What's with weapon percentages?

[Frostmarrow]

Monsters described in the playtest have a table of percentages for alternate weapons. What's the point? A waste of space, a joke, the epitome of game design? I just don't get it.
Still, the rest looks really really good.

 

[UngeheuerLich]

helps to assign magic weapons. And it is flavourful.

 

[jadrax]

In every six pages a rulebook has to have at least one random table, its the law.

 

[Frostmarrow]

helps to assign magic weapons. And it is flavourful.

I'd rather have a table of pocket contents, 1d4:

1. Loving letter from grandma
2. 1d8 silver pieces
3. Sphere of Annihilation
4. Lint

In every six pages a rulebook has to have at least one random table, its the law.

Who am I to argue?

 

[Neonchameleon]

Tactics, organisation, and narrative description of random packs.

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

The monster descriptions are missing the % liar statistic.

 

[Pickles JG]

1e MM cut & paste remnant? Really they are terrible in every way as they are not a random table but a list of what proportion of those weapons a pack might have.

They could easily modernise it by suggesting a couple of alternate weapon load outs eg "As well as the usual Orkish warriors many tribes have a proportion (up to 1/3) Orc Shock Troopers who use Great Axes or Orc Skulkers who use Longbows & Dagger instead of their usual weapons."

 

[Scribble]

The monster descriptions are missing the % liar statistic.

Monsters are notorious liars.

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[CleverNickName]

(shrug) I like them...randomness is one of the least-appreciated elements of adventure, in my opinion.

I wish they had put in other tables as well. Like the random encounter tables form the original B2 module.

 

[eamon]

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