Re: (TFT) Adding a Kicker die to TFT. - Patterns on dice.

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

schlock mercs in Kickstarter?

is that new or old?

I just bought the BOXEd schlock mercs boardgame, about 2 weeks ago



On Sat, Apr 25, 2015 at 6:01 PM, Rick Smith <rick_ww@lightspeed.ca> wrote:

> Hi all,
>   I was reading about the Schlock Mercenary rpg (in development on kick
> starter), and a couple ideas in it were very clever and could be adapted
> to TFT.
>
>   For example, they roll 3d6 but one die is a different color.  (Called the
> mayhem die in that game.)  If you roll to hit, succeed in hitting and the
> mayhem die is lower than both of the other dice, you have a critical hit
> (draw a card).
>
>   Some weapons blow up if you roll triples.
>
>   Other auto-hit if you roll a straight (e.g. 3-4-5, or 1-2-3).
>
>   Others will do an bonus hit if you roll doubles on the 3 dice, (e.g.
> 4-4-2).
>
>
>   The idea behind this is that you get finer granularity when you look at
> weird patterns of the dice rather than just totals.
>
> _____________________________________________________
>
> So how can this be used in TFT?
>
> Talents like fencing can give you bonuses for certain patterns.  For
> example,
> if you hit and have rolled doubles, enemy's physical armor is halved round
> down.  (You found a weak spot.)
>
> Talents where certain patterns give you a parry.  If your attack gives you
> a
> straight then you can automatically block one attack by a lower DX figure
> made on you later in the turn.
>
> I have some talents that make your shields more powerful.  If ENEMY's odd
> colored kicker die pairs with one of his other dice when you have this
> talent,
> your shield stops double.
>
> etc.
>
> If rolling 4+ dice, we would likely want to distinguish the base three
> which
> these rules are based on, and which are extra.  (Or maybe we WANT to
> have higher chances of pairs, triples?)  A 3 long straight is very easy on
> 4 dice, but a 4 long straight is harder.)
>
> As for non-combat talents.  Anyone with a higher level talent (e.g. Master
> Armorer, Master Thief, Diving Talent or Master Naturalist) who rolls
> better with
> their kicker die than the two gets a significant bonus.  e.g. the lock is
> picked in
> half time, something along that level of bonus.  A nice bonus for people
> who
> upgrade talents to higher levels.
>
> I am not suggesting any detailed rules.  Just putting the idea out there
> for
> other people to chew on if they want.
>
> To do this well, you would want to adjust a fair number of TFT rules.  On
> the
> other hand, I have been planning to do a big revision of my Talent List...
>
> :D
>
> Warm regards, Rick.
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