Re: (TFT) Is it an RPG or really a Tactical RPG? - Rick Weighs in.

[David Jackson <azog@bellsouth.net>]

I have to agree here.  It has not been my experience either that the  
lethality of a combat system encourages people to be more diplomatic.

And does being diplomatic necessarily equate to roleplaying?

However, I like a deadly combat system because it gives the players a  
sense of accomplishment if they have a character who they have played  
well, and who has managed to survive the perils and pitfalls of a  
fantasy world.

David


On Apr 26, 2008, at 3:28 PM, ErolB1@aol.com wrote:

>
<SNIP>
> Obviously there has to be *something* to the idea of "lethal combat
> discourages combat and encourages roleplaying" or else it wouldn't  
> have become the
> ubiquious mantra that it has. But it has NOT NOT NOT been my  
> experience at all.
> (And in fact most of my house rules are aimed at hammering the  
> lethality out of
> TFT, that lethality being - IMO - the one great flaw in a system  
> that is
> otherwise full of virtues.)
>
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