Re: (TFT) Archery/Missles/aimed shots

[Joel BoardgameRpger <joel.siragher@gmail.com>]

ooops! that was Fire in the streets!

a dark city game. www.darkcitygames.com


Thank you both for input.

now that you mention streets of fire I have a tremendous urge to buy it and
try to convert  into a fantasy tft game.

I will have to look at it on Boardgamegeek.com and see the review.




On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 11:41 PM, Joey Beutel <mejobo@comcast.net> wrote:

> My main use for the targeting rules was for sneaking behind opponents,
> spending a turn or two aiming at their head, and then swinging.... usually
> knocked them out but didn't quite kill. Good.
>
> On May 17, 2012, at 10:35 PM, Rick Smith wrote:
>
> Streets of Fire is an Advance Squad Leader module.
>> Congrats for going to the work to convert it to
>> TFT!
>>
>> Actually, your rule for shooting at smaller,
>> highly important targets requiring a turn of
>> aiming I think is a pretty good one.  I don't
>> think it is realistic, but it is an easy to
>> remember fix, for slowing down people who like
>> to blast thru enemies.
>>
>> (In my campaign I have expanded critical hits
>> further.  For -10 adj DX you can aim at spots
>> which give you double damage.  For -16 adj DX
>> you can do triple damage.  Arrow to the
>> jugular!  My Adrazzi Assassin demon has a 25
>> DX and uses these rules as a standard tactic.
>> Players don't much like that demon...
>> <evil grin>)
>>
>> Anyway, I agree with those who say, this is
>> TFT, and sudden, violent, deadly and short
>> combats is an advantage over D&D's dull
>> attrition fests.  But I've had PC archers
>> with 25+ DX and have remembered wistfully
>> the days when it took TWO shots of an arrow
>> to kill my orcs.
>>
>> Warm regards, Rick.
>>
>> On Thu, 2012-17-05 at 16:06 -0400, Joel BoardgameRpger wrote:
>>
>>> Last nights game successful, using Streets of fire as a module integrated
>>> into
>>> my story line, but optional rules for aimed shots messed up the fight.
>>>
>>> The archer, an elf with the missle talent and DX:13
>>> took out like a knife through buttah. (NY pronounciation of butter, not
>>> slang for hind quarters).
>>>
>>> His modified dx roll to hit is 16s and he kept rolling 8,9 or 10.
>>>
>>> I was a tad aggrevated because it shortened the fight.
>>>
>>> So ive declared that aimed shots now will require Aiming a round.
>>> Yes, this will give the shooter a +1, but at least it saves an enemy a
>>> round
>>> and makes the combat a little tougher.
>>>
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