Re: (TFT) Rewrite of Melee simulator in JavaScript

[Cris Fuhrman <fuhrmanator@gmail.com>]

Thank you very much for the feedback.

The pole weapon charge means it only happens on the first round. I don't do
anything with dexterity. That is, there is no rule in basic melee that says
pole weapons attack first or get a Dex bonus. That is an advanced rule as
far as I understand it. So basically if a charge attack is successful it
does double damage.

As far as defending, there could be bugs in the simulator. I look at the
details of the case that you mention.

If you're using a modern browser such as Chrome you can type F12 to see the
JavaScript console. Ticking the verbose option in the simulator will show
you all the details of every action that is taken including dice rolls. I
don't recommend using that option if you're doing a lot of bouts. But if
you want to understand how the charging and defending rules work you'll see
all the details. Try it with a single bout if you're not feeling ambitious
to read a lot of output.

On Thu, Oct 15, 2015, 19:35 Peter von Kleinsmid <pvk@oz.net> wrote:

> What kind of pole weapon charge rules are you using? 50% chance of
> +2DX on charge defense? Double damage? Pole weapon user goes first?
>
> Because, I'm pretty surprised by some of the results -
> Bdsd/SmallShield guy versus Halberd guy (no armor on either) shows
> 36% halberd win with "Defend vs pole charge" on, and 34% without the
> Defend on charge. That seems unexpected to me, since a 4d6 charge
> attack striking first and hitting 62.5% of the time, doing 12 or more
> damage (enough for unconsciousness through small shield) is 76%, and
> 9 or more damage (enough to knock down and give -3DX) 94.6% of the
> time. So I would expect defending to cut the chance of that
> first-turn 4d6 blow from 62.5% to about 24%, would be more than a 2%
> shift - in fact I'd expect a shift in the other direction, and the
> total odds for a halberd to win to be above 50%, since without
> Defending, from the above I get 59% chance the broadsword guy is dead
> or prone with -3DX on turn 1.
>
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