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Old 03-31-2020, 04:57 PM   #5
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Default Re: Triplanetary Combat Question

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Originally Posted by Aman View Post
So I'd say that the logical result if you combine against defenders [and disperse your firepower effectiveness] would be to spread out the damage evenly - after all, you are trying to bite a bigger apple.
As penneyft points out, though, it renders the rule useless - there would be no point in attacking multiple targets simultaneously.

I think it's an error to assume much sophistication in the combat system, which is after all a fairly typical late-1970s ratio-d6-CRT that shouldn't be asked to do a great deal.
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