Re: (TFT) Using Melee/Wizard as a Wargame

["Todd Roseberry" <paleryder1@verizon.net>]

We made some adjustments to the attributes. We broke each attribute into two 
separate attributes. Strength becaume encumbrance and constitution, with the 
former being physical strength and ST feat saving throws and the latter 
being used for HP, spell points and ST resistance type saving throws.

For DX we had "to hit" and "agility". The former being obvious and the 
latter being just about all else. In combat, we would compare the attacker's 
"to hit" against the defender's adj"agility" and for every 2pt difference 
the die roll was modified up or down in favor of the appropriate character.

The IQ was modified to "intelligence" and "knowledge" with the former being 
used for the IQ level and the latter your IQ points for spells and talents. 
This allowed you to have a super smart guy with limited knowledge or a low 
intelligence fighter with many talents.

We found that these changes really allowed for a variety of characters and 
seemed more "realistic' and we stayed with them for quite a while. You could 
have a barbarian warrior with all the low level talents he needed without 
making him an Einstein. Likewise for ST, you could have a wizard accumulate 
enough "constituion" for spell points but not have the same ST as a 
muscle-bound juggernaut fighter. This also gave a defensive advantage to the 
agile fighter. It worked really well.

We would grant each figure 2 attribute points each time the experience would 
indicate an additional point was due. The person could assign them anyway he 
wanted. I think we put a spread limit between the subattributes so you 
couldn't have a 10 ecumbrance and a 30 constituion. There should be some 
connection between the two.

Has anyone tried anything like this?

Aidan
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter von Kleinsmid" <pvk@oz.net>
To: <tft@brainiac.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2006 6:58 AM
Subject: Re: (TFT) Using Melee/Wizard as a Wargame


> >How have you guys found it from a roleplaying standpoint?
>
> I think it's generally very good for roleplaying. The main weakness I see 
> is the talent system, when characters run out of IQ capacity to acquire 
> new skills. That can be solved with a house rule (e.g. allowing EP to buy 
> more IQ capacity for talents rather than raising IQ).
>
> PvK
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