. But I don't like your attitude. A d20
> roll IS a problem. A round of combat can have a player making 4 rolls
> (attack, defense, damage, location). Compare this to Pendragon's two
> (attack, damage). But the issue is not the player, it's the GM. The GM may
> be running a dozen or so NPCs, in which case it's nearly 50 rolls per
> round. And the GM is far more likely to have to look up some of those rolls
> on a chart (might be running different shaped opponents, or dealing with
> melee and missile fire).
>
All I can say in defense of the fellow is that I think I've run more NPCs
on the average than most people (because we used to often have parties
anywhere from 10-16 strong) and I never found it that prohibitive.
Usually the NPC take a disabling wound early enough that subsequent
bookkeeping becomes moot. Even if they're laying there healing
themselves, it rarely is the case that the actual fight goes on long
enough that the precise bookkeeping of the NPCs becomes a problem. I
just ran a rather decent sized battle involving six PC and 14 broos, and
that was the case there.
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