Re: (TFT) Sweeping Blows

[Rick Smith <rsmith@lightspeed.ca>]

Hi Dan,
  As written it says 2 handed weapons.  This does
not make much sense to me.

-- When you solidly hit with a hammer it stops.
The idea of it sweeping thru several figure just
seems dumb.

-- You might argue, that a sword is sharp enough 
to slice one person, and sweep on an slice another
person.  But this would suggest that a one handed
sword could do sweeping blows.  In fact, it is 
easier to twist a one handed blade than a two 
handed one.

-- Two handed weapons in TFT suck.  This is their
one big advantage.  Normally, I would take a one
handed weapon and a shield.  In my campaign, I've
boosted the damage of two handed weapons by 2 
points.

-- I'm not fond of the only 2 handed weapons can
do sweeping blows rule, but it does give a nice
bonus to 2 handed weapons (which they need).  I
would be very interested in any new rules you 
might suggest.

  Warm regards, Rick.

On Fri, 2011-08-07 at 17:50 -0400, dwtulloh61@cox.net wrote:
> While we're on the subject of weapons ...
> 
> Sweeping Blows.
> 
> Right now, IIRC, Sweeping Blows can only be performed by two-handed
> cutting weapons: swords and axes.
> 
> But what about two-handed hammers?  It would to be possible to swing
> a two-handed hammer through each of your front hexes, but if you hit a
> target, it stops the sweeping blow.
> 
> Example:   Conan is fighting 3 goblins, one in each of his front hexes, and
> is armed with a two-handed hammer.  He wants to perform a sweeping 
> blow through these hexes so he swings his hammer.  His DX is 14.  He
> rolls a 15 versus the first goblin and so he misses - but he rolls a 10 vs
> the second goblin and so he does his damage and the attack stops there.
> 
> Does this sound reasonable?  If so, it might be extended to things like 
> staves and perhaps even feet ( some kind of sweeping karate kick ).
> 
> Dan
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