Re: (TFT) Interesting re: Thrown Pole Weapons

["David O. Miller" <davidomiller@verizon.net>]

Good question. Here's my ruling: As soon as you throw the spear it
goes from being a pole weapon to a thrown weapon. Thrown weapons can
not do double damage.

Besides, how many of you actually use the "three hexes in a straight
line to get double damage" rule? All versions of Melee including
Advanced Melee do not have this rule. It's only that last Mircoquest
version (as far as I recall) that included it. And that was after SJ
left the employment of the company. I always looked at that rule as a
"Howard" rule and ignore it, preferring the move one hex and do double
damage from the first rule sets. Perhaps it was added to provide more
"realism" (whatever that means in game simulation language) but as far
as I'm concerned the rule was not "broken" in the first place and
played just fine as written. Besides, the original rule makes for more
strategic play than the newer rule.

David O. Miller


On Apr 12, 2009, at 10:17 AM, Sgt Hulka wrote:

> Melee, page 7: "2. A Disengaged figure may move up to half its MA
> and: b) CHARGE AND ATTACK with any weapon except a Missile Weapon."
>
> Melee, page 11: "A figure that charge attacks, Action b) for
> Disengaged figures, with a pole weapon does double damage if the
> target is hit. The figures last three hexes of movement must be in a
> straight line and without a facing change or the double damage bonus
> does not apply."
>
> Melee, page 12: "A thrown-weapon attack is treated exactly like a
> regular attack, but there is a DX adjustment of b1 for every hex of
> distance to the target. A target 3 hexes away is attacked at b3 DX."
>
> Doesn't this mean that a figure armed with a spear could move three
> hexes in a straight line, throw the spear, and do double damage with
> the pole weapon attack? There is nothing in Melee that I've found to
> contradict this interpretation, and it has historical precedent in
> that mounted javeliners would use the momentum of their horses to
> improve their killing power.
>
> In Advanced Melee, this is not possible, since throwing a weapon is
> an entirely seperate Option: "b. throw a weapon OR jab with a pole
> weapon." You can not throw as part of a charge.
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