Another Question for DM...

[vitalis6969]

From your advanced house rules:

Revised Damage
When rolling Damage Dice use the following system to determine damage and whether critical hits are caused:
• If the DD roll is less than the target's armor value - no damage scored
• if the DD roll is equal t the target's armor value - 1 point of damage scored, no chance of a critical
• If the DD roll exceeds the target's armor value - 1 point of damage scored, critical inflicted on second roll of 5+


All makes total sense to me, but the last point means that you need a weapon that has the AP trait to do a critical against a 6+ Armor ship... Oh man, my Kriegsmarine are bummin!!!!

I'm assuming I'm reading this right?

Thanks,

-V

 

[DM]

Yes, thats right.

 

[vitalis6969]

Thanks for the reply to a stupid question and may the gods of battle smile upon my kriegsmarine and all their stupid 11 inch guns... :roll:

-V

 

[DM]

Yeah, get a decent gun

The d6 based nature of VAS does impose some restrictions occasionally and this I guess is at least partially affected by that.

Don't forget long range plunging fire (which helps, unless there's an Armoured Deck in the way )

And also don't forget that this isn't cast in stone. If you want to change it then thats fine.

 

[DSV1]

And also don't forget that this isn't cast in stone. If you want to change it then thats fine.

What! I dont have to rigidly stick to the rules as laid in stone and etched in brass, my world has gone to hell :lol:

Any more thoughts on carrier operations by the way Dave, you know that empty box for future thoughts?

 

[DM]

LOL, not yet

 

[vitalis6969]

The reason I've asked these questions is that I am deferring to your greater knowledge of naval battle rules. We chose VaS because of its quick play, but it is a bit too quick play, which is why I liked your rules a lot.

VaS is our first naval system we are playing, if this were a different type of wargame or a RPG, I wouldn't be bugging you so much as I have far more experience in them.

So if an 11" gun can't get a critical on a 6+ armor ship, then it can't I guess..

I have been thinking of a slight change to your rule, keeping the natural six always has the potential of causing a crit, and then needing a 5+ to score the crit.

-V