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hcobb 01-07-2019 06:37 PM
Re: Orcslayer
 
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Originally Posted by Skarg (Post 2234011)
Does not mention arrow slits, which would be better cover than any of the listings - maybe -8 DX? - but have limited firing arcs.
-6 for concealment plus -2 for two stories up = -8

Anthony 01-07-2019 06:39 PM
Re: Orcslayer
 
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Originally Posted by Helborn (Post 2233902)
My suspicion (and I may be completely wrong) is that Orcslayer started life as a TFT module.
Given that Orcslayer is set in Caithness (the GURPS Fantasy setting) and was published in 2005 (2 years after the closing of Metagaming), that's not very likely.

Helborn 01-07-2019 10:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Anthony (Post 2234019)
Given that Orcslayer is set in Caithness (the GURPS Fantasy setting) and was published in 2005 (2 years after the closing of Metagaming), that's not very likely.
It was published in 1986

Anthony 01-07-2019 10:43 PM
Re: Orcslayer
 
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Originally Posted by Helborn (Post 2234043)
It was published in 1986
Sorry, typo. 1985 (1986 was a later printing).

Skarg 01-08-2019 01:03 AM
Re: Orcslayer
 
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Originally Posted by hcobb (Post 2234018)
-6 for concealment plus -2 for two stories up = -8
Arrow slits (should) give better cover than anything described in the list in TFT, even without a height advantage.

hcobb 01-08-2019 04:30 AM
Re: Orcslayer
 
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Originally Posted by Skarg (Post 2234071)
Arrow slits (should) give better cover than anything described in the list in TFT, even without a height advantage.
Arrow slits were never put at ground level for good reason.

RobW 01-08-2019 02:31 PM
Re: Orcslayer
 
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Originally Posted by hcobb (Post 2234088)
Arrow slits were never put at ground level for good reason.
Not to nitpick (as in, I'm nitpicking), but reporting here from the land subjugated and ring-fenced by Edward Longshanks' castles, see pictures of Beaumaris castle.

It might be an exception due to moat. Or what do I know maybe these are not arrow slits per se.

Skarg 01-08-2019 04:15 PM
Re: Orcslayer
 
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Originally Posted by hcobb (Post 2234088)
Arrow slits were never put at ground level for good reason.
Missing-The-Point Mastery, IQ 13, 3 points

Carnifex 01-10-2019 07:20 PM
Re: Orcslayer
 
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Originally Posted by Anthony (Post 2234019)
Given that Orcslayer is set in Caithness (the GURPS Fantasy setting) and was published in 2005 (2 years after the closing of Metagaming), that's not very likely.
Harkwood, which was also set in Caithness, was originally published in Space Gamer 63 in 1983. While it was not specifically a TFT adventure, notes for converting it to TFT were included. So it is at least possible Orcslayer was originally conceived as a TFT adventure even if it were never published as such.

ColBosch 01-11-2019 09:36 PM
Re: Orcslayer
 
A 1980 ad for Martian Metals' Ogre miniatures line lists a "forthcoming" cruise missile crawler. Cruise missiles didn't appear in Ogre until Shockwave, which was published by SJ Games several years after Metagaming folded. It is perfectly possible that Orcslayer could've originally meant for TFT, but was updated for GURPS after the advent of that system.


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