09-21-2018, 06:18 PM | #21 |
Join Date: May 2015
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Re: New Staff to-hit roll using IQ! (serious balance problem, no?)
Looks like you are correct. I forgot about that. That ability alone is/would-be a huge boost to staffs as they were.
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09-21-2018, 07:46 PM | #22 |
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: New England
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Re: New Staff to-hit roll using IQ! (serious balance problem, no?)
Rolling against the higher of DX and IQ for staff attacks has to be a mistake. It is like letting a Melee hero roll against the higher of ST and DX to hit with a weapon.
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09-21-2018, 08:00 PM | #23 |
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Carrboro, NC
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Re: New Staff to-hit roll using IQ! (serious balance problem, no?)
Given Steve Jackson's track record, I'm willing to give the changes a chance. Some things will be different, but they might be more fun.
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09-21-2018, 08:28 PM | #24 | |
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Re: New Staff to-hit roll using IQ! (serious balance problem, no?)
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But that's the thing with me. If it doesn't make much of a difference, why do it? It's so weird compared to all other attacks. |
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09-21-2018, 09:34 PM | #25 |
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Pacheco, California
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Re: New Staff to-hit roll using IQ! (serious balance problem, no?)
If you are using just Wizard then a wizard who doesn't recast Staff has no physical attacks at all because he's not a Myrmidon. (Or change the note on page 19 to all humanoids.)
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09-21-2018, 09:45 PM | #26 | |
Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: Sydney, Australia
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Re: New Staff to-hit roll using IQ! (serious balance problem, no?)
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If so I guess this becomes the attack mode of preference for skill monkeys. ST 8, DX 8, IQ 16 Staff IV, 13 points of talents. Leather armour, large shield |
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09-21-2018, 10:36 PM | #27 | |
Join Date: Dec 2017
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Re: New Staff to-hit roll using IQ! (serious balance problem, no?)
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09-22-2018, 06:59 AM | #28 |
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Pacheco, California
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Re: New Staff to-hit roll using IQ! (serious balance problem, no?)
Can you carve a small shield from a single suitably shaped "any piece of wood" as per WSRB page 1? What happens if you then shield-rush with your unusually shaped staff that offers no penalty to your spell casting as per Wizard page 19?
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09-22-2018, 08:45 AM | #29 |
Join Date: Dec 2017
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Re: New Staff to-hit roll using IQ! (serious balance problem, no?)
This isn't a big deal to me because it is trivial to modify if you don't like it. I just treat the staff attack as any other spell or attack roll (vs. DX). And, if the free action and auto-hit properties of the staff attack are found in the published version of ITL I'll just put my thumb over those as well.
Most of the new staff qualities seem fun and in keeping with the game, but the IQ roll, auto-hit and (particularly) free action properties strike me as being bit like the old hobbit+boomarang conundrum: Not the end of the world, but also one of those those funny spots in the rules that encourage players to design weird characters to take advantage of a breakdown in the balance that reigns over most of the game. |
09-22-2018, 11:56 AM | #30 | |
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: New England
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