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RE: (TFT) Associatin of Fantasy Trippers
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Marty,
Reprint them. Without the pictures. And with the
erratta Ty has from Steve Jackson. Other than that I
wouldn't change a thing.
From: Michael Taylor <MichaelTaylor1@compuserve.com>
Please dear god add an index!
Michael,
Hahaha. An index eh? Not the first time I've heard that one. By the
way, to everyone else, if you ever need to find that rule real quick, Chris
Nicole has a great web site dedicated to just that. He even has
alphabetical lists of all spells and talents. Its at...
http://www.loran.karoo.net/tft/index.html
And what's wrong with the pictures?
I find the pictures don't add anything to the game. And some of them
are just plain misleading. As in they mix up the facts. Lets take them one
at a time. Also I would like to say that what follows is written in the
spirit of fun. I don't do satyrical criticism much, so why not indulge this
once.
First the cover. What is that glowing stuff anyway. And why are there
three distinct spheres of it. Is that supposed to be 3-hex fire? In the
air like that. If its supposed to be an abstract of not being any spell in
particular is works on that level. But not any others. Unless, what, the
guy is casting three points of fatigue?
Advanced melee Page 2. Ok, this is almost, but not quite, three
specific rules in TFT. First these two guys (an orc and a human?) are
fighting at different heights. The Orc sould get DX +2 to strike down at
the human. NO! Wait. The human has one knee on the level the orc is on.
OK. So is the orc above the human or not.
And about that kneeling human. Is he kneeling or not. One leg is
kneeling, but the other isn't. In the TFT system a person is kneeling or
they arn't. I don't know what to do with this hybrid stance.
A few words about the flail the orc has. It looks like it used to have
two heads. A flail with two chains and two balls at the end. But one head
is gone. Did he break it. If the weapon is broken is he using at club
damage ala-the-rules? But one head is still there Is he still doing full
damage with it. TFT doesn't have any rules on multi-headed flails.
Advanced Melee Page 8. A lone guy. Probably with broadsword, small
sheild and platemail. An innocent enough looking picture on the surface.
But if the guy is left handed (as he holds the sword) why is the sheath on
the left side also. How did he ready the weapon and how does he sheath it.
Does he drop the shield on the ground, put the sword in his right hand, and
then sheath it?
Advanced Melee Page 11. A half naked barbarian, bastard sword resting
on his shoulder, small sheild, and what may be another broad sword sheathed
(this time on the correct side). He is facing off with a 2-hex dragon. The
dragon is higher than him. I hope that realy nice helmit he is wearing is
magical.
Advanced Melee Page 23. I think her wrist is broken. The one holding
the sword. At least the reigns and harness on the horse look correct.
Advanced Melee Page 32. Great action shot. dead gargoyle. Barbarian
who just saved a lady from falling into a pit. Wait a minute. If the
gargoyle knocked her into the pit, how did the barbarian kill the gargoyle
and catch the girl. Does TFT have rules for catching people who fall into
pits? If NOTHING happens at the same time wouldn't she fail her DX roll,
fall into the pit, and THEN the barbarian would get an action.
Advanced Wizard Page 1. Some kind of viking in Hand To Hand (HTH)
combat with a lioness or a jaguar. He hasn't readied his dagger yet. He
looks like he kicking the jaguars' butt with his bare hand. So, If he's in
HTH and fighting shouldn't he be on the ground and NOT standing. Oh, wait!
I get it. The jaguar just attempted HTH and the viking rolled a 6 to resist
getting a free attack. BUT the rules on resisting HTH specifically says
that on a roll to resist of 6 if the figure is unarmed (i.e. bare handed) a
roll of 6 is ignored and they must roll again.
Why is this picture even in Advanced wizard. Shouldn't it be in
Advanced Melee? Maybe near the HTH rules.
Advanced Wizard Page 8. Some kind of a native with zulu style
leggings, zulu style spear, and fur liked head dress is being attacked by
two reptile men. If the section on reptile men says that a lone man
fighting just one reptile man is a "messy form of suicide" then why is a
lone man confronted by two not even using his spear? Note he is striking
one of them with his left bare hand. On top of that he is striking with his
bare hand and he is not in HTH. Note the platfrom he is stading on that
they aren't. That proves they are not sharing the same hex.
Advanced Wizard Page 10. An archer takes his last shot option against
a crocodile. The crocodile has decided to engage the archer with his side
hex. Don't ask me why. Or did the archer run up to the croc's side hex.
