ARCHERY For those with the HTH rules, why not ignore PEN/PF/DC altogether? Merely apply ID vs armour class. How about this: Against NO, LT, and ML targets,...
... What do you mean by "armour class" in this context? ... Ick! ML is effective against arrows - what is the point of this? In fact, what is the point of...
If you can get a copy of Rhand: Morningstar Missions, so much the better. You can get by assuming an arrow to be a tiny spear, and give it damage accordingly. ...
I can't win, I guess. I was responding to the previous messages regarding how the published archery data undervalues the penetrating power of these weapons,...
... undervalued ... I've never read any accounts of this, might be an urban legend, of sorts. The Welsh Yeomen were tremendous archers, and their bows held...
According to Cpl Ferro, on Thu, 02 Jan 2003 the word on the street was... ... You're not wrong (probably :) but I agree with Jesper that this is not the way to...
According to George Laiacona, on Thu, 02 Jan 2003 the word on the street was... ... Last September I was at a re-enactment convention/fair in England where a ...
... watched a documentary one time where they showed a welsh bow putting an arrow through the chest piece of a set of plate armour at short range. looked like...
Thanks for the input, everyone. I think what may be confusing the matter is the exact arrow-head type. In any case, here are some advanced archery rules for...
Its New! Its Alpha Quality! Its Confusing! Its Buggy! Its my Phoenix Command Small Arms Combat System Character Generator Java applet/application. You'll laugh...
Running Mac OSX.2.3 and Navigator 7.0.1. All I get is the following statement: java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError.CharacterSheet (Unsupported major.minor...
Despite their flaws, such as unplayability, I liked LEG's film-based games for their amusement intent of broadening the options for play. While there are a...
E.g. When Aragorn fights Lurtz at the end of FotR, at one part he plunges an elven knife through a chord of Lurtz’s thigh, overpenetrating. This should have...
According to Exile In Paradise, on Mon, 13 Jan 2003 the word on the street was... ... My first reaction was "It doesn't work in Opera!" but when I went to...
Interestingly, while I have loved the two LotR movies so far, I felt that the combat (esp in Two Towers) was disappointingly D&D like. Legolas, Gimli and...
Rhand: Morningstar Missions has a magic system. Problem is, locating a copy. Even in HtH, a high level fighter worries less about being struck, especially if...
I was disappointed in the Rhand MM magic system, it seemed pretty underdeveloped. As far as LoTR, a high level fighter worries less about being struck, but he...
... Hey you, stop copying my program's features ! ;) Ah well, my program still has exclusive claims to... "It's Outdated !" and "It's Character Mode !" ;) ...
Here is a site with a paper model of the APC in Aliens: http://aliens.humlak.cz/aliens/Aliens_papirove_modely.htm I haven't tried printing it (there are one...
... All I get when clicking on the generator is a blank screen. I'm using eComstation (OS/2) and tried both Netscape Navigator and Mozilla. I'll do some more...
Thanks for the link, Eero. I have found stand-up counters, or paper models at you put it, at 1" per hex to be the ideal medium for my game's tactical visuals....
An untrained person firing a high-recoil gun like a shotgun or large-caliber pistol, can break their wrist. INCIDENTAL SHOOTER INJURY After firing a gun, the...
... the combat (esp in Two Towers) was disappointingly D&D like. Legolas, Gimli and Aragorn plunge into combat with 50 or 100 opponents with no fear of ever ...
MULTIPLE ATTACKER addenda If a combatant is attacked by multiple opponents, he defends at SL 0 versus any attack outside his Field of View, as normal. Also,...
... Just letting me know about it is the most important step :) I develop using Java 1.4.1_01 exclusively, but I have set the dev environment I use (BlueJ @...
... One of my primary complaints with Opera... but an excellent browser none-the-less. ... Yeah, I think my dev environment is failing to re-target my compiles...
It works much better now - at least I can see the top part of the page (still too large for normal viewing - scroll bars, lad!). ... -- "If you haven't got...