Re: (TFT) Thoughts on "Summon Myrmidon"

["rmorger" <rmorger@mail.ev1.net>]

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From: ErolB1@aol.com
Reply-To: tft@brainiac.com
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 22:56:07 EDT

>The mention of the summoned Myrmidon assassain in "Tainted 
Inheritance" 
>reminded me of the changes I made to that spell in my own house 
rules. 
>
>I changed the name to "Summon Hobgoblin" as a flavor change - 
Hobgoblins are 
>well known mythical beings IMC, while I really don't have a 
greek/roman 
>analog.
>
>I also allow them to appear with a shield and/or armor, or with 
two weapons, 
>or with a two-handed weapon, or a missile weapon & 20 rounds of 
ammo. They do 
>have to have the minimum required St for their weapons, and if 
they appear 
>with a crossbow or a gun, then the piece is uncocked/unloaded. 
>
>Thus a standard St 12, Dx 12 summoned warrior could appear with a 
broadsword &
> shield, with a longbow & 20 arrows, or with a quarterstaff. The 
casting 
>wizard can determine the weapons "on the fly" as he casts the 
spell. 
>
>Summoning a hobgoblin with a different St/Dx combination (e.g. St 
14 Dx 10) 
>requires that the wizard learn a separate spell. There are 9 
versions of the 
>spell, for hobgoblin warriors from St 8 Dx 16 to St 16 Dx 8, and 
each version 
>must be learned separately. 
>
>-- 
I did something like that at one time. I kept a table of Myrmidons 
for each race type. A summoned Myrmidon from each race were 
treated as seperate spells and the actual Myrmidon was randomly 
chosen from the table of 16 fighters (3-18) they had different 
attributes and weapons varied from fairly weak (30 point)to fairly 
strong (40 point) with most being 32-35 attribute points.

It worked fairly well in most cases but had its problems. I also 
used these same table to develop NPC's by adding talents and 
handicaps that worked very well.

Robert Morger 
Pangaea_TFT Fantasy RPG adventure 
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