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From: Tobias Berghoff <Zixx@*****.TEUTO.DE>
Subject: Re: The fastest man on Earth
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 1997 15:31:00 GMT
on 30.11.97 trrkt@*****.ONET.PL wrote:

t> <snip enemies in melee bonus>
t>
t> > I've modified it, so you get the mod more relative to the number of
t> > friends/enemies: Basically, if you have e.g. reach +2 and 6 enemies,
t> > you have to make a AC(8) test, because the -2 from the reach is
t> > compensated by two of the foes. This makes defending against
t> > multible enemies nearly impossible, if there are, say 10 of them, as
t> > you'll always have to roll against AC(8) minimum.
t>
t> Hmmm... Well, I would not allow 10 people to attack 1 person in the
t> same time... The maximum amount of enemies in a fight is about 6,
t> with 4 leaving enough space for them to play in...

I don't think that only those, who actually hit the char count. A mob of
20 people running down a single person is much more dangerous than 6.
Also, you'd be surprised of the amount of people able to kick a single
person on the ground at once.



Tobias Berghoff a.k.a Zixx a.k.a. Charon, your friendly werepanther physad.

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