Re: (TFT) Interesting re: Thrown Pole Weapons

["John" <johnnyboytmm@juno.com>]

------: "Todd Roseberry" ---------
I guess the question is this: Is there any difference in momentum between a 
solidly thrusted javelin/spear vs. one that is thrown?
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since momentum is Mass times Velocity, and a man plus spear has a dramatically bigger mass (say 200 lbs vs 1 lb) I think a charge has a kot more momentum than a throw, unless the thrown spear moves 200 times faster than the thrust spear.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sgt Hulka" 
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Sent: Sunday, April 12, 2009 9:17 AM
Subject: (TFT) Interesting re: Thrown Pole Weapons


> 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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