Re: (TFT) plate and half-plate...opinions wanted

[Michael Taylor <MichaelTaylor1@compuserve.com>]

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> 
>I also have to agree with Rick. I'd like to believe that Steve Jackson
>knows a little bit more about game balance than I do.

>>>>>>>>>Hm...so no one should change anything because Steve knows best? 
Sorry, I
>>>>>>>>>don't buy that.  

Good. Cause I didn't say that. 

But with THIS particular section of the rules - the balance of DX
modifications to Hits Stopped, I think this is pretty well thought out. 

Remember, his primary design goal was a balanced combat boardgame - not how
powerful starting characters are. I wouldn't underestimate Steve Jacksons
wargaming design background so easily....

>>>>>>>>>So obviously this is not armor that a starting character would
wear.  I don't
>>>>>>>>>mind that, but by the time a guy's got four or five points of
stats under his belt,
>>>>>>>>>and can actually start to think about taking on a DX hit greater
than chainmail's,
>>>>>>>>>he's going to have the cash to get fine plate.  There is no point
in a typical 
>>>>>>>>>character's "career arc" where this stuff makes sense.  

Sure, but the armor wasn't designed for adventuring PCs. It was designed
for soldiers paid for by the King. At which point custom fitting Fine Plate
for every knight doesn't make a lot of sense.....

Your viewpoint seems very PC-oriented. Not that there's anything wrong with
that, but I don't think that the armor types were designed *only* for
adventuring PCs. 

>>>>>>>>>I'm not arguing for a big change here, only that for people with
decent ST 
>>>>>>>>>these armors should have a DX penalty equal to their protection
value.  

I still don't understand why it *should* have a DX penatly equal to its
protection value, just because the first three armor types do. That seems
to me to be just where the numbers balanced...

Somebody said they wanted opinions.....that's mine....

Michael 

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