Re: Battle at Camelot Comics and Games--After Action Report

In a message dated 11/21/99 2:25:58 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
yh728@victoria.tc.ca writes:

> Just one question: Why didn't you and your group like the
>  multiple-die-types idea? (Using d4 thru d12 depending on
qualities...)

I can't speak for the others, but mine boils down to the following:

1.  Basic non-familiarity with the system, which includes figuring the
odds, 
especially with secondary die rolls involved.

2.  Such a system makes it difficult, if not impossible, to factor in
two 
modifiers (FMA gets "around" this by just saying you use the worst).

3.  Limitations of the system--you can't really go past d4 and d12--in
other 
words, a four-die shift is the most you can ever have.	And if your unit

didn't start out with a d12, this gets shortened to whatever brings you
down 
to d4.

>  
>  It's not a perfect system, but I really, really like being able, in
most
    edit for brevity
>  There's a bit of that in the GZG system, but all the actual opposed
rolls
>  (the combat rolls) are straight-out rolls, no adding & subtracting.
>  
>  Given that I'm frankly lousy at mental math, I'm glad to give that
type of
>  system a miss, even if it means I  have loads of funny-looking dice
around
>  the place. :> The only problem with that is finding the right die
type in
>  the heat of battle, on a 6x8 table covered in scenery and miniatures.
I
>  get around that by just buying even more die, so I can usually find
at
>  least one of whatever type I need...
>  

And then there's the item you mention above...I only have two complete
sets 
of polyhedral dice!  And those two sets I have are brown and green--very

easily "lost" amid the usual clutter on the table!  On the other hand, I
do 
have plenty of d6 and d10/20 lying around.

I think my preferred die rolling convention would be percentile or d10, 
followed by d6, but I can live with FMA, I suppose.

Rob