07-10-2023, 05:41 PM | #1 |
Join Date: May 2018
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Plumbata
How should the Roman plumbata be treated in TFT? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plumbata
More accurate than a regular thrown weapon, but less accurate than a fired arrow. Separate 1 point talent, Plumbata (Dart) (1) ST 9 1 die damage -1 DX for every two hexes thrown. Thrown Weapon talent would apply. |
07-10-2023, 06:44 PM | #2 |
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Re: Plumbata
Note how he's getting up to 30 hexes against a fixed target
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNlgb79A4mM
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07-10-2023, 07:55 PM | #3 |
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Re: Plumbata
Hmmm ...the plumbata seems less accurate than other thrown weapons like axes, spears, and shuriken to me.
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07-11-2023, 06:21 AM | #4 |
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Re: Plumbata
From a game perspective, a 1 die ST 9 weapon is basically the same as throwing a hatchet. You want it to be balanced but also give a reason why someone would want it. The DX -1 per 2 hexes does this.
But the DX -1 per 2 hexes also makes it better than the hatchet. Since it is not meant for melee fighting, if you are forced to use it in melee, have it do 1d-1 or 1d-2 in melee. |
07-11-2023, 08:28 PM | #6 |
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Location: Indiana
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Re: Plumbata
Looks like lead yard darts.
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07-12-2023, 06:20 AM | #7 |
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Re: Plumbata
Small Sha-ken a dozen to the pound, $3 each (1d-3)
Large Sha-ken (bo shuriken, plumbata, and other such darts), six to the pound, $5 each (1d-2). Up to six can be thrown at a time, counting multi-toss DX adjustments as double the number of small sha-ken as per ITL 114. Anybody who knows Sha-ken and Spear Thrower can get a dart thrower (same stats as Spear Thrower, but incompatible with pole weapons) to throw the large "dart shaped" sha-ken for +1 damage and -1/megahex range adjustment. As with the spear thrower it takes a step and ready action to load the device followed by a half-move attack action to loose the projectile.
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07-12-2023, 06:37 AM | #8 |
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Re: Plumbata
Why should plumbata be more accurate than javelins? I suspect in fact plumbata are supposed to be represented by javelins.
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07-12-2023, 09:02 AM | #10 |
Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: Sydney, Australia
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Re: Plumbata
Remember all the weapon weights are larger than historical weapon weights. I'm not sure why: could be because weapons include scabbards etc., because they are awkward shapes, because Steve Jackson scribbled down some numbers in the era before it was possible to google. But whatever the reason you have to assume the plumbata, if it existed in TFT, would have a listed weight larger than the number printed on an exhibit's card in a museum.
But sure, I guess saying they're intermediate between shuriken and javelins is reasonable. |
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