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Re: (TFT) HTH mechanics



Hi all,

Wolf against Myrmidon, my bet is on the wolf. Speed kills. It's why if I'm in a combat situation, I'd rather summon the wolf. On the other hand, If I need a warrior that can climb/open things/untie me then I'd rather have Summon Myrmidon. If you want the spell to be more powerful than summon wolf, then allow caster to choose weapons/armor as part of the summoning as if for a Melee fighter. Then Myrmidon has spear, sets for charge, wolf loses initiative to polearm if charges, gets jabbed if moves in slowly. Sort of like real life....



At 11:07 PM 3/11/2005, you wrote:
In a message dated 3/11/2005 9:09:40 PM Central Standard Time, pvk@oz.net
writes:


> > For example: If a summoned wolf fights a summoned Myrimidon, the wolf
> will
> > usually win provided it attempts to enter HTH. But the Myrimidon is
> > *suppose* to
> > be the more powerful combatant. Something is wrong, here.
>
> Er, maybe you are playing with the typo mentioned earlier. Doesn't the
> myrmidon generally get to hack at the wolf at least once, assuming the
> myrmidon doesn't do something stupid like use full MA?

Could be. It's been a long time since I've used the "book" rules for entering
HTH, and I've generally played that entering HTH happens during movement,
simply because it made more sense to me that way. (The few times I tried house
rules where the character entered HTH as an action, the mechanics felt clumsy
and wrong.)

Anyway, even with entering HTH as an action, the wolf has higher Dx and so
acts first, initiating HTH. One die is rolled, with a 2/3 chance of HTH
succeeding The myrimidon doesn't have a dagger, so that result doesn't apply, and even
against a regular foe, a "draw dagger" result causes the opponent to lose the
use of his good, big melee weapon. The chance of the myrimidon geting a hit
in with his broadsword is less than 1/3, and even a wounded wolf is still
dangerous if it gets into HTH on the second turn.
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