The thread for my noob questions

Tias

Mongoose
Hey gang.

I've started my new fantasy legend campaign, and it's great. However, I still struggle a bit with interpreting the rules. More things to come, but..

1) How are strike ranks properly worked out? I know how to place PCs and adversaries in order of succession, but how does it work when some characters have more combat actions than others? When do the effects of injuries start to apply, and how is combat time in general handled, with regards to spell durations, and how quickly fighters move in relation to one another?

2) It is a typo that the staff sling can fire many times farther than other ranged weapons, right?
 
Tias said:
Hey gang.

I've started my new fantasy legend campaign, and it's great. However, I still struggle a bit with interpreting the rules. More things to come, but..

1) How are strike ranks properly worked out? I know how to place PCs and adversaries in order of succession, but how does it work when some characters have more combat actions than others? When do the effects of injuries start to apply, and how is combat time in general handled, with regards to spell durations, and how quickly fighters move in relation to one another?

2) It is a typo that the staff sling can fire many times farther than other ranged weapons, right?

HI
Strike rank [SR] for any combat is your base SR less any armor penalty added to a D10 roll.
You then take a Combat Action [CA] when it comes round to your turn.
Those with more CA get to keep going in a turn until they run out, so giving them an advantage over those with less CA.
All humans move 8 a turn and therefore number of CA has no effect on this just on when you can use part of that 8. The rules state that you can use all, part or none in any CA as long as you do not use more than the 8 in a turn.
Spells durations are in minutes there are 12 turns in a minute.

Hope that Helps.
There are examples of combat in my Legend campaign stories
 
1) How are strike ranks properly worked out? I know how to place PCs and adversaries in order of succession, but how does it work when some characters have more combat actions than others?

Count down Strike Ranks from highest to lowest. Characters act on their SR, when its called, if they have Combat Actions remaining to do so. If they don't, they can't act.

When do the effects of injuries start to apply

Immediately.

and how is combat time in general handled, with regards to spell durations

Spells have different durations depending on their type, but tend to last seconds and minutes - although some are instant. If instant, then their effects are immediate.

and how quickly fighters move in relation to one another?

All members of the same species move at the same Movement Rate. So, its a question of who starts moving first and therefore builds acceleration. There's no mechanism for differing rates of movement.

2) It is a typo that the staff sling can fire many times farther than other ranged weapons, right?

No, its not. Staf slings were incredibly potent weapons, although very limited culturally. The range quoted reflects a fair amount of research on staff sling capabilities.
 
Tias said:
2) It is a typo that the staff sling can fire many times farther than other ranged weapons, right?
Slings tend to be underestimated, perhaps because they are
both a very old and a very low-tech type of weapon. However,
the historical first hand accounts show that slings were rather
efficient weapons. For example, Xenophon mentions in his fa-
mous Anabasis that his army had problems with enemy Persi-
an archers, and that he therefore asked the soldiers from Rho-
des to fight as slingers, because slings were the cultural wea-
pons of Rhodes. Although these men were no professional slin-
gers, their slings proved to have a greater range than the Per-
sian bows, and this forced the Persians - considered to be the
best archers of the period - to retreat.
 
rust said:
Slings tend to be underestimated, perhaps because they are
both a very old and a very low-tech type of weapon. However,
the historical first hand accounts show that slings were rather
efficient weapons.

And everyone, please, please, please don't turn this thread into the typical 20 page slings vs bows 20 argument! :shock:
 
soltakss said:
And everyone, please, please, please don't turn this thread into the typical 20 page slings vs bows argument! :shock:
Yes, I agree, 20 pages are really not enough to discuss this
fascinating subject. But do not worry, I have already prepa-
red approximately 30 pages about slings and more than 25
pages about bows, so I can promise that this time the argu-
ment will get the appropriate length. :twisted:
 
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