New to The Fantasy Trip. Got questions.

[larsdangly]

Originally Posted by Skarg

Quite so.

It's a different sort of game. Effective tactics can also multiply one side's effectiveness and odds of survival.

I've often seen well-played PCs survive for years of combat-heavy play in TFT, but they don't do manage that by just charging up equal foes and trading blows with them one on one. They do it mostly by arranging combat situations (and sometimes avoiding them) so that they get hurt as little as possible. Using terrain, flanking, ganging up, striking first, jabbing, using ranged attacks, pole weapons, magic, etc., and avoiding having those things done to them.

Agreed. The first thing for a new GM to focus on in TFT is the wonderful selection of 'nuisance' creatures, plants, swarms, etc. And then get creative with traps and natural hazards and obstacles, which can be presented as very fun mini-encounters, given TFT's very detailed treatment of movement, jumping, climbing, etc. Get used to the idea that a proper dust-up is an unusual thing.