tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714327904580798843.post828292891699445731..comments2024-03-16T20:19:35.738+00:00Comments on alea iactanda est: Das schwarze Auge solo - Part IV: „Blut dürstete das breite Schwerdt / Blut trank der lange Spieß“Alea iactanda esthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17951704235056042923noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714327904580798843.post-45632271451113319212016-01-17T11:18:05.393+00:002016-01-17T11:18:05.393+00:00The trick to ogres is that they don't have ver...The trick to ogres is that they don't have very good attack rolls. As long as you can keep from being hit, you can whittle them down eventually. But when you do get hit...<br /><br />Radau creates a simple combattant. Along with being supernaturally unbreakable, it can also damage creatures who are only hit by magic weapons. But it specifically states that it cannot use any combat manoeuvres. It can be parried/dodged, or you can even attempt to catch hold of it. The distraction comes in the form of choosing to defend or not. Had the ogre used Defence against it, he would have had less of a chance (-3) of defending against the living opponents who were (by his reckoning) a worse threat.<br /><br />I did actually roll to see who the ogre attacked, and gave him a chance of defending against or even going after the broom itself, which he never did. These rolls got deleted from the narrative as it was already a bit of an information-dump.<br /><br />I'm glad you're enjoying the vicarious test drive.Alea iactanda esthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17951704235056042923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714327904580798843.post-32491101071340644432016-01-17T10:40:51.193+00:002016-01-17T10:40:51.193+00:00Glad you're liking it. I think the complexity ...Glad you're liking it. I think the complexity is just about right for me, at least (or perhaps, especially) with a single character. I have run a party of 4 solitaire before. There was a lot of paper shuffling.Alea iactanda esthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17951704235056042923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714327904580798843.post-64655942763227373332016-01-17T00:21:53.968+00:002016-01-17T00:21:53.968+00:00Phew... for a while there I didn't think they&...Phew... for a while there I didn't think they'd be able to knock off that ogre.<br /><br />I'm was wondering if I might have treated Travjane's broom trick as a distraction for the ogre rather than "just" a floating billy club. What gave me that thought was those sprites bedeviling Travjane and inflicting a -1 to her rolls.<br /><br />So while Ogre McNasty is in combat with both "Sword & Shield" and "Spear Maiden", the broom is flitting about trying to rap his skull and shoulders. Might that be a distraction to someone trying to defend against two attackers? Of course this would all depend on whether the rules let you impose meaningful distractions.<br /><br />Thanks again for this thrilling test drive! Bill Cameronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02987843264254276569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714327904580798843.post-68257102753399920782016-01-16T23:30:39.590+00:002016-01-16T23:30:39.590+00:00A more complex system than I would play for myself...A more complex system than I would play for myself, but fun to read anyway.<br /><br /><br />-- JeffBluebear Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05171345165563779232noreply@blogger.com