RE: [Epic] War Engine BM suggestion

From: Miller, Chris <CMiller_at_...>
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 09:25:18 -0600

> How's this for a stupid, but simple rule:
>
> Each War Engine has a 'Blast Marker Ignorance' number, which equals
> its
> points value divided by 100, rounded up. This results in the
> following
> values:
>
---------> This isn't too bad, actually. Call it "Toughness" or "Sensor
Rating" or "Stabilizers" or "Targeting" or "Fire Control Rating" or
whatever...

> Land Raiders are not WE, and are therefore affected normally.
--------> You'll score a lot of points with this comment...
: )

> The rule could be expanded to the point that the WE automatically
> loses a
> number of BMs during the rally phase equal to its 'BM Ignorance
> Number',
> before rolling the D6-1 for BM removal.
>
--------> Not too big a change - easy to use.

> It's just that with the -1 to hit modifier rule suggested earlier on
> the
> list I have to think a bit too much; for each shot you have to
> recalculate
> the to hit number, while my rule is just a simple number which can be
> written on the detachment sheet and only has to be consulted once
> before
> firing (I'm just not very good at calculating and apllying
> modifiers...)
> Tell me if you like/hate this suggestion.
>
> Carl Billen
> billenc_at_...
>
--------> I guess it mainly depends on whether you prefer to add a new
stat to the game or modify a die roll...
either one works, though I'll say that the actual numbers chosen for the
various machines may be too high -
I mean , how much real difference is there between "Warlords ignore 6
BM's" vs "Warlords ignore BM's" - it's going to take quite a bit of
firepower to kick it up over 6...at that point it may be even simpler to
go back to "War Engines ignore BM's completely". You could cut a lot of
these in half and still be better off than the current system while not
being unbalancing.

Chris Miller
Received on Fri Feb 06 1998 - 15:25:18 UTC