(TFT) Re: TFT Digest -Gladiators, Gladiators!

[Sethkimmel@aol.com]

Hi;

Here's some stuff I was fiddling with, as I like to use Melee to do 
historical skirmishes:

ITL Gladiator templates


Thracian/Thrax/Thraex - 
Armor: plate helm + reinforced cloth right arm + plate left leg - averages to 
leather armor 
Shield: small shield 
Weapons: short sword + dagger
Note: usually fights other Thracians, Murmillos/Samnites or Retiarius's

Murmillo/Samnite -
Armor: plate helm + chain right arm + plate left leg - averages to chain 
armor
Shield: large shield
Weapons: short sword + dagger
Note: Samnite is republican - Murmillo is early empire - usually fights other 
Murmillos, Thracians or Retiarius's

Secutor -
Armor: plate helm + reinforced cloth right arm + plate both legs - averages 
to chain armor
Shield: tower shield
Weapons: shortsword + dagger
Note: is extra -1 DEX due to small eyeholes in helmet to keep out tridents - 
-1 hit from all trident/spear attacks except charges - fights retiarius's

Dioplamachas - 
Armor: Plate helm + reinforced cloth armor both arms + plate both legs - 
averages to chain armor
Shield: none
Weapons: two (2) short swords + dagger
Note: needs two weapon talent - usually fights anyone else but retiarus

Retiarus -
Armor: plate left shoulder size of small shield - chain right arm - 
equivalent to leather armor
Weapons: net, trident, + dagger
Note: skills are in Advanced Melee - fights Murmillo's, Secutors + sometimes 
Thracians


This also brings up the subject of mixed armor; i.e., wearing different types 
of armor on different parts of the body. Here I averaged out the armor 
protection, but I'm not satisfied with this. I would love to do the armor + hit 
system as per Runequest (a hit is rolled to hit a certain part of the body and 
each part of the body has it's own hit points; each part of the body can thus 
have it''s own protection. One could have different armor levels to protect more 
crucial areas and save weight-a plate helmet, chain torso, and leather greaves 
weighs a lot less then a plate suite...), but I don't want to destroy the 
simplicity + elegance of the rules. Any ideas/help from the list?

Seth
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