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<blockquote data-quote="Water Bob" data-source="post: 6262498" data-attributes="member: 92305"><p><strong>Game Example of New Armor Variant Rule</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>A few posts above this one, I suggest a rule where the Armor Check Penalty is used to determine an attack penalty for the character to reflect mechanically passages in Howard's text like the quotes below from Black Colossus. I think a third of the ACP is more appropriate than half as I originally suggested above.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Why would Conan do this in mechanical game terms? Why would he give up total damage reduction of 11 (Plate Armor DR 10, Visored Helm DR +1/+2) with visor lifted for total damage reduction of 7 (Mail Hauberk DR 6, Visored Helm DR +1/+2) with visor lifted? Just for a 1 point difference in Max DEX Bonus (Max DEX with Plate is +2, with the Mail Hauberk, it's +3)? Speed is the same at 25 ft. Nothing else, in the Conan game, affects melee combat. So, it doesn't really make real sense for Conan to want to switch to the less protective armor.</p><p></p><p></p><p>But, if we throw in the optional rule where a character takes a penalty on his attack throws equal to a third of his total armor check penalty, we now have a mechanical reason to back up Conan's choice.</p><p></p><p></p><p>With the Plate, Conan is -3 or -4 to hit, depending on if his visor is up or down. With the mail, Conan's penalty to hit becomes -2 with visor either up or down.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Conan must have decided that he prefers a -2 attack penalty with total DR 8 (visor down) and Max DEX at +3 rather than have a -4 attack penalty with total DR 12 (visor down) and Max DEX +2.</p><p></p><p></p><p>It's a trade off.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Water Bob, post: 6262498, member: 92305"] [b]Game Example of New Armor Variant Rule[/b] A few posts above this one, I suggest a rule where the Armor Check Penalty is used to determine an attack penalty for the character to reflect mechanically passages in Howard's text like the quotes below from Black Colossus. I think a third of the ACP is more appropriate than half as I originally suggested above. Why would Conan do this in mechanical game terms? Why would he give up total damage reduction of 11 (Plate Armor DR 10, Visored Helm DR +1/+2) with visor lifted for total damage reduction of 7 (Mail Hauberk DR 6, Visored Helm DR +1/+2) with visor lifted? Just for a 1 point difference in Max DEX Bonus (Max DEX with Plate is +2, with the Mail Hauberk, it's +3)? Speed is the same at 25 ft. Nothing else, in the Conan game, affects melee combat. So, it doesn't really make real sense for Conan to want to switch to the less protective armor. But, if we throw in the optional rule where a character takes a penalty on his attack throws equal to a third of his total armor check penalty, we now have a mechanical reason to back up Conan's choice. With the Plate, Conan is -3 or -4 to hit, depending on if his visor is up or down. With the mail, Conan's penalty to hit becomes -2 with visor either up or down. Conan must have decided that he prefers a -2 attack penalty with total DR 8 (visor down) and Max DEX at +3 rather than have a -4 attack penalty with total DR 12 (visor down) and Max DEX +2. It's a trade off. [/QUOTE]
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