If so he's probably moved too far to shoot.
Advanced Wizard page 18. An ogre? The face is a little gruesome for a
giant. The ogre has a nice wrist band, an arm band, and a layered necklace.
He also has some kind of furry loin cloth held on with a belt. The
question I have, is why does he have fur strapped to his fore arms. Is this
some kind of fore arm armor we don't know about. Aside from that, this
picture is one of the few that works. That even looks like a battle axe
hanging from his belt.
Advanced Wizard page 26. Myself, I always have time to stop and sheath
my weapon before climbing down a crevice to escape a troll. And climbing
down with no hands is my prefered method. NOT.
Advanced Wizard Page 29. This picture works. This guy can drop the
sack at a moments notice and fight unencumbered. Though it doesn't look
like he closed the door behind him when he came into the hall.
Advanced Wizard Page 35. Scale mail is one of the few peices of armor
not listed in the game. This guy is wearing it. Other than that, nice
stone work by the artist.
Advanced Wizard page 36. Two hobgoblins. One with a crossbow. He has
a quarrel out and looks ready to noch it. Unfortunately the crossbow is not
cocked.
Advanced Wizard page 39. A centaur weilding a battle axe with one hand
(very strong for even a centaur) is taking on two big cats (sabertooth?). A
centaur is a double experience race. If he put all starting points into
strength, and every point after that, it would still take him 6750 EP to
weild a battle axe with one hand. And his DX would be only 10. The big
cats' DX would be much higer. I predict the death of a very experienced
character.
In The Labrinth Page 3. The worst picture of all. This reptile man
has wings. Or is it a gargoyle with a huge tail?
In The Labrinth Page 8. This gargoyle has a tail. And is that a pair
of hooves instead of feet? It directly contradicts the previous picture.
Has anyone found the rules for picking up and throwing living beings? What
happens if you throw something with wings. Not much I imagine.
In The Labrinth Page 11. Almost a usefull picture. A lady with
monster followers is taking her great ape back into the cave. Artistically
the shading in this picture is abomniable. The apes leg looks double
jointed and twisted. The lady is casting a shadow that has the profile of a
great ape. What the hell?
In The Labrinth Page 15. A blatant rip off of a Frazetta painting.
In The Labrinth Page 17. If you compare the size of the stones in the
wall to the spacing of the windows in this fort, the stones must be giant
compared to a lone person. I mean simply enourmous. Huge. And is that
mortar holding them toghether? And such straight lines for such a random
jumble of boulders.
In The Labrinth Page 25. I like this picture. It even seems to have
relevance to the paragraph above it. GETTING BACK LATE (OR HURT) to one's
job. Though the paragraph doesn't mention anything about paying a fine.
That's what seems to be happening here.
In The Labrinth Page 30. There are absolutely no rules for incense in
any of the books or suppliments ever published for TFT. The word incense is
never even mentioned. It is not on any equipment list. Yet, in this
picture it is a central feature.
In The Labrinth Page 32. Why has that huge snake tied itself into such
a painfull looking knot.
In The Labrinth Page 37. Nice picture. So what are the rules for
using a skull as a thrown weapon. Does it do the same damage as a thrown
rock?
In The Labrinth Page 43. "I create a fire to burn the neanderthal that
is attacking me with a feeble looking stick. Instead of creating the fire
in his hex, I will use the option to shape it. I shall create it from my
elbow!"
In The Labrinth Page 49. This picture is cool. All kind of unexpected
stuff. The new fangled "open toe" boots to show off your clawed feet.
Scale armor (and you thought it wasn't availiable in only a skirt.)
Chainmail shoulder cowl. And cloth armor for the body. So he's wearing
three types of armor.
In The Labrinth Page 52. Here is a gargoyle who has to land on a
window cill with his hands and then pull his feet in. Instead of landing on
the cill with his feet like every other gargoyle. Also, there is that tail
again. So can I add in a taill attack for gargoyles now? That's three
times they've been drawn with them.
In The Labrinth Page 53. This dragon's body proportions hurt to look
at. Those look like front arms and not front feet. The neck doesn't look
like it allow the head to turn and attack in any direction. What is with
the bottom of the left wing. Did he dip it in ink?
In The Labrinth Page 57. This picture is safe. It is nice an vague.
There doesn't seem to be a building around that arch way though. Maybe a
gate.
David Michael Grouchy II
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