Re: (TFT) Jay get's intrested in the "Bridge of Khazad-Dum" scenario by Mr. Miller while worring about the east coast TFT'ers

[Joel BoardgameRpger <joel.siragher@gmail.com>]

pardon my grammer.

On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 5:01 PM, Joel BoardgameRpger <joel.siragher@gmail.com
> wrote:

> I dont think the issue of the huge whip being used by the balrog is an
> issue, because you have to take into account that the whip might be a
> magical creation that came along with the balrog, and also the balrog is
> great in proportion to the humanoid, so therefore so should the whip. As a
> matter of fact, i believe the whip could half been bigger if not for the
> confined spaces of the dungeon area
>
>
> On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 2:16 PM, Jay Carlisle <maou.tsaou@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Okay, I have an 8 foot long bullwhip that is rather on the smallish side
>> for
>> whips.
>> Wikipedia suggest that working whips top out around 20 foot but my
>> McWhirter
>> Guinness says that the longest whip ever  cracked  was 97 feet with a dry
>> weight of 26.4 pounds.
>> Of course that was recorded in  78, perhaps that s been exceeded by now.
>> Anyway, from what little I practically know about the thing I d think that
>> its advantages would be mainly in reach.
>> I d call my little 8 footer a  learning  whip and almost surely go with
>> something more around twice my height if I were ever to learn the Whip
>> Talent I d suspect.
>> This would put the Rogs whip at 27ish foot on a  learner  and over 35 feet
>> (~8.5 hexes) if he s got the Talent.
>>
>> The list of 2d6 damage weapons is a bit odd.
>>
>> Broadsword
>> Military Pick
>> Light Crossbow
>> Halberd
>> Boomerang
>> ST around 30 to 35
>>
>> With its 100 ST doing 8 to 9 dice damage and 2 hex long arms it occurs to
>> me
>> that the Rog might be more interested in using the whip in its rope
>> function
>> to wrap a foe and pull them into HTH.
>> A whip is really more of a tool, like a lasso, or boomerang, that has some
>> use in a combat situation as well.
>> I don t think pain compliance works as well on guys with Warrior or
>> Veteran
>> as it would on other folks
>> So I d probably give the Balrog something like 10 to 12 hexes in full
>> reach
>> with his whip, but the players would have no way of knowing   cept maybe
>> Gandalf.
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