Re: Beth's one-handed crossbow
Posted by: eric <eric@...>
I'd still opt for higher damage for a crossbow bolt, even the hand-held
smaller version. I'd suggest d5+1 or d5+2
Eric
On Friday, January 09, 1998 10:38 PM, Joe Revesz [SMTP:[email protected]]
wrote:
> Sorry, Beth. All you female electronic pulses look the same to me.
>
> Eric Slick <[email protected]> writes:
> >Only a d5? I'd put it higher, particularly since the "war" dart would
> do a d5.
>
> If you compare the damage/distance relation, it works. The War Dart
> (whatever) does the same damage at a much shorter range. The bolt from a
> crossbow does the same damage, but out to a greater distance. And
> rounding results comes into it too.
> Staggered Range/Damage charts may be a little too much.
>
> >Here is another thought. What about reducing damage based on range.
> >ie something like d8-(distance/10) Too complex?
>
> I think so. When I played AD&D, and a host of other games, all the
> combat modifiers slowed the play to crawl at times. Since DragonRaid is
> supposed to be a discipleship system first, I believe we want to keep it
> simple as possible. At least for now. We can add all kinds of
> complexity later.
>
> Joe
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