A "leaner" damage system

[Jaeger]

We just copied all the pages of the wound tables.. and threw it into a binder. Now we dont have to keep flipping back and forth