tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36753350.post3215047941883029665..comments2024-02-28T15:48:19.760+00:00Comments on The Wargame Shed: Why I Don't Like Rules with Saving ThrowsWhisperin Alhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09869995901983782880noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36753350.post-21019103849774780832010-11-16T15:44:43.101+00:002010-11-16T15:44:43.101+00:00...and you an old AD&D player too! ;-)
Mind y......and you an old AD&D player too! ;-)<br /><br />Mind you I suppose it would be one way to reduce my excessively large rules library, by getting rid of all the ones with saving throw mechanisms, given that I think that Edward is not keen on them either and the pair of you are the only people I regularly inflict games on?Leninhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10595617460292633758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36753350.post-32291857194759568082010-11-16T15:02:26.496+00:002010-11-16T15:02:26.496+00:00Heartily agree. It's needless complexity. Good...Heartily agree. It's needless complexity. Good stuff!<br /><br />n.neldorethhttp://www.hourofwolves.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36753350.post-57666520446383788252010-11-13T15:31:47.897+00:002010-11-13T15:31:47.897+00:00Calm down Al, Calm down.
(Said in a 1990's Liv...Calm down Al, Calm down.<br />(Said in a 1990's Liverpudlian Brookside accent)<br /><br />Good points though Al<br /><br />There is also the "copy me" tendency of consciously or sub-consciously borrowing accepted/popular themes from recent literature/rules without thinking<br /><br />The "probability angle" is like a stealth tax in that you are really asking the "attacker" to throw two d6 dice instead of one for a curve<br /><br />But I think the latter is a bit of a dirty fudgeGeordie an Exiled FoGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01002743056274635657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36753350.post-52754217168106495372010-11-13T10:40:15.545+00:002010-11-13T10:40:15.545+00:00That's certainly one option; however most don&...That's certainly one option; however most don't say that's why they are doing it and as the attacking/firing player it can end up being a deeply frustrating mechanic - you go all through the work out how many dice to throw, what mods/target number etc. and then the saving throw means no effect anyway - much better to put it all in one throw but with a die bigger than a d6 I think.Whisperin Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09869995901983782880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36753350.post-15206973728657548662010-11-13T10:29:06.175+00:002010-11-13T10:29:06.175+00:00I think they use the saving throw to keep both pla...I think they use the saving throw to keep both players doing something each turn of the game. Rather than I go and you do nothing. But I could be wrong.Beccashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00742953626769861778noreply@blogger.com