Re: (TFT) Re: Encumbrance and fST penalties.

["John Paul Bakshoian" <shadowhex@hotmail.com>]

> From: Pasha and or Rick Smith <pnrsmith@istar.ca>
> Subject: (TFT) Re: Encumbrance and fST penalties.
> Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 17:49:16 -0800
>
> 	Hi all,
>
> 	When I bother, this is how I calculate the fST cost of
> wearing heavy armor.  At the end of each battle,  I give each
> person a fST penalty equal to the basic number of hits that armor
> stops.  So if you fight a battle in Cloth you take 1 fST point of
> fatigue, you would take 5 fST for fighting in plate.
>
> 	If you are doing fairly hard work (walking up a long
> slope for example) for an hour you also take an equal penalty.
>
> 	This system is simple and fast and works pretty good.
> However I and my players found that rather than always going
> into a battle a few fST short, it was faster and more fun to just
> ignore it.  If you do want to have these sorts of penalties, the
> above system works pretty well.
>
> 	Rick

This works for me.  There are times when the players are trying to get away 
from a grueling combat without so much as a sweat before bashing in the next 
door.  Or when that forced march does need some penalty.  This is a simple 
way to factor it quickly.

Hail Melee
John Paul

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