Re: (TFT) More Weapons, and variable strength

[Peter von Kleinsmid <pvk@oz.net>]

Rick, I don't think your system to unbalanced. It does change the 
weapon choice situation. It seems better to aim for the weapon one 
less than your ST, because you'll do the same damage as with a weapon 
of your ST, but it will weigh and cost less. A larger affect occurs 
with the choice of 2-handed weapons versus one-handed weapons, since 
for example:

ST 13 Shordsword 2d,   Broadsword 2d+1, Bastardsword 2d+1 or 3d-2 two-handed.
ST 14 Shordsword 2d+1, Broadsword 2d+1, Bastardsword 2d+2 or 3d-1 
two-handed, 2-h.Sword 3d-1.
ST 15 Shordsword 2d+1, Broadsword 2d+2, Bastardsword 2d+2 or 3d-1 
two-handed, 2-h.Sword 3d.

ST 14 Mace 2d+1, Pick 2d+1, Morningstar 2d+2, Great Hammer 2d+2
ST 15 Mace 2d+1, Pick 2d+2, Morningstar 2d+2, Great Hammer 2d+3, Battleaxe 3d
ST 16 Mace 2d+1, Pick 2d+2, Morningstar 2d+3, Great Hammer 2d+3, Battleaxe 3d+1

To me, this makes one-handed weapons with shields even more 
attractive than they already were, compared to two-handed weapons. 
And I might even prefer a Mace at ST 14-15, because it can be thrown. 
That's not necessarily a bad thing, but I think it tends to de-value 
two-handed weapons (e.g. at ST 14 and 16, there's no advantage to 
using a 2-handed hammer over a one-handed morningstar, in fact 
there's a weight penalty). I might add +1 damage to all two-handed 
weapons to make them a more interesting choice, and for realism 
reasons (in real physics, a 2-handed swing does tend to hit harder, 
as does a swing with a heavier weapon).

There's also the issue of dice versus adds. As I mentioned before to 
you in the context of house rules that add + some amount of damage, 
the more those stack, the less varied damage amounts are, and this is 
another thing adding a flat +, without ever adding dice. That's why I 
wrote I would add "damage rank" rather than adding damage points. 
E.g. I would follow the base progression used by the weapons: 1d, 
1d+1, 1d+2, 2d-1, 2d, ... or similar, because otherwise you get ST 
14, with very fine +2 Smallaxe 1d+6, which seems like a funky 
predictable damage range to me, which can have gamey uses that I 
don't think make real-world sense (e.g. guaranteeing penetration so 
poison will take effect, or having your guy with the high-plus weapon 
attack the target he's guaranteed to take out, while the high-die 
weapons go for the targets that need a higher max damage).

PvK

At 12:36 AM 2/11/2015, Rick Smith wrote:
> My thoughts on very strong figures being able to use weapons better:
>
> In my campaign, if you are 1 ST higher than a weapon you do +1 damage.
> If you are 2 ST higher than that, you do +2 damage.
> If you are 3 ST higher than that, you do +3 damage, etc.


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