Re: (TFT) Gunpowder Weapons

[Richard Walters <rick.walters@yahoo.com>]

I think our way is pretty simple and elegant.

We give you a single roll to save against trampling the same way you get a roll against being pushed back (knocked down).  The only difference between the two is in where you land when you fail.  So, if you fail your save being trampled, you're under the creature and "can" declare yourself in HTH, or attempt to roll out during your action.  If you're being pushed back and fail, you fall in a hex adjacent to the creature and may stand and ready without a roll on your attack.

(side note, we play that you can stand and ready in a single round, some play that it takes two rounds first kneeling and then standing and readying.)

In my opinion, it's the trampling and engagement rules that give the larger creatures a fair shake against the smaller creatures.  The ability to shift and trample accidentally or on purpose makes it very hard to fight these larger creatures and more realistic to my mind.  Without this ability, dragons and such are trapped too easily.  I like that they can push back whole groups of fighters, and step on people as they turn and move.

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In a related thought, I also like seeing two sword and shield users ganging up on another creature where one of them uses shield rush and the other attacks.  I similiarly like seeing shield walls where the wall gangs up on people along the line with shield rush attacks and liberal use of force-retreat.

Good Fortune,
Richard



----- Original Message ----
From: Sgt Hulka <hulkasgt@yahoo.com>
To: tft@brainiac.com
Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 12:22:28 PM
Subject: Re: (TFT) Gunpowder Weapons

I see what your saying. It takes eight turns to load. But it's "unreadied" while it's being loaded. Once it's loaded, it takes another four turns to "ready". Which is to say, to transfer it to your hands in a firing position. Whereas a sword and shield take one turn to "ready", an arquebus takes four turns.

That is a very reasonable and logical interpretation of the rules as written.

--- On Thu, 6/11/09, Cris Fuhrman <fuhrmanator@gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Cris Fuhrman <fuhrmanator@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: (TFT) Gunpowder Weapons
> To: tft@brainiac.com
> Date: Thursday, June 11, 2009, 7:53 AM
> On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 10:31, Sgt
> Hulka <hulkasgt@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > I haven't found any other clear definition of "ready"
> in the rules (apart
> > from which weapon you have "readied" in your hands).
> >
> 
> That would be my interpretation. If a player has it already
> readied going
> into combat, he can fire it immediately (if it's also
> loaded). If it's slung
> (or another weapon is readied), then it takes 4 turns to
> ready.
> 
> -- 
> Cris Fuhrman
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