(TFT) MA Penalty House Rules

["Erol K. Bayburt" <ErolB1@aol.com>]

Hello:

I've been working on some house rules that deal better with unusually 
high and low Movement Allowance scores, and that deal better with 
unusually large MA penalties. This is what I currently have:

If a figure's MA score is 28 or higher, then each point of MA penalty 
reduces the figure's MA by 4 points, until the figure reaches MA 26 or 
24. Then the following rule applies.

If a figure's MA score is between 14 and 26, then each point of MA 
penalty reduces the figure's MA by 2 points, until the figure reaches MA 
12. Then the following rule applies.

If a figure's MA score is between 7 and 12, then each point of MA 
penalty reduces the figure's MA by 1 point, as usual, until the figure 
reaches MA 6. Then the following rule applies.

If a figure's MA score is 6 or less, then each point of MA penalty 
reduces the figure's MA by 0.5 points. Keep fractions; they won't affect 
the figure's movement on the hex grid but will provide a small buffer if 
further MA penalties are applied later.

As a shortcut when the total MA penalty is -6 or worse, cut the figure's 
MA score in half and then apply any penalty beyond -6. (E.g. for a -8 MA 
penalty, cut MA in half and then apply a further -2 penalty.) When 
cutting MA in half, round up to the nearest *even* number if the result 
is MA 13 or higher, and keep odd or fractional MA scores otherwise. Thus 
MA 26 would be halved to 14 (instead of 13) but MA 14 would be halved to 
MA 7 (no rounding), and MA 7 would be halved to MA 3.5 (again with no 
rounding).

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The idea is to keep the effect of MA penalties more or less in 
proportion to the figure's *current* MA score, with a -4 penalty applied 
to a figure with a current MA 14 having the same effect whether the MA 
14 is the figure's base MA or its adjMA after a previously-applied 
penalty. But it does mean that larger MA penalties are needed to bring 
normal MA 8-12 figures down to MA 0. (-14 instead of -8 for MA 8, -16 
instead of -10 for MA 10, and -18 instead of -12 for MA 12)

Comments?

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Erol K. Bayburt
ErolB1@aol.com
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