Re: (TFT) thrown weapons

[Denis DesHarnais <denisdesharnais@gmail.com>]

Been awhile since I looked at ITL skills, but I think that type of house
rule could be incorporated into a thrown weapon talent.  Maybe a level 2
skill with regular thrown weapon being a prerequisite.  Seems like a good
idea though, off the top of my head.  I was always into anything that
allowed for Errol Flynn type fights - provided the adversaries also had
access to the talents.  Wargamers will probably cringe at this line of
thought though....  No insult intended, but for wargamers I've known, it's
the focus on the general, not the combatant that's key, and as a result,
they tend to shy away from what they would see as the scenery-chewing Robin
Hood swinging from the chandeliers and whipping axes mid-cartwheel.

"Gimme ten good men and a ballista anyday!"

That's fine, but that was never what I looked for in my fantasy.

On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 12:09 PM, gem6868 <gem6868@verizon.net> wrote:

> OK, so I've read and re-read the throwing weapon rules - maybe I understand
> them.
> Since thrown weapons are a "regular attack", you can move half and throw
> them, right?
> My experience with trying out a thrown weapon in Melee Arena Combat is that
> the low likelihood of a hit unless you are right on top of someone, combined
> with being close to them and having to switch weapons almost always gives
> them a free attack.  Historically, these heavy short-ranged weapons were
> considered pretty dangerous, especially in the hands of practiced users like
> Romans, Franks, et al.
> I was thinking that perhaps I'd switch the range modifier to -1 / megahex
> >1, so a throw to the adjacent megahex would be at straight DX, while a full
> megahex interval is -1DX, 2 is -2DX, etc.
> Anyone have any similar thoughts? =====
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