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Old 07-25-2019, 01:13 AM   #48
Skarg
 
Join Date: May 2015
Default Re: New Pole Weapon Rules

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Originally Posted by Senturian View Post
This discussion got me thinking about a new option.
There's dodge vs missile and defend against melee weapons, both being defensive in nature.
Why not have deflect?
As I cross the 2 hex range of a pole weapon, I chose to "bat" it to the side. The pole weapon has to be in my front hexes.
Consider it an attack against the weapon.
Maybe 4 vs Dx and the Fencing or 2 weapons talents 3 vs Dx.
and costs 1 additional MA? (the time it takes to make a cautious approach)
if successful, the pole weapon user can still make an attack by swinging it for normal damage, not as a charge.
Sounds good for the House Rules sub-forum, where much of this thread really belongs at this point.

The Defend option somewhat covers this, in its limited way.

Also, in original TFT days, there was an article proposing an option for attacking pole weapons using long cutting/chopping weapons as was done with two-handed swords versus pikes historically, though as written, it was a bit of a feat, IIRC, involving a DX penalty to hit, then having to do a bunch of damage, but the result could be a destroyed polearm.
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