RE: Tactics

[Greg Mowczko <mooch@ns1.cioe.com>]

Why would you need any AGI roll when ( this is a real example ):

Erica is 10 feet from a door and has a move of 60'.
Dusk is 50 feet from the same door and is moving at 60' as well.

Why when they both say "I go through the door" should they be
subject to an AGI roll when there is 40 feet in between them? Now
if someone is coming in through the same door I am all for that
AGI roll. But I am sick of having to have to use 4 rounds to get
4 people though a door when the only obstuctions are the 4 trying
to go through the door. If you want to give them some penalty 
come up with who had to wait and don't let them move as far into
the room since part of their move required stopping.

As for the tactics skill I would certainly expect you to allow its
use since it was ratified under Dan. Tactics also doesn't stop us
from getting Bolted by someone who has no tactics skill that you
just have to rely on common sence. Tactics was also made so bypass
the lets bog down the game by coming up with a coordinating phrase
so we can all act on the surprise round. Just this weekend we 
spent over 20 minutes coming up with a signal which since most of
us didn't know each other was neccessary. But if it was being done
with the group with tactics that would be 20 more minutes of 
roleplaying to other goals.
						Greg

> From lhjanney@adpc.purdue.edu Thu Aug 20 16:53:24 1998
> From: Lyle H Janney <lhjanney@adpc.purdue.edu>
> To: "'Wright Frazier'" <khelek@ns1.cioe.com>
> Cc: "gmlist@cioe.com" <gmlist@cioe.com>
> Subject: RE: Tactics
> Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 16:47:37 -0500
>
> That's what AGI rolls are for.  I don't know of any GM who wouldn't give an
> AGI roll to all affected parties in the situation you present, Wright.  If there
> are any, then perhaps they need a little coaching, and not extra rules.  They
> certainly don't need anyone in the background going around referring to them
> as 'lame', when all it would take is a little mentoring from a qualified GM.
>
> Lyle
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Wright Frazier [SMTP:khelek@ns1.cioe.com]
> Sent:	Thursday, August 20, 1998 4:42 PM
> To:	Lyle H Janney
> Cc:	steve@ns1.cioe.com; gmlist@cioe.com
> Subject:	Re: Tactics
>
> No..its more of a protection against a lame GM who thinks people with
> 4 seconds, moving at different rate, or even the same rate, would collide
> when moving through the door.
>
> Wright
>
>