Re: (TFT) Death test first encounter: spider probs....

[Sgt Hulka <hulkasgt@yahoo.com>]

It's under Left-Handed Weapons on page 16 or Advanced Melee and under Left-Handed Dagger in Melee. It's -4 on both attacks with a left-handed dagger, or -6 on both attacks with any other two weapons:

LEFT-HAND WEAPONS
A fighter may use a main-gauche, or left-hand dagger, with any other one-handed weapon. It may be used in two ways:
(1) On any turn the fighter uses it only as a shield, it stops one hit from any non-missile attack, and adjusts his DX by -1.
(2) On any turn he uses it as a shield AND weapon, it still stops one hit from any non-missile weapon. It also lets him make TWO attacks that turn (against the same enemy); one with the main-gauche and one with the other weapon. BOTH attacks are at DX -4. A figure may use 2 daggers, or a dagger and main-gauche, in HTH combat, but this gives him a -4 DX adjustment. A figure with the Two Weapons talent can fight effectively with a regular weapon in each hand. A person who does not have this talent may attempt the same feat, but his DX will be - 6 for each attack, and he gets no defensive advantage.
(p. 16, Advanced Melee)

The left-hand dagger

A fighter may use a main-gauche, or left-hand dagger, with any other one-handed weapon. It may be used in two ways: (1) On any turn the fighter uses it only as a shield, it stops one hit from any non-missile attack, and adjusts his DX by b2. (2) On any turn he uses it as a shield AND weapon, it still stops one hit from any non-missile weapon. It also lets him make TWO attacks that turn (against the same enemy); one with the main-gauche and one with the other weapon. BOTH attacks are at DX b4. A main-gauche gets 1 b 1 in HTH combat. A fighter may NOT use two daggers, or a main-gauche and dagger, in HTH combat.
(Melee, http://tft-melee.wikispaces.com/Melee#toc25)

Death Test restricts characters to 

--- On Sun, 9/14/08, Rick Smith <rsmith@lightspeed.ca> wrote:

> From: Rick Smith <rsmith@lightspeed.ca>
> Subject: Re: (TFT) Death test first encounter: spider probs....
> To: tft@brainiac.com
> Date: Sunday, September 14, 2008, 11:01 PM
> In Advanced Melee somewhere it says that you can 
> attack twice per turn the first attack is -4 DX and
> the second is at -6 DX.  (If my memory has not 
> totally failed me.)  Various talents can improve
> this.
> 
> Anyway, assuming the PC's have high DX, with the
> +4 DX making 2 attacks per turn is quite do-able.
> 
> Warm regards, Rick.
> 
> 
> On Sun, 2008-14-09 at 07:39 -0400, joel siragher wrote:
> > Ok good detailed answer.
> > 
> > How does +4 DX equate to attacking twice per turn? Im
> not familiar with this
> > rule. Reference?
> > 
> > I looked up the date of publication. it was Death test
> 3rd edition. Thats
> > the one that describes the spiders
> > 
> > On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 1:02 AM, Rick Smith
> <rsmith@lightspeed.ca> wrote:
> > 
> > > I played it a long time ago but this is what I
> remember
> > > doing with it.
> > >
> > > First the spiders do two points of damage but if
> you
> > > have leather or better it stops all hits.
> > >
> > > (I thought that they had DX 10, so you could roll
> a
> > > single die and hit on a 1 to 3.  Roll twelve dice
> &
> > > you're done.)
> > >
> > > Being in HTH you get +4 DX so my players would
> hit
> > > twice per turn.  Those with armor slapped the
> ones on
> > > those with cloth or no armor.
> > >
> > > I looked on that chest as living example of the
> "Don't
> > > go into this dungeon with no armor" rule.
> > >
> > > I had one group of 32 att figures make it thru
> Death
> > > Test once, (4 of them).  However, four 40
> attribute
> > > figures could easily die.  Two 32 attribute
> figures
> > > stand no chance.
> > >
> > > Rick
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sat, 2008-13-09 at 20:20 -0400, joel siragher
> wrote:
> > > > I am trying to learn tft to a level that
> that I can dm it again. At least
> > > > maybe i can run some noobs through death
> test.
> > > >
> > > > The first encounter was due west: 12 spiders
> in a chest. The party gets
> > > > init.
> > > >
> > > > For characters I was using Flavius and Wulf
> from Melee.
> > > >
> > > > As I was reading it, I translated it to
> read: 12 spiders automatically
> > > jump
> > > > on the people opening the chest, they go
> right into HTH,
> > > >
> > > > the spiders are 12 ocv... er... adjust dex
> :) They all do 2 pts of damage
> > > > per bite.
> > > >
> > > > This meant to me that 6 hit flavius all at
> once and 6 hit Wulf. Wulf has
> > > > zero armor.
> > > >
> > > > All six of them bit wulf on the first turn.
> Wulf was gone in 2 turns.
> > > >
> > > > I think I made a mistake. I was trying to
> see if all 6 could engage him
> > > in
> > > > hth at once.
> > > >
> > > > Are the critters that small that they could
> all get good shots in on him?
> > > > were they surrounding him in adj hexes, or
> actually on him...
> > > >
> > > > Please help this senior citizen figur out
> what should have been doing as
> > > a
> > > > DM and as player.
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