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18/00 and You, Your group and in General

Started by Willmark, October 18, 2017, 06:53:21 PM

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AsenRG

#120
November 02, 2017, 01:22:00 PM
Quote from: RPGPundit;1004866Mind you I've never been a big fan of percentiles after the basic ability score. I like the basic RC -3 to +3 modifiers better.

Assuming you're talking about Larsdangly's comment, it's trivially easy to make the -3 to +3 spread work the way he described.
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Gronan of Simmerya

#121
November 02, 2017, 01:50:53 PM
Quote from: Omega;1005044More like better gear can make a better fighter. But in the wrong hands it is about the opposite. Just like in any given fantasy or SF adventure. Or real life.

Agincourt and Courtai are both exceptional cases, that's why everybody talks about them.  What they prove is not that gear does not matter, they prove that tactics matter MORE.

Which is ALSO what I've been saying for years.
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Bren

#122
November 02, 2017, 11:03:18 PM
Quote from: WillInNewHaven;1005010One quality of different troop types that is almost never addressed in wargame rules is the amount of work you can get out of them.
Yeah that was a huge advantage of the Romans over virtually everybody else they faced. Legionaries worked like mules...maybe harder.
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WillInNewHaven

#123
November 03, 2017, 12:31:07 AM
Quote from: Bren;1005267Yeah that was a huge advantage of the Romans over virtually everybody else they faced. Legionaries worked like mules...maybe harder.

They were the first example that I thought of.

Gronan of Simmerya

#124
November 03, 2017, 02:24:08 AM
Quote from: Bren;1005267Yeah that was a huge advantage of the Romans over virtually everybody else they faced. Legionaries worked like mules...maybe harder.

"Marius's mules."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marian_reforms
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The rules can\'t cure stupid, and the rules can\'t cure asshole.

Bren

#125
November 03, 2017, 08:28:01 PM
Quote from: Gronan of Simmerya;1005319"Marius's mules."
I am pleased that you got the reference. Not surprised, but pleased nonetheless.
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Willmark

#126
November 03, 2017, 09:51:52 PM
Well this thread certainly took some odd turns...
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