Werewolves Was: Zombies and Skeletons in extended contest

From: JEFFREY KYER <jeff.kyer_at_...>
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 16:46:44 -0000

> I've been thinking about werewolves etc. How do people handle the
immunity
> to weapons etc.?
>
> One way I thought, might be to give them an ability to resist AP
losses
> that take them below -10 unless magic or silver etc.... Or maybe a
generic
> ability to resist AP losses from mundane sources. So you deal 20AP
loss to
> a werewolf and it pits the 20 AP against its 10W resist damage
ability.
>
> First musings ... anyone with a well-thought out, play-tested way of
> handling this?
>
> Thom

We tried something that sort of worked:

We tried the "Mundane weapons do not cause AP losses." The weapon must be *inherrently* magical or a rune metal to function 'normally' with limited success -- the werewolves were just too powerful.

However, since most battles have folks being knocked around and battered, that is in keeping with what happesn to a werewolf who's being bludgeoned with a suddenly not-quite-as-functional sword.

Ignoring the edges provided by the mundane weapons works to some extent but will allow a werewolf to be beaten to a pulp by AP expenditures. It just didn't feel right.

We eventually decided on a very large armour edge (^7) that only works against non-magical weapons AND dropping the edge of these weapons. You can still *try* to beat a Werewolf to death with a sword but its so tough you're literally tearing it appart. And with that level of extertion, you can make mistakes (especially in the finishing blow) and *snap* there goes your throat!

Hope this helps,

Jeff