Re: Extended Advocacy

From: giangero <giangero_at_...>
Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 16:19:14 -0000

> 2. Missile combat is a problem, but remember that you don't *need*
> to use Extended Contests. The archer could be acting as a 'sniper',
> for example, and it could be handled as a Simple Contest of the
> archer's skill against, say, the target's Dodge, augmented by
range,
> or whatever, with the Ordinary Consequences Chart determining
> results. The virtue of this is that you need a Complete Victory to
> kill a target, which I think simulates the heroic aspect of HW
well.
> This should be made clearer in the Hero's Book.

In this istance as in other ones, I think that the combination of rolls in the O.C.C. needed to achieve a Complete Victory (critical vs. fumble) is much rarer than I would wish for.

See this sniping example: a hero archer (in my campaign a hero has 3w3 in crossbow) snipes an enemy. In most cases, even if he is so much skilled, he will simply achieve a minor victory (critical vs. success) forcing me, as the narrator, to decide "contra rules" that he killed/maimed his foe with a single shot, as is more cinematic/plausible.

Ciao,
Gian