[DF] Suitable Dangerous Encounters

[Nymdok]

Originally Posted by Ts_

What I wonder about most, however, is the strategy of the Barb. Killing the guards one at a time ....

Continuing to try and hurt a guard at non-positive HP might be a waste of the Barb's turn ....

So, yeah, I should change the Barb's strategy.

... even at this very low level of details, GURPS has strategy ...

Im curious to see what you get as well, but the more strategy you take into a count, the more difficult, and less precise, exercise it will be.

Since all Combat options (other than Attack Rolls and active defense) are...well ...optional, I think this scenario is a fair model of Novice GURPS players.

Originally Posted by mlangsdorf

In most DF games, a bunch of guards are going to be fodder .... So you should factor that in.

You should also limit the number of guards that can attack the barbarian at once....

2 guards, with skill-12 in their weapons, do not match my expectations of what a DF Barbarian can actually take out.

How do you factor in their wilingness to retreat? If the GM wants them to run away, then let them run away, no modeling is needed.

Due to the reach of the spears, Id think that even with a back to the wall, theres enough reach to get in more than 3 hits (8?)

Finally, as with all things you can tweak the barbarian stats, have him fight smarter, tweak the guards down in skill, Give the Barbarian a shield, give the guards staffs...there is virtually no end to the way you can adjust this encounter.

I would like to review the situation though:

Barbarian - built on the DF template
Fur armor, No shield, SKill 17, Cutting Damage, swinging Bastard sword 1 handed.

Hes practically Nekkid!

versus

Guard - that I just sorta made up
FULL plate (DR7), Spears, ST of about 11-12, skill of 12, Impaling Damage

Id say 2 to 1, 3 to 1, with NO strategy/tactics is pretty impressive!


The point is that with this model we know that there are things we can do JUST with the few stats we are looking at if we want the Barbie to be more effective.

Barbarian Tougher
More DR, A shield,

Guard TOugher
Skill, Shields.

Nymdok