Converting D&D/Other Adventures to DFRPG

[restlessgriffin]

Originally Posted by mlangsdorf

I've run and played DF and DFRPG for 15 years with dozens of different people. Scouts are ubiquitous to the point that I can't think of a group that didn't have a scout of some kind. And scouts kill things that are vulnerable to arrows at range.
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And I'm not sure what is unrealistic about establishing that Fauxgolas, the elf archer, can shoot a bird's eye out at 100 yards, and then realizing that he can shoot out anything's eye out. He's significantly less effective against 10 orc footmen with shields, because he can't do anything about their shield blocks.

Dungeon Fantasy/DFRPG are NOT realistic. It's heroic fantasy, maybe grim hack and slash dungeon crawling. So yes, Scouts with ridiculously high skill and Heroic Archer can shoot out eyes. Personally, what I find odd is big enemies/monsters aren't equipping themselves against this. One issue is dragons in GURPS DF/DFRPG seem to have breath weapons with ridiculously short range. Giants and ogres should hurl the big rocks at scouts and wizards first. I guess just like GURPS PCs, big tough enemies have problems with numbers. One on one I think big enemies probably can take out the scout if they are played intelligently and viciously.