On Tuesday, June 19, 2001, at 07:08  PM, scott whitaker wrote:

> There is also 1 major area that everbody agrees is
> broken and a lot of time and effort has been put
> in by a lot of GM's and Players.  This area is
> combat yet every time it is discussed the
> discussion quietly dies and nobody carries on with
> it.

Don't count me in that everyone. I think the combat system works fine. 
It aint perfect, but I doubt any replacement would be any better, and 
would just cause no-end of pain and annoyance.

clare


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> > There is also 1 major area that everbody agrees is
> > broken and a lot of time and effort has been put
> > in by a lot of GM's and Players.  This area is
> > combat yet every time it is discussed the
> > discussion quietly dies and nobody carries on with
> > it.
>
> Don't count me in that everyone. I think the combat system works fine.
> It aint perfect, but I doubt any replacement would be any better, and
> would just cause no-end of pain and annoyance.

Count me out too :-)

I think combat is fine. Initiative is another issue but I personally think
we can all have our own ways of doing it and let players know how it is
going to work at the start of the session, thus it dosn't need fixing either
:-)

Mandos
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I'll give ya a hand as well if ya like.  Whats the actual issue with the SS?

Ed

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ian Wood & Ellen Hume & Adara Wood [mailto:adara@ihug.co.nz]
> Sent: Tuesday, 19 June 2001 5:34 p.m.
> To: dq@dq.sf.org.nz
> Subject: Re: [dq] Calling all Excel Gods. Vaguely on topic in the
> loosest fashion.
> 
> 
> Yep, I'm not too bad (but a little rusty, I've mainly being 
> doing Access
> recently, though work is helping with this)
> 
> Errol
> 
> me too, from Thursday - Ian
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mandos Mitchinson <mandos@nz.asiaonline.net>
> To: dq@dq.sf.org.nz <dq@dq.sf.org.nz>
> Date: Tuesday, 19 June 2001 16:27
> Subject: [dq] Calling all Excel Gods. Vaguely on topic in the loosest
> fashion.
> 
> 
> >
> >
> >Given that the specific problem I am encountering with Excel is a DQ
> >spreadsheet I was wondering if any Excel Guru's preferably 
> with Visual
> Basic
> >knowledge could fire me an Email to help out with a problem 
> I am having :-)
> >
> >Mandos
> >/s
> >
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> I'll give ya a hand as well if ya like.  Whats the actual issue
> with the SS?

To all who have offered assistance, a great big thank you :-)

I have a number of suggestions which I will be going through to locate the
one that best fits what I am trying to do.

I will be in touch should the solutions I have not work. Thanks for the
great response :-)

Mandos
/s


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scott whitaker wrote:

> Baby should be counted as a weapon.
> 1> it can be thrown & swung

Which makes Crude Club a reasonably appropriate choice although I was
assuming that the baby holder would prefer not to swing it.

(Martin's rule of thumb on DQ brawling -- up to the size of a chair,
swung or thrown = crude club, small items (bottles, tankards, etc) swung
or thrown = rock).

> 2> Can become a highly volatile missile weapon LOL :-)

Could be treated like a greek fire grenado with no damage, but requiring
a 3xWP check to avoid nausea.

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At 07:50 20/06/01 +1200, you wrote:
>Don't count me in that everyone. I think the combat system works fine. It 
>aint perfect, but I doubt any replacement would be any better, and would 
>just cause no-end of pain and annoyance.

I'm somewhat fence-sitting on this one. The combat system is okay as far as 
it goes - but there are areas where it doesn't go far enough. It doesn't 
cater for "called shots" for example.

Jacqui


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Jacqui Smith wrote:

> The combat system is okay as far as it goes - but there are areas where it
> doesn't go far enough. It doesn't cater for "called shots" for example.

Sure, but in the case of called shots (for example) it's pretty easy for a GM
to figure out an appropriate penalty and apply it.  OK, so hitting *this*
villian in the head isn't the same as hitting *that* villain, but then why
should it be?

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Called Shots is a perfect example of something that should not be
encapsulated in the rules.
Systems that allow Called Shots generally have some sort of benefit for
calling them, like if you call a head shot and get it then they generally
die instantly.  These systems are usually location based for armour and
damage as well.

In a game you usually want to do Called Shots for character style (Dwarves
that always go for the kneecaps), to exploit a specific weakness in
significant bad guys, or to achieve a special effect.  And usually the best
way to handle this is BDE administered by the GM.


> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Jacqui Smith [SMTP:flamis@ihug.co.nz]
> Sent:	Wednesday, 20 June 2001 17:23
> To:	dq@dq.sf.org.nz
> Subject:	Re: [dq] The Future of DQ
> 
> At 07:50 20/06/01 +1200, you wrote:
> >Don't count me in that everyone. I think the combat system works fine. It
> 
> >aint perfect, but I doubt any replacement would be any better, and would 
> >just cause no-end of pain and annoyance.
> 
> I'm somewhat fence-sitting on this one. The combat system is okay as far
> as 
> it goes - but there are areas where it doesn't go far enough. It doesn't 
> cater for "called shots" for example.
> 
> Jacqui
> 
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>  BDE

What does BDE mean?


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