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Axly Suregrip · 10-06-2020, 10:24 PM

I think all the advanced fighting techniques and peculiar weapons introduced in Advanced Melee were designed with a human vs a human in mind. To much of these just do not fit when applying it to other creatures.

I saw Skarg's pinning rules, and this one in particular does not go far enough: "Pin attempts are one die harder for every hex larger the victim is than the pinner."

If foe is larger by even one hex, you cannot pin him. You just do not have the span of limbs to reach and hold his.

Same goes for number of limbs. If your foe has more limbs than you, you may not attempt to pin.

And that is just the minimum that needs to be changed. There is still more that needs to be done to fix pinning.

10-06-2020, 10:24 PM	#43
Axly Suregrip Join Date: Jun 2018 Location: Durham, NC	Re: Octopus vs starting human in HTH I think all the advanced fighting techniques and peculiar weapons introduced in Advanced Melee were designed with a human vs a human in mind. To much of these just do not fit when applying it to other creatures. I saw Skarg's pinning rules, and this one in particular does not go far enough: "Pin attempts are one die harder for every hex larger the victim is than the pinner." If foe is larger by even one hex, you cannot pin him. You just do not have the span of limbs to reach and hold his. Same goes for number of limbs. If your foe has more limbs than you, you may not attempt to pin. And that is just the minimum that needs to be changed. There is still more that needs to be done to fix pinning.