[Perilouslands] Scene 30: Re: The Red Gem of Death

[J Hooten]

Lev Lafayette wrote:
>> The chart is based on accuracy, the shield can only stop a large 
>> percentage of possible hits but some manage to go around them.
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>
> *nods* That is something quite notable. A significant change from
> AD&D/D&D at time (and still, it must be said) where a shield effectively
> gave you +5% defence.
>
>   
Yup real life the shield existed for a good reason, it stopped arrows 
easily and turned quite a lot of hits away.
Skill was needed to get past a good shield, though some could chop 
through it.
In both cases it did its job and made the opponent have to work at 
getting to you
PnP gets a lot of that flavor and a heavy armored person with shield 
skill can be hard to stop.

But PnP also has gang up rules and nasty effects for someone behind you 
giving them a chance to find a weak spot
No one is immune if you work at it
> .. and not getting in a fight to begin with - least of all with the
> strongest Elder Dragon in the world :)
>
>   
LOL yes you do not try to take on diety class dragons with a starting 
group usually.
With more time to learn things and prepare it would still have been hard 
to do
A 2x rated Elder Dragon is a DnD great worm, an epic encounter.
In PnP even starting characters have a slight chance unlike Dnd instant 
death, but not far from it
With a more powerful Bow and better planned defenses, Romidar had a 
chance but at best an even one.
NAV12 is hard to puncture with arrows and he had to do so many times!

But Romidar would not mind dying if the dragon was killed as well, it is 
a major victory for Sidh