Fantasy Trip Pole Weapons and Charges

[tbeard1999]

I broke this off from the "list the issues" TFT thread (Fantasy Trip Glitches, Contradictions, Ambiguities).

Originally Posted by Steve Jackson

Yes, charge attacks with polearms are too strong. After a few decades of reflecting on it, I don't think that charging with a halberd is any better than charging with any big pointy stick. The halberd's blade doesn't help in the charge.

Maybe the solution would be to give a charging figure with any pole weapon a flat 2+2 dice damage (2 handed spear's damage in a charge attack). Or whatever you think that damage should be.

I think mounted figures with lances should be pretty awesome though.

And I'm willing to listen to argument that the javelin is too short and light to get a charge bonus.

For me, the issue would revolve around game balance. I never found javelins to be an issue, but they were rarely taken by my players.