Re: Wright's Proposals

[Greg Mowczko <mooch>]

As a clarification to my proxies on this: I mean YES to both of the 'A's.

							Greg

> From khelek Wed Dec 16 10:49:51 1998
> From: Wright Frazier <khelek>
> Subject: Wright's Proposals
> To: gmlist@cioe.com
> Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 10:49:51 -0500 (EST)
>
>
> A) Weapon Strength:
>    1)  Greater Strength
> 	a) If you have a strength of 4 greater than that required
> 	   to wield a weapon 2 handed you can wield it 1 handed.
> 	
> 	b) You should not beable to wield a 2 handed weapon with
> 	   one hand regardless of strength.
>
>    2)  Lesser Strength
> 	a) If you have a strength of 4 less than that required
> 	   to wield a weapon 1 handed, you can wield it 2 handed.
>
> 	b) No.
>
> 	Obvious exceptions: small weapons such as daggers and shanks
> 	in the hands of normal folks couldn't be done.  Apply common
> 	sense to what can wield what one handed or two handed, i.e
> 	a brownie(2'tall) can wield a dagger with 2 hands, but a
> 	man couldn't.
>
> B) Armor reform: NOTE This was modified slightly in the last GM meeting
> 	to make it more palitable and quell several questions, so please
> 	reread it.
>
> Current						
> 		C  M  G  Mv	Stat Penalty
> Robes/Clothes	1  1  1  50	none
> Chain		
>   Iron		4  1  2  30	-1agi and pwr
>   Steel         5  2  2  30
>   Adamantite    6  3  2  30
>
> Plate				-1str, agi, and pwr
>   Iron		6  4  2  20
>   Steel       	8  5  2  20
>   Adamantite    10 6  2  20
>
> Leather		2  2  2  40	-1agi
>
> ****************************************************
>
> Proposal 1: Increased movements and looser penalties
> Infitting with the more water planet theme, Jaernian
> armor is lighter and less encumbering.  It leaves
> the limbs bare and free for movement.
>
> 		C  M  G  Mv	Stat Penalty
> Robes/Clothes	1  1  1  50	none
> Chain
>   Iron		4  2  2  50	-1pwr
>   Steel		5  3  2  50     -1pwr
>   Adamantite	6  4  2  50	-1pwr
>
> Plate
>   Iron		6  4  2  40	-1 agi and pwr
>   Steel		8  5  2  40	-1 agi and pwr
>   Adamantite	10 6  2  40	-1 agi and pwr
>
> Leather		2  2  2  50	none
>
> *****************************************************
>
> Proposal 2: Increasing the protection of armor to make it fit
> 	    with its penalties.
> In keeping with the current penalties on armor, this proposal
> raises the protectiveness of each piece of armor.  In this
> proposal, armor is designed as full body, neck to toe covering.
>
> 		C  M  G  Mv	Stat Penalty
> Robes/Clothes	2  2  1  50	none
> Chain
>   Iron		6  4  2  30	-1 agi and pwr
>   Steel		8  6  2  30	-1 agi and pwr
>   Adamantite	10 6  2  30	-1 agi and pwr
>
> Plate
>   Iron		8  6  2  20	-1 str, agi, and pwr
>   Steel		11 8  2  20	-1 str, agi, and pwr
>   Adamantite	14 10 2  20	-1 str, agi, and pwr
>
> Leather		4  3  2  40	-1 agi
>
>
> Notes:
>  1) On both proposals the protectiveness of chain armor was
> 	increased vs. missile weapons.  Why?  Because mail
> 	WILL deflect some blows or absorb the impact of
> 	said blows far better than layers of cloth will.
> 	
>  2) GDVs did not increase because I couldn't come up with a good
> 	reason to justify their increase.  The only so so one was
> 	for chain mail because its fairly clingy and slick on
> 	the wearer, and that makes it very difficult to get and
> 	maintain a hold on.
>
>
> Wright
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