Re: (TFT) Dexterity Problem in TFT

["Todd Roseberry" <paleryder1@verizon.net>]

Really good points, Neil. We really cannot have a combat simulation and keep 
it simple enough to play.

Sure, adding an adjustment for the defendant's DX or extra DX roll for 
defense probably wouldn't be a big deal, but as Neil points out it probably 
won't get us too much closer to "reality". We might feel better, as if we 
addressed the issue, but we really haven't. It's just another layer in the 
abstraction.

If a character has a high DX, the character is paying for it with either a 
low ST and/or IQ. In the role-playing universe, this will have consequences. 
Maybe he doesn't make the saving throw and he sufferes more damage from 
poison or his mind is taken over. If this were purely a combat simulation, 
the DX concern would a bigger deal.

I have admitted to tinkering with the DX defense matter in the past but I 
can't say it added any more realism to the game.

FWIW,
Aidan


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <raito@raito.com>
To: <tft@brainiac.com>
Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 10:40 AM
Subject: Re: (TFT) Dexterity Problem in TFT


> It's only a problem if you want your system to reflect reality. I gave up 
> on
> that a long time ago. Now, what I want is consistency. I want the system 
> to be
> internally correct. It does not have to reflect reality.
> Like you, I fenced in high school (epee). I wrestled. I learned savate, 
> TKD, and
> aikido (.....

> So I just prefer that a system be consistent. If your ultra-high-dex 
> character
> wants to be hard to hit, have him take enough Unarmed Combat to give him 
> that
> ability.
> Neil Gilmore
> raito@raito.com
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