Re: Min ST penalties
 

Typically when you round down, a 0.5 or half becomes zero.

The reason I'm asking this is in the quick reference cards released for Warlock Knight, there are NPCs whose strength is 1 less than required for their weapons and damage is normal, so is there errata needed or is it correct? DX is also not listed as being modified explicitly for attacks either.

Re: Min ST penalties
 

This would be better as a communication directly to Gaming Ballistic via Backerkit or email rather than starting a thread on the forums. It's probably simply a mistake.

Re: Min ST penalties
 

Late pledges can't post on backerkit and I have sent you and David Pulver emails about this via the forum messaging system earlier this week on Monday, 7/22/2024.

Re: Min ST penalties
 

I certainly never received anything - just looked. I’ll check with David but we’ve been in contact all week and he hasn’t mentioned anything.

I’ll bring up the late pledge thing on the Backerkit discord. I’d expect all pledged backers at any time to be able to use the system(s).

Re: Min ST penalties
 

I sent you an email directly to the gmail address backerkit support gave me as well, and I had sent the direct email via the SJ Games forum system on Monday. Possibly those emails are out-dated?

Re: Min ST penalties
 

Odd. Let me check with Backerkit. One of those should have reached me. Which NPC or set of NPCs has the issue?

Re: Min ST penalties
 

ITL p.107 "...your DX is -1 for each ST point you lack, and the damage done is -1 for each 2 ST (round damage down) that you lack."

It is fairly clear to me that this sentence says it is -1 dam. per 2 ST.
A ST-9 warrior swinging a ST-12 broadsword (normally a 2d6 damage) does 2d-1 damage NOT 2d-2

Re: Min ST penalties
 

The result is that a ST 11, DX 13 character with a Broadsword does 2d-1 at adjDX 12 for the swing and is therefore "worse" than the ST 12, DX 12 character who does 2d at adjDX 12.

As Molly says (https://www.hcobb.com/tft/Molly.html) "ST dumping never pays!"

Re: Min ST penalties
 

TFT is about tradeoffs so a ST11 DX13 character who chooses a broadsword vs a shortsword should have some potential benefit, more damage vs lower chance to hit.

If the interpretation that damage is -1 for 1 less ST and DX -1, then the player might as well use a shortsword with no dx penalty and equal damage.

The phrase round down supports that interpretation in that fractions are dropped and 1 less ST results in no damage reduction and only -1 DX.

Re: Min ST penalties
 

^^^^ THAT ^^^^ Perfectly put.