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Post by kenmeister on Jun 26, 2008 10:23:36 GMT -6
I was looking through my Ready Ref Sheets this morning, and I noticed that it has the man-to-man combat matrix from Chainmail in there. I got to thinking it would be fun to actually use it and play a minis game with it, making up the rest of the rules but using that table as the core. So I just wanted to check that it uses 2d6 for attacks vs 1d12. Obviously those 12s needed to hit plate mail become much harder with 2d6.
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Post by jrients on Jun 26, 2008 10:46:00 GMT -6
Yeah, 2d6.
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Post by ffilz on Jun 26, 2008 10:46:25 GMT -6
Yes 2d6.
Frank
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Post by kenmeister on Jun 26, 2008 10:59:36 GMT -6
Cool, thanks. Btw, the Ready Ref Sheets puts the OD&D saves (sans thief) on the same page, as well as Turn Undead. Were those introduced in Chainmail as well?
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Post by ffilz on Jun 26, 2008 11:02:17 GMT -6
No, saves and turn undead are OD&D things.
Presumably the Man-to-Man table is included in the Ready Ref Sheets to make them a complete reference for OD&D which refers to Man-to-Man from Chainmail as the primary combat system (with the now traditional d20/level/AC table as an "alternate" system).
Frank
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Post by Finarvyn on Jun 26, 2008 11:04:46 GMT -6
No. Nothing cleric-like exists in Chainmail -- the only classes were Fighting Man and Magic-user. So no undead turning. Also there were no saving throws. And as you noted, no thief.
Fighting man was limited to normal man (L1), hero (L4), and super hero (L8).
Magic-user was limited to Wizard, but there is mention of lesser spellcasters at -1, -2, and so on. (They're a bit vague on what those numbers mean, as I recall.)
Hope that helps.
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Post by dwayanu on Jun 26, 2008 11:10:09 GMT -6
My copy of the RRS does not include the Chainmail missile tables.
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Post by kenmeister on Jun 26, 2008 11:55:45 GMT -6
My copy of the RRS does not include the Chainmail missile tables. I know I'm a little bummed about that. It doesn't include the OD&D missile ranges or Greyhawk weapon vs ac for missiles either. |
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