Re: (TFT) Re: TFT Digest V3 #636

[eac42@columbia.edu]

It already is implicit in TFT.  Charge attack even without Running
Talent is approx 15 feet - take knife/sword/whatever, take your
movement, have a faster DX and Mr. Pistol is looking at his guts
before he gets off a round.

Best,

Eric


Quoting Sethkimmel@aol.com:

> In a message dated 12/3/04 2:48:50 PM !!!First Boot!!!,
> tft-owner@brainiac.com writes:
>
> > Here in Seattle, the police reportedly have a rule that has
> them shooting
> > suspects with swords within a range of I think 30 feet... seems
> extremely
> > bloodthirsty and cowardly to me, especially if there is only
> one guy with a
> > sword who isn't charging and the officer has a gun out and
> loaded
>
> You've never heard of the "21 foot rule," this does go by other
> names as well
> but to paraphrase, this concept means that if a person has a
> deadly edged
> weapon within a running distance of 3 seconds of the officer, the
> officer is in
> IMMEDIATE danger of his/her life. At that distance the assailant
> can charge the
> officer and stab him BEFORE the officer can get a shot off. This
> is hardly
> "bloodthirsty + cowardly." I've seen it live and on video with
> both expert
> police marksmen and invited civilians (usually journalists and
> reporters who have
> been given enough training to be able to draw and shoot a service
> pistol/revolver). The person with the knife usually wins...If you
> don't believe me, try it
> your self. go to a paintball range with a rubber knife or baton,
> dip it in
> paint and charge someone at a full run. I bet you win....
>
> Sorry about the rant, but this REALLY irritated me...to bring it
> back to TFT.
> Can this be accurately modeled with melee/adv melee?
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