Re: Crossbows

A joke! Apparently your funnybone shrank because of excessive internet
use! What are u a vulcan?

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Date: Fri, 03 Jul 1998 12:43:44 -0500
To: spelljammer@????.com
From: corwin@??????????.com (cameron orwin)
Subject: Re: [SPELLJAMMER] - Crossbows
Reply-To: spelljammer@????.com

I can't see why anything would get lost going across the internet unless
you have some kind of point filter on your e-mail.


At 10:34 AM 7/3/98 PDT, you wrote:
>no!!! Thats it this is my last post on this damage topic! I like the
way
>it is now, I was just trying to get a point across. But then again alot
>of the point gets lost when its sent across the internet (lol)
>
>----Original Message Follows----
>Date: Fri, 03 Jul 1998 12:04:48 -0500
>To: spelljammer@????.com
>From: corwin@??????????.com (cameron orwin)
>Subject: Re: [SPELLJAMMER] - Crossbows
>Reply-To: spelljammer@????.com
>
>Are you saying that you would rather paly a game where a character gets
>killed nearly everytime that he gets hit?  You must enjoy making new
>characters.  Although I would not call it realistic, D&D is fun because
>PC's can get into fights without facing death every time.  Otherwise,
>the
>PC's would spend a career running.  Anything else would be stupid.  Not
>much of a hero.
>
>At 09:54 AM 7/3/98 PDT, you wrote:
>>Im not saying every hit should kill, Im just pointing out the that not
>>every hit is a flesh wound. If look at the possabilitys, even at 99:1
>>that the wound is leathel (sp?) ewventualy the character will recive a
>>lethal wound
>>
>>----Original Message Follows----
>>Date: Fri, 03 Jul 1998 00:45:53 -0400 (EDT)
>>From: gantr@???.edu
>>Subject: Re: [SPELLJAMMER] - Crossbows
>>To: spelljammer@????.com
>>Reply-To: spelljammer@????.com
>>
>>
>>
>>On Thu, 2 Jul 1998, Harry Bandoian wrote:
>>
>>> Ya in AD&D you could take a slash to the gut take 20 points of
damage
>>> and still survive the fight! I mean in real life your guts would be
>>all
>>> over the floor and youd BE DEAD!!!!! But in AD&D high level heros
are
>>> invinceable in real life human (elves draves..etc) are more
delicate!
>>I
>>> mean comeon in real life a guy gets a bullet to the abdomen and dies
>>in
>>> AD&D a hero gets slashed hacked burned cut and diced and still
>manages
>>> to make it out _alive_!!!
>>
>>In the immortal words of most action movies at some point:  "I'm fine!
>>It's just a flesh wound!"
>>
>>As you discuss "realistic" damage assessment and hit points, remember
>>that
>>most high-level hit point loss is not due to sustaining actual impacts
>>from weapons.  It represents the luck and skill of the higher level
>>individual, and the fatigue and strain he suffers avoiding a
>potentially
>>fatal blow.  Sure it isn't "realistic", but that's why I play
>>role-playing
>>games.  If I wanted realism, I'd put down my dice and go for a walk
>>somewhere.  It doesn't get much more realistic than real life.
>>
>>Anyway, back to the hit points.  They do represent luck and skill.
>>Because of that, I have finally worked out a system whereby players
can
>>expend hit points to improve die rolls.  I haven't tested it yet, so I
>>would apreciate the feedback.
>>
>>Effect                                             HP Loss
>>Extra +1 on hit roll (before the roll)                1
>>Extra +1 on hit roll (after the roll)                 2
>>Extra +1 on damage roll (before the roll)             2
>>Extra +1 on damage roll (after the roll)              3
>>Hit a creature which requires a magical weapon
>>     to be hit (per attack)                           5 per plus
>>Extra +1 on saving throw (before the roll)            2
>>Extra +1 on saving throw (after the roll)             4
>>
>>There's probably more I could add to the chart, but I can't think of
>>anything right now.  Feedback is welcome.
>>
>>Richard Gant
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>>supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without
>>fighting.  In the practical art of war, the best thing of all is to
>take
>>the enemy's country whole and intact;  to shatter and destroy it is
not
>>so
>>good.  So, too, it is better to capture an army entire than to destroy
>>it,
>>to capture a regiment, a detachment, or a company entire than to
>destroy
>>them.
>>     -Sun Tzu
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