Subject: Re: status of coders, designers etc
From: Sinister Serpent (sinister.serpent@sci.fi)
Date: Thu Oct 07 1999 - 13:13:14 EEST
Tommi Leino wrote: > On Wed, 6 Oct 1999, joshua 'hook' corning wrote: > > > battles. This is probably the only realistic use of bows in a fanticy > > game i have seen. D&D is a clasical example of bad implementation. I > > mean 2 shots in a round which is a minute and only 1-6 damage. This is > > complete bullshit and totaly unrealistic. I could fire 10 shots in under > > a minute and I suck. Arrows go through armor swords don't. In fact they > > go through armor go through the person and stick into the person behind > > them. > > Such a game like D&D must be balanced. Everyone would use bows all the > time if they would do more damage and could ignore the AC. Anyways, bows > DO rule in D&D if played well. Never one should use a bow in close combat > but they're a must to have if battling with monsters that can do some > serious damage if they score a hit. One must use tactics and attack the > monster from far away, thus also very useful if spot a monster some 100 > meters away and if the monster doesn't have any ranged weapon it is doomed > unless it can hide. One can always set the arrows to fire and do even > more havoc. They rule regardless of whatever amount they do damage with no > bonuses or how many times in a round they can be shot. > > D&D however sucks anyway in the fact that you _can_ use a bow in close > combat, there is no rule for it AFAIK and the rules do not care about the > fact that you can't parry with the bow, only to dodge and that would mean > to run away because you really can't fire the bow when one is swinging a > sword in front of you. It is true what Namhas already explained. You should also remember the fact that D&D is a rpg for newbies and thus it lacks realism in game system and is not very flexible. However, depending not on the system of the rpg, DM should use his/her head and not follow rules blindly. And yes, bows and arrows can be very deadly, even in AD&D/D&D, as it was proved in Baldur's Gate AD&D crpg by kobold archers >;) -- | ~ Sinister / Serpent of Nightside ~ | | <sinister.serpent@sci.fi> http://i.am/sinister.serpent/ | --o -- Nightside homepage: http://www.netti.fi/~halsa/ --o-- | Nightside e-mail: <nightside@hotmail.com> |
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