Re: (TFT) Death Test 1, take 4: SURVIVED!

[Bob Portnell <nvdaydreamer@gmail.com>]

Just to throw the counter-example out: we had one PC who used a polearm to
great effect. And the GMs (self included) were never quite bright enough to
put enough ranged-weapon users in the NPC OpFors. We just kept feeding XP
onto his spear, or when a melee combatant would stop short of him, HE'D
charge and gather the points that way.

Bob P
On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 7:46 AM, PvK <pvk@oz.net> wrote:

> I disagree that pole weapons dominate play with Advanced Melee, and it
> certainly wasn't our experience. We played TFT for many years, to the point
> our brains were tuned to predict the result of combats before we rolled the
> dice, and the best moves were second nature. Pole weapons were not a very
> popular choice, except by the military, and plenty of characters survived
> plenty of encounters with them. In fact, pole weapon users tended to die
> quickly, because they would tend to draw extra attacks.
>
> --- hulkasgt@yahoo.com wrote:
> "... The result is that Pole Weapons dominate the game. Your character
> must, MUST have a pole weapon or he/she is dead meat. ..."
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