RE: (TFT) d20 TFT Issue -- Armor

["rsmith" <rsmith@lightspeed.ca>]

	I play a higher powered campaign
than most people, but I find that PC's
end up with so much armor that they
become immune to most normal creatures.

	Consider someone with chain,
Stone Flesh item, -5 w/ae (armor),
a small shield and another misc point
(Warrior talent or something else).

	This is not someone with hundreds
of thousands in magic but they are still
stopping 14 hits.  Give them a bit
heavier armor a large shield or some
thing and they are stopping over 15 hits.


	Currently TFT makes armor expensive
(in DX & MA penalties) and I believe that
is a good thing.


	In my campaign, I say that the w/ae
on armor or shields can not more than
double the base armor.  So the best that
a small shield can get is a -1 from w/ae.
The best chain could get is a -3, etc.

	For this reason and the desire to
avoid DX penalties that are odd numbers I
think you would be better off sticking
with just doubling the DX penalties of
armor.

	Rick

----- Original Message -----
From: <srydzews@ix.netcom.com>
To: <tft@brainiac.com>


> I'd say so.  Sure, plate is excessive at -10 DX, but it was excessive
at -5
> too.  A DX 10 guy has a ~5% chance to hit whether you're using standard
TFT or
> this system.

I wonder if the armor DX adjustment system is necessary in a d20 TFT system?
One of the significant benefits of the orginal system is that it acted as a
brake on DX and helped keep characters from getting a high DX too quicky. In
original TFT, an adjDX of 12 was "high" -- ~75% chance of success. On the
other hand, this system had an engaging game effect -- players had to choose
quickness vs ability to take a blow.

Looking at the statistical effect of DX penalties, I chose to focus on the
DX 6-15 range. In that range, a -1 is equivalent to ~9% reduction. (For
comparison, a -1 is equivalent to ~-12% if you look at the DX 9-12 range).
The effects are very roughly linear, so -2 is ~-18% and so on. This results
in these armor DX adjustments:

    Cloth: -2     (-9%)
    Leather: -4     (-18%)
    Chainmail: -5      (-26%)
    Half Plate: -8     (-40%)
    Plate: -9     (-45%)
    Fine Plate: -7     (-34%)
    Small Shield: -2     (-9%)
    Large Shield: -4     (-18%)
    Tower Shield: -5     (-26%)

Obviously, it would be easier to simply double the standard DX adjustments.
But this makes heavier armor even less advantageous.

I may simply use the base TFT armor DX adjustments as is. This will impose a
small penalty on characters (which I think is warranted), yet it will make
armor wearable.

--Ty Beard
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