Re: (TFT) Interesting re: Thrown Pole Weapons

[Sgt Hulka <hulkasgt@yahoo.com>]

The more I've thought about it the more I think David Miller's interpretation of this is correct -- a thrown pole weapon is a thrown weapon, not a pole weapon, and therefore does not do double damage on a charge. I agree I'd be interested in playtesting the alternative, though. Thrown weapons in basic melee are pretty ineffective.

Like you, I've been curious about the changes to spears. Like I mentioned previously, pole weapons are far more powerful in Advanced Melee than Melee. Maybe that's why they were "nerfed"? But if you look at the rest of the polearms, 1+1 should be the correct damage pattern. The 2 dice halberd is one slot less than the 2+1 Morningstar. The 2+2 Pike axe is one slot less than the 3 dice Battleaxe. The 1-1 Javelin is one less than the 1 die rapier. So the 1+1 spear should be one less than the 1+2 small axe.

I think there's room within the rules (and within the weapon damage to strength ratios) for a 2-handed polearm that does 1+2 damage, but it should be ST 12, not 11.

--- On Mon, 4/13/09, Cris Fuhrman <fuhrmanator@gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Cris Fuhrman <fuhrmanator@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: (TFT) Interesting re: Thrown Pole Weapons
> To: tft@brainiac.com
> Date: Monday, April 13, 2009, 6:35 AM
> On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 10:17, Sgt Hulka
> <hulkasgt@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Sounds like it's legal according to Melee. But, as you
> point out, it's not
> possible in AM. I'd bet that the AM change is a fix to
> this "loophole" in
> Melee.
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