Spear vs Knights... am I missing something?

[johndallman]

Originally Posted by ericthered

I'm thinking about how Mr. Spear and Mr. Knight would fare in the PbP Dungeon Fantasy game I play in...

Mr Knight's practical hit probability is going to be severely reduced by the -2 to attacks for his large shield.

In our DF game, our wizard handles both of these jokers readily by being already in Body of Air, because he always is, flying out of their reach and killing them with lightning. Our warrior deals with Mr Knight readily; Mr Spear looks difficult on the surface, but he doesn't have enough skill to Deceptively Attack the eyes, nor enough damage to get far with other locations, and the first cut that lands on his torso involves a death check. Our necromancer ("Psychopomp!") can handle Mr Knight in hard-to-hand. Mr Spear might give him trouble, but is likely to succumb to terror magic.