I was looking through my copy of AE today and noticed a few rules that might spice up combat a little bit. Just wondering if anybody uses them or not and what your thoughts are?
The 2 I was most interested in were the optional parrying rule in regards to weapon damage on page 150, and the optional minimum damage rule on page 153.
The parrying one I can see being a good reason to use the incredibly expensive swords rather than the cheaper battleaxe or similar weapons. One of my players is still trying to figure out why he should buy a sword rather than a battle axe. Apparently he needs more reason than "they cost more to make" and "certain races and classes have bonuses with swords". I said the increased hardness was a big advantage, but it isn't really unless you fight a lot of people who use the sunder attack.
The minimum damage rule will help the archer in the group, who gets frustrated easily when fighting high DR creatures or NPC's.
I know as a player, there is nothing that pisses me off more than landing a solid blow against a human opponent, only to be told I deal absolutely no damage whatsoever.
FYI, I love the Conan combat rules, and will probably use them in every d20 game that I play from now on
The 2 I was most interested in were the optional parrying rule in regards to weapon damage on page 150, and the optional minimum damage rule on page 153.
The parrying one I can see being a good reason to use the incredibly expensive swords rather than the cheaper battleaxe or similar weapons. One of my players is still trying to figure out why he should buy a sword rather than a battle axe. Apparently he needs more reason than "they cost more to make" and "certain races and classes have bonuses with swords". I said the increased hardness was a big advantage, but it isn't really unless you fight a lot of people who use the sunder attack.
The minimum damage rule will help the archer in the group, who gets frustrated easily when fighting high DR creatures or NPC's.
I know as a player, there is nothing that pisses me off more than landing a solid blow against a human opponent, only to be told I deal absolutely no damage whatsoever.
FYI, I love the Conan combat rules, and will probably use them in every d20 game that I play from now on
