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12-03-2018, 02:35 PM | #1 |
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Knock down attacks
Trying to figure out how to make these a little more consistent.
I'm only talking about the ways to get knocked down by physical attack: injury, shield rush, lasso, whip, bola, net, and UC throw. (Not considering magic: Trip and Slippery Floor; not considering falling during movement: moving quickly over a fallen body and getting pushed by a multi-hex creature.) First... LASSO. Currently if your lasso attack to the body is successful (missile-weapon range adjustment, no other DX penalty), the target immediately falls to the ground. This is actually better than Wonder Woman's legendary magical lasso of the goddesses. RAW, can a ST8 DX16 hobbit bring down a charging bear with his lasso? Looks like it... But to knock someone down with a non-magical lasso requires strength. A cowboy can bring down a young calf because his rope is hitched to his horse. If a cowboy stood in the middle of the rodeo and looped a calf running past at full speed, oh how we'd laugh. Hope you like your dirt fresh, Billy! If you lassoed a charging bear you would get exactly what you deserve. For lasso then, I'm thinking make it like Shield Rush. If the attacker is weaker than the target, the target gets 2/DX save, otherwise 3/DX. I'm also thinking that if a save is made, the target can now pull the attacker (same rules), unless the attacker releases the rope. |
12-03-2018, 02:43 PM | #2 |
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Re: Knock down attacks
Cowboys have arm vs neck advantage against bulls:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyLxi125qfw I've added some notes about continuing the contest after lassoing the target here: http://www.hcobb.com/tft/house_rules.html#Combat
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12-03-2018, 02:48 PM | #3 | |
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12-03-2018, 02:49 PM | #4 | |
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12-03-2018, 02:56 PM | #5 | |
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Note how each toss is made within two yards here... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FIFpSGeb0E
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12-03-2018, 02:58 PM | #6 | |
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12-03-2018, 03:17 PM | #7 | |
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But also makes clear, the target isn't falling unless the horse were to pull against him. |
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12-03-2018, 03:21 PM | #8 |
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Actually any videos anywhere showing a lariat NOT on a horse, lassoing and bringing down a charging animal?
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12-03-2018, 02:51 PM | #10 | |
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OR Targeting the legs is as easy as targeting the body with a lasso. Yes, an ST8 hobbit should have no trouble "knocking down" a bear if he lassos his legs together. Yippie Kai Yay, partner! This wasn't the hobbit's first rodeo. This doesn't require a great amount of strength. Just enough to pull the loop closed will make the doggie fall down. However, you better let go before the momentum of the beast knocks you down.
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