Review of Play: The Saga of the Westmarch DF Game

[Bruno]

Originally Posted by mlangsdorf

The rest of the session and all of session 26 was a sprawling battle between the PCs, some thorn lions, and a bunch of savage vinemen with axes. That was very, very messy. The lions grappled the PCs, forcing their allies to attack into close combat, which was dangerous. The vinemen spewed pollen and allergens when hit badly enough, and though none of the PCs were affected by the stuff, it sure worried the PCs.

Notably, my skeletons were actually good for something this time! Alas, they also got the marrow kicked out of them, so I made Mark come up with some clarified rules for skeletal reconstruction and Shelley is eyeing the plant monsters for necromantic golem status.

Originally Posted by mlangsdorf

There was some funny commentary about pollens and Bruno's persistent allergies on the side comment channel that I need to collect and post.

Yes, you do :D

[Garion]

Originally Posted by mlangsdorf

I don't think there were many rules disputes, though there was some confusion about how various rules worked out: can you Interdict a foe moving to your flank if you made a Move and Attack, and what happens if you declare a lot of Deceptive Attack but forget that you're also under Shock penalties? Is it better to shoot an armored, homogeneous target with a bodkin arrow or a normal arrow? Stuff like that.

What happened here was a bit of confustion on my part plus me not wanting to bog things down with my slow typing. I put a -4 in my attack and declared in the next line that it was a -4/-2 Deceptive Attack. But I forgot about not having HPT (every fighter type I have ever played before has HPT). Then I saw Mark reminding me about the -4 shock penalty, so I was all like, "Oh nevermind the DA then..." But the timing of my postings and everyone else's made it look like I was trying to get a DA after attacking and seeing my roll.

[mlangsdorf]

Additional necromancy rules, including frankensteining your damaged servants:
http://westmarchsaga.wikia.com/wiki/...cy_House_Rules

Bruno threatens to kill the GM
http://westmarchsaga.wikia.com/wiki/...tes#Session_27

[Harald387]

Is it better to shoot an armored, homogeneous target with a bodkin arrow or a normal arrow? Stuff like that.

It wasn't really a question of 'which was better'; I was just confused because the first arrow (7 imp vs. DR 3) caused a 1-point shock penalty (my assumption having been that I dealt 1 damage after DR), but the second arrow (9 pi(2) vs. DR 8) caused no shock penalty at all.

It got clarified when Emily mentioned the rule that I'd (forgotten/never known) about shock penalties being tied to HP - if the big guy had 20+ HP, then the first shot (dealing 2 injury) would have caused -1 shock but the second shot (1 injury) wouldn't have.

That said, with DR 8 the bodkin really is the better choice - it'll deal 1 injury on anything but a minimum-damage roll, whereas a standard arrow needs to roll max damage to penetrate DR in the first place.