Re: Game 689 is over

[Jon Davis <davisje@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Oerjan Ariander wrote:

>Vince wrote:
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>>PB - Lock on to the closest ships, but havig area of affect blast  based on
>>the ships its locked on to. Leaving the ships that its locked on to  defend
>>and destroy the PB. Also allowign an ADFC to also attempt to 
>>destroy  them. But
>>it destroys the PB complotly, not just agasnt that one defending  ship. 
>>Any thoughts? Its a home rule I been toying with
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>Compared to the official Plasma Bolt rule, your house rule would make the 
>bolts MORE deadly
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>The FB2 rules for Plasma Bolts are:
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>* PBs don't lock on to any ship (allowing them to lock on would make them 
>more likely to hit things, and thus more deadly)
>* ALL ships within the bolt's detonation range can fire PDS at it
>* All ADFC ships within 6mu of ANY ship within the bolt's detonation range 
>can fire PDS at it
>* Each hit on a plasma bolt reduces its strength - ie., the number of D6s 
>it rolls for damage - against EVERY target within range. (If you make a 
>single hit destroy the bolt completely, all that happens is that all Phalon 
>ships replace their big PBLs with multiple Size/1 ones - that gives them 
>exactly the same number of plasma dice, but makes their bolts much harder 
>to shoot down.)
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>If it works like this in FTJava I don't know, though.
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PBs strictly adhere to the published FB2 rules in FTJava.

Jon