Tactical Encounter #3 - Panic at the Thisco!

[malchidael]

I've written up another tactical encounter to share. Hopefully you enjoy it.
It's a bandit attack at a roadside tavern.

In my initial playtests, the dice were against my sample 32-point characters and I had two TPK's, so a little tougher than my earlier scenarios.

This time, I'm including the full-size map separately, in case anyone wants to scale it down to smaller hexes or print it out as a 21"x16" poster.

The newer template prints a Melee map on four sheets of paper, as opposed to the three sheet maps I have been using, which is unfortunate, but it allowed me a bit more freedom.

All comments or criticisms welcome, either here or by PM.

Tactical Encounter - Panic at the Thisco!
Thisco Tavern Map

[Taliesin]

This is excellent! I'm going to run this with my players.

[Chris Rice]

Looks nice. Reminds me of an old "Gunslinger" scenario. One point; your bandits are ST10 but carry 2d-1 shortswords. These actually require a ST of 11. So they should really carry cutlasses 2d-2 or up their ST values to 11.

[malchidael]

Originally Posted by Chris Rice

Looks nice. Reminds me of an old "Gunslinger" scenario. One point; your bandits are ST10 but carry 2d-1 shortswords. These actually require a ST of 11. So they should really carry cutlasses 2d-2 or up their ST values to 11.

D'oh! Great catch..... I'll update it tonight and repost. I wanted their strength at 10, so cutlasses it is!

[JLV]

Another excellent little fight! Thanks for sharing (again) and please keep them coming!

[malchidael]

Originally Posted by malchidael

D'oh! Great catch..... I'll update it tonight and repost. I wanted their strength at 10, so cutlasses it is!

I have updated the document to give the bandits sabers . The download link is the same.

[FireHorse]

That is an excellent map!

[Shoug]

Originally Posted by Chris Rice

Looks nice. Reminds me of an old "Gunslinger" scenario. One point; your bandits are ST10 but carry 2d-1 shortswords. These actually require a ST of 11. So they should really carry cutlasses 2d-2 or up their ST values to 11.

If your strength is less than that of the weapon you are trying to wield, your DX is -1 and damage is -0.5 for each ST you lack (at the end, round up damage.) This means that, at ST 10 vs 11, wielding a shortsword is the same, assuming that you'd put your extra point into DX. Which is strange.