Post by cooper on Jul 18, 2010 14:56:10 GMT -6
I want to thank the readers here for being patient with me. A lot of these rules are new to me, it's possible that much of what I post about isn't as novel or as new as I might think it is.
with that said...
I guess the first thing I need to answer is, "Why did d&d develop the S-M/L weapon classification and why did it favor fighters so much over other classes?
...My desire is to see 0d&d and CHAINMAIL mesh as well as it can. Specifically being able to use the FCT with the man-to-man rules. If looked at from the right perspective d&d is literally CHAINMAIL but using a d20 attack matrix instead of d6/6 modified by armor type. The hits for trolls, dragons, giants and their respective damage remain unchanged in both editions. With one exception. The heroic fighting-man loses his lustre a bit vs. creatures that fight on the FCT--which suspiciously also happen to be largely comprised of "large" creatures.
Let's look at what the long sword and the 2 handed sword do in later editions.
vs. large the longsword is 1-12 so why not say 2d6?
vs. large the 2 handed sword is 3d6...well lets say 3d6?
The longsword could then remain d6 vs. small and medium. What to do with the 2 handed sword? I know Philotomy J. uses d6+1. Is the loss of a shield worth +1? It's not necessarily a 1:1 conversion. A fighter being attacked by 6 orcs with thac0: 18 vs. AC 2 and AC3 1(.3x3.5)=1.05 damage per round vs. 1(.35x3.5)=1.225/dpr or almost a 30% increase in accumulated damage. However the problem is that the fighter will not be killing 30% more orcs with a +1 damage. This is exacerbated when you're taking 30% more damage from a dragons 4d6 bite over a period of a 10 round battle!
The loss of a shield, I'm hesitant to say given my mediocre math skills, may indeed be worth 2d6 dmg with a 2 handed sword vs. s/m foes. Or perhaps 1d6+2 (which corresponds to d10 dmg of 5.5 average dmg per attack)
So taking a somewhat typical 3HH dragon from CHAINMAIL (1 horse=3HD, dmg 1:2)
att/def: HH
hits: 3c (9 AF vs. HH)
dmg: 3d6 (6d6 HH vs. AF)
vs. hero
att/def: AF
hits: 4s
dmg: 4d6
becomes Dragon:
AC -1
hits: (9HD) 35 hit points
dmg: 6d6 (1d6/1d6/4d6) claw claw bite
vs. hero
AC: 3
hit points: (4HD) 14 hit points
dmg: 3d6+extraordinary str bonus (+3 dmg from extraordinary strength gives the fighter the equivalent of 4d6 dmg!)
perfect!
with that said...
I guess the first thing I need to answer is, "Why did d&d develop the S-M/L weapon classification and why did it favor fighters so much over other classes?
...My desire is to see 0d&d and CHAINMAIL mesh as well as it can. Specifically being able to use the FCT with the man-to-man rules. If looked at from the right perspective d&d is literally CHAINMAIL but using a d20 attack matrix instead of d6/6 modified by armor type. The hits for trolls, dragons, giants and their respective damage remain unchanged in both editions. With one exception. The heroic fighting-man loses his lustre a bit vs. creatures that fight on the FCT--which suspiciously also happen to be largely comprised of "large" creatures.
Let's look at what the long sword and the 2 handed sword do in later editions.
vs. large the longsword is 1-12 so why not say 2d6?
vs. large the 2 handed sword is 3d6...well lets say 3d6?
The longsword could then remain d6 vs. small and medium. What to do with the 2 handed sword? I know Philotomy J. uses d6+1. Is the loss of a shield worth +1? It's not necessarily a 1:1 conversion. A fighter being attacked by 6 orcs with thac0: 18 vs. AC 2 and AC3 1(.3x3.5)=1.05 damage per round vs. 1(.35x3.5)=1.225/dpr or almost a 30% increase in accumulated damage. However the problem is that the fighter will not be killing 30% more orcs with a +1 damage. This is exacerbated when you're taking 30% more damage from a dragons 4d6 bite over a period of a 10 round battle!
The loss of a shield, I'm hesitant to say given my mediocre math skills, may indeed be worth 2d6 dmg with a 2 handed sword vs. s/m foes. Or perhaps 1d6+2 (which corresponds to d10 dmg of 5.5 average dmg per attack)
So taking a somewhat typical 3HH dragon from CHAINMAIL (1 horse=3HD, dmg 1:2)
att/def: HH
hits: 3c (9 AF vs. HH)
dmg: 3d6 (6d6 HH vs. AF)
vs. hero
att/def: AF
hits: 4s
dmg: 4d6
becomes Dragon:
AC -1
hits: (9HD) 35 hit points
dmg: 6d6 (1d6/1d6/4d6) claw claw bite
vs. hero
AC: 3
hit points: (4HD) 14 hit points
dmg: 3d6+extraordinary str bonus (+3 dmg from extraordinary strength gives the fighter the equivalent of 4d6 dmg!)
perfect!
