Re: (TFT) Sports stuff

["David O. Miller" <davidomiller@verizon.net>]

I couldn't agree more with this. In fact I've always played that this  
is exactly what's going on during combat. As far as I recall this idea  
was first advanced in RuneQuest back in the early 80's. They said  
something to the effect that each roll of the dice represented a  
series of feints, misdirects, counter feints, etc. while a fighter  
looked for an opening to strike. This is exactly what a trained  
fighter would be doing while choosing the exact moment he's gotten his  
opponent off balance or out of position enough to strike home a  
damaging blow. It also makes describing game combat a lot better if  
you follow this model.

David O. Miller
www.meleewizards.com



On Apr 18, 2011, at 12:03 PM, Joey Beutel wrote:

> There is also no reason to think of an attack in Melee as counting  
> as one attack. I've fenced myself, and what you say is true, but the  
> fact that each 'attack' involves mutliple thrusts and parries is  
> what many don't seem to understand... just as we'd call that 'an  
> attack' in fencing, an attack in melee is not a single swing with  
> the axe.
>
> This also arguably makes the armor rules make more sense.... strong  
> armor will prevent a lot more individual hits from doing much (or  
> any) damage, while weak armor will let the hits add up to their full  
> effect.... hence armor doesn't really 'block' in TFT, it mostly just  
> reduces.
> On Apr 18, 2011, at 11:34 AM, Mark Tapley wrote:
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