RE: (TFT) Question about dropping your weapons in hth

[Jim Zmrazek <jzmra@hotmail.com>]

Ah, I see. Well then, that makes me rethink hth combat a bit.  A suicidal dive
into a heavily armed opponent could be a good tactic.  Even if you die, you
still cripple your opponent for a few turns.

> Subject: Re: (TFT) Question about dropping your weapons in hth
> From: rsmith@lightspeed.ca
> To: tft@brainiac.com
> Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2009 16:54:17 -0700
>
> Hi Jim,
> We have always played it that you take the full 4 turns
> that you list below.
>
> Warm regards, Rick.
>
> On Sat, 2009-25-07 at 23:24 +0000, Jim Zmrazek wrote:
> > My first question is when you enter hand to hand combat, both fighters
drop
> > their weapons except for daggers.   If you kill your opponent, at the end
of
> > the round you will still be prone, right?  How many turns after that will
it
> > take to pick up your weapons?  In Advanced Melee, they say if you are
knocked
> > down, you may stand up and do nothing.  So would that mean that you have
to
> > wait another turn to pick up your weapons?  So the turns would go like
this:
> >
> > Turn 1: Enter hth, drop weapons
> > Turn 2: Lucky hit, and kill opponent.  Still prone.
> > Turn 3: Stand up and do nothing.
> > Turn 4: Pick up your weapons.
> >
> > The only thing that has me a bit confused is the wording of "prone" and
> > "knocked down."  When it says rise from a knocked down position and do
> > nothing, I think that refers to taking 8 points of damage in a turn,
right?
> > It does mention that if you go prone involuntarily, you can only get up
and do
> > nothing too.  Does getting into hth count as involuntary?  Or can you then
get
> > up and take your weapons in one turn?
> >
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