Re: (TFT) d20 TFT

["Ty Beard" <tbeard@tyler.net>]

Rick --

This will be a combat oriented campaign (as most of my campaigns are). Thus
the stock TFT rules would not be very suitable and the campaign will require
better healing spells than normally considered I think. The requirement of 5
minutes for the Healing spell makes it useless in combat; it's only good
after the fight is over when the characters have time to rest. But this will
give the characters the ability to participate in dungeon crawls without
hauling in 55 gallon drums of healing potion. (A previous experiment
entailed granting a number of "fatigue points" equal to ST. These were lost
before actual ST and were easy to recover with rest. The result was that
combats went on too long.)

And note the restriction on healing the first hit of each combat. This means
that after 5 battles in which he was injured, Bob the fighter will be down 5
points of ST no matter how much healing is available. Thus, the fighting
ability of the fighters will degrade as the battles wear on, no matter how
much healing is available. If it works right, I think this will be a Good
Thing.

Finally, what do you think of using the d20? I realize it's a heresy, but
I'm just sick of dealing with the 3d bell curve (consider -- the difference
between 25% and 75% is from 8 to 12 -- only 5 steps). I just don't know why
I didn't think of it before...

--Ty



----- Original Message -----
From: "rsmith" <rsmith@lightspeed.ca>
To: <tft@brainiac.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 04, 2002 5:41 PM
Subject: RE: (TFT) d20 TFT


> Hello Ty,
> No strong objections other than the healing
> spells.  I posted what I considered should be the
> strongest healing magic spells a while back.
>
> One of the things I LIKE about TFT is that
> wounds are important and tough to deal with.  If
> easy healing magic is available, the game seems
> too much like D&D.  (IMHO anyway.)
>
> The fact that TFT combat is fast and deadly
> force PC's into thinking about other ways of
> dealing with problems than Hack, Hack, HACK!
>
>
> Virtually every long term TFT campaign that
> I have played in has some system for giving more
> memory to players for buying talents & spells, so
> giving everyone +4 memory is pretty standard I
> think.
>
> However, you may want to have people spend
> Experience for those 4 points.  If so, you might
> want to check out my superscript rules or Dave
> Seagraves' Adjusted ST and IQ (which are basically
> a subset of my superscript rules except he uses
> 2 for one where as I use a 3 for 1 ratio).
>
>
> Good luck on your campaign.
>
> Rick
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tft-owner@brainiac.com [mailto:tft-owner@brainiac.com]On Behalf Of
> Ty Beard
> Sent: Thursday, July 04, 2002 3:17 PM
> To: tft@brainiac.com
> Subject: (TFT) d20 TFT
>
>
> Well, I'm going to start a new TFT campaign and try out a few new ideas:
>
> PROBLEM:
> The 3d6 bell curve is too steep and causes players to overvalue DX (i.e.
an
> adjDX of 12 = 74% chance of success; adjDX 13 = 84% and so on).
>
> SOLUTIONS:
> a. Change all atribute rolls to 1d20. This will make the jump from 10 to
11
> to 12 far smaller and will give some benefit to real high stats.
>
> b. Easy rolls are +4 to attribute. Average rolls are the attribute. Hard
> rolls (comparable to 4 die rolls) are -4 to the attribute. Very hard
> (comparable to 5 die rolls) are -8. Impossible are -12. And so on.
>
> c. Natural 1 succeeds and natural 20 fails. If you roll a natural 1 in
> combat, roll 1d6 1-3 automatic hit. 4-5 double damage. 6 triple damage. If
> you roll a natural 20 in combat, roll 1d6 1-3 automatic miss. 4-5 dropped
> wpn. 6 break wpn.
>
>
> PROBLEM: I want to run dungeon adventures, so the brutal TFT combat system
> needs some mellowing.
>
> SOLUTIONS:
> a. Unconsciousness is at 0 to -5 ST. Anyone that gets to that point is out
> until awakened. If wounded to -6 or less, the character is badly wounded
and
> will lose 1 ST per turn until dead (death is at -ST). This "bleeding" can
be
> stopped if someone makes a hard roll vs DX or IQ (average for Physicker,
> easy for Master Physicker). A Combat Healing spell or healing potion will
> stop the bleeding.
>
> b. New spells, Healing, Combat Healing, Greater Combat Healing (see
below).
>    Combat Healing (IQ 10) (T) For each ST spent casting, the wizard heals
1
> points
>    of combat damage. This will not heal fatigue or ST lost from casting
> spells.
>
>    Healing (IQ 10) (T). Spell takes 5 minutes and target must remain still
> or it
>    will not work. For each ST spent, the wizard heals 6 points
>    of combat damage. This will not heal fatigue or ST lost from casting
> spells.
>    Also available in potion form for $75. Heals 5 points per dose.
>
>    Greater Combat Healing (IQ 14) (T) For each ST spent casting, the
wizard
> heals 3
>    points of combat damage. This will not heal fatigue or ST lost from
> casting spells.
>
> c. Healing by spells, potions or physickers may not heal the *first* point
> of damage suffered in each combat. So after a series of battles, fighters
> will start to wear down.
>
>
> PROBLEM: TFT Characters are too limited in their talent selection for my
> taste.
>
> SOLUTION: Characters stary with 4 extra talent points. They can buy 2
talent
> points for the cost of one attribute point.
>
> Comments?
>
> I'll post other problems and solutions later on.
>
> --Ty Beard
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