Joe plays thru the DTs

[Rick <rick_ww@lightspeed.ca>]

Nice Joe, 
Let us know how DT 2 goes.

Warm regards, rick.


> On 2019Apr 1,, at 13:45, Joe Hartley <jh@brainiac.com> wrote:
> 
> No, not *those* DTs, Death Tests!
> 
> I spent a lovely Sunday afternoon working through Death Test with a team
> of adventurers I haven't seen since the 90s who are 26 pt. characters.
> 
> I played with just the Melee rules, and it was touch-and-go, especially 
> since Barthok (AdjDX: 13) couldn't seem to hit the broad side of a barn, 
> and when he did he rolled pitifully weak damage.  He was in danger of 
> becoming an ex-character at one point, but a fortuitous potion kept him
> on this side of the grass.
> 
> The game ended on a high point, with Takandra swinging her broadsword first
> (AdjDX: 14) and rolling a 3.  Yessss, let's see what the shortsword (2d-1)
> can do... 12!! 33 damage to a ST30 giant!
> 
> I started laughing out loud, trying to imagine how that would have gone
> down.  Did she slice the giant in half?  One amazingly well-targeted thrust?
> How hard would it have been to pull it out again?
> 
> It was a pleasure to play this on the new playmat with the bigger counters,
> and with the spiff new dice that came with the new Melee.  Next time I'll
> include the Wizard rules and see if I can make it through DT2.
> 
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