(TFT) Dominions II

[Peter von Kleinsmid <pvk@oz.net>]

The question of speed movement on horses reminds me to mention to the group 
an under-publicized but very interesting and extremely well done strategy 
computer game called Dominions II (see 
www.shrapnelgames.com/Illwinter/d2/1.htm ). The character stats are in line 
with TFT (10 average human, 20 getting to be superhuman, armor reduces 
damage/speed/skill, combat tactical, unpredictable, and everyone is 
vulnerable), and the game is very rich and involves elements of roleplaying 
as well as strategy. All characters are tracked for morale, fatigue, 
experience, equipment, lasting injuries, etc. Heaps of good and imaginative 
stuff going on there, which I think would be attractive to TFT players (as 
opposed to most computer RPG games, which tend to be vaguely D&D-based) so 
I highly recommend trying out the demo.

The reason speed movement brought it to mind is that Dominions has some 
neat ways of balancing magic which speeds up characters. It makes you go 
faster, which is a huge advantage, but it doesn't increase your ability to 
recover from fatigue, and fatigue builds up very quickly when you double 
your speed. I thought I would try building a super warrior using a 
four-armed natajara in Dominions, forging swords of quickness for each arm 
which could attack twice per turn each... but the result was only deadly 
for the first few attacks, and then the natajara became too tired to fight 
well, especially when I had bad luck and got an injury that increased 
effective encumbrance.

I figure a warhorse given the ability to double its speed might get very 
tired very quickly if it used it much, which would be a logical and 
interesting way to limit its ability to become an uber-weapon.

PvK
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