[pnpgm] Game Update #12 - File #140 - Ship Boredom ends-OOCUnit conversion

Tue Jun 2 02:16:58 CEST 2009

Its not that Will doubts his ability to injure or even kill a dragon if
played well but for him at least he has no doubt that if he were to go up
and kick a dragon in the shin he would shortly discover what its like to be
reincarnated as dragon dung.

On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 3:30 PM, Schnockel <dasandersx at comcast.net> wrote:

> Raban...you could just fly...
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "J Hooten" <jhooten at binary.net>
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> Subject: Re: [pnpgm] Game Update #12 - File #140 - Ship Boredom
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> OOC:
>> Most info on the people in this group is unknown but I have determined
>> with what little I have seen that 2 dragons is likely a very minor
>> encounter.
>> The only real risk is to the ship as it could be hard to fix in route
>> even with magic.
>>
>> Raban who is a barely above starting level character, has a fair chance
>> to take down a dragon by himself.
>> Unlike the equivalent level character in the other game, Romidar, who
>> thinks they are easy.
>> In Raban's case, many bow shots could do serious damage if he has time
>> for them.
>> Raban is a bow expert, his skill has more than 1 digit!
>> He has the basics of multiarrow, so gains multiple possible hits per shot
>> If he had a heavy bow it would be quite nasty!
>> His Hand to Hand skill is even higher
>> There are many others with skill at least that good in weapons.
>> The mages have spells at higher Els than the dragon does and boost
>> enough that they are not afraid to try magic on one
>> Likely they could more easily destroy the ship in one shot than the
>> dragons could
>>
>> But in PnP that is no guarantee that someone wont get badly hurt or
>> killed.
>>
>> Lets put things in perspective, Raban is likely as strong as the Dragons
>> and he is not as strong as he could be.
>> Raban may have as many hit points as the Dragons but more likely 50-75%
>> OCV - DCV is comparable, since Raban has 2 digits in both
>> Without special attacks it could be a fair fight, so luck will dominate.
>> Unfortunately, Raban does not have his magic weapon to shift the odds
>> more his way.
>>
>> Bows in PnP are nasty!
>> They tend to hit fairly well based mostly on range, so a few archers can
>> dish out some serious damage
>> Problem is Dragons armor versus normal bow WSB means you need serious
>> hits or better to do much
>> Raban's WSB+2 bow has little chance to pierce armor on a regular hit,
>> but will ALWAYS do damage on serious since it adds half skill
>> He will likely do more than 20 on deadly hits
>> With multiarrow his chance of getting those is not bad
>> at 300' he has about 16% chance of serious hits and 7% deadly
>> at 150' he has about 21% chance of serious hits and 11% deadly
>> at 70' he has about 27% chance of serious hits and 14% deadly
>> at 30' he has about 29% chance of serious hits and 15% deadly
>> So enough shots will do some damage considering it only takes 4 deadlies
>> to kill it, maybe less
>>
>> OOPS this may depend on effects related to ship combat rules!!!
>> Looks like he looses 5% with Bow?
>> Worse in Hand to Hand?
>>
>> But in any case it still shows the point, we have enough archers to do
>> serious damages if they do not reach us quickly.
>> We have enough mages that it could be over in a couple phases
>> We have enough skilled fighters that they can hurt it close up
>> Not having our magical gear is what shifts some things more in the
>> dragons favor
>>
>> No the real issue is them diving and coming up under the ship to stave
>> in the hull and knock people into the water
>> Then we have problems!
>> Its much harder to fight in the water.
>> Transmute could patch the ship, if its done quickly enough, otherwise
>> its a major problem
>>
>> I suppose Raban could grab one of the Dragons, rip a hole into its side
>> and keep going till its dead.
>> It is kind of hard to stop someone when they are that close in hard to
>> reach spots
>> Monsters need to be careful who they swallow too, always chew first! LOL
>> Just how long can someone hold their breath? ok found it only about 27
>> phases for Raban, should be long enough ;)
>> Wow he can still triple his swim skill, he may be getting some practice!
>>
>> So its a little early to be worried...much... course these could be much
>> much worse than my guestimates, especially if they were sent.
>> Or maybe the mages will just take over their minds and hitch them up to
>> pull the ship ;)
>>
>>
>>
>> John Stowman wrote:
>>
>>> If JHH is right on his facts regarding sprinting and there base move
>>> is 16 (I still haven't looked up there stats yet) then they could
>>> sprint at MR 64 for a PMR of 16 to our 12.  If they do decide to just
>>> surface under the ship, sink it and then just snack on us at there
>>> leisure do we have to put in dibs on who stands next to Chion or can
>>> we all huddle around him?
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 12:30 PM, kzinti maouse
>>> <kzinti_maouse at yahoo.com <mailto:kzinti_maouse at yahoo.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>    Well, if they move say 2 PMR faster than us... and we are 30
>>>    "squares ahead" then we have 15 rounds to pincushion them to
>>>    death. Of course, normal arrows will bounce off an AV of 6. So we
>>>    will need crits (rolling 2d10 and adding our ranged skill). So
>>>    that means we will need a bunch of criticals to even start hurting
>>>    them. But you know. MMMM... Lunch is server. (the worse thing they
>>>    can do is just go under water (full cover) and sink the ship. In
>>>    which case its Chion to the rescue (again). I wonder who will be
>>>    standing next to him shooting the dragons :)
>>>
>>>
>>>
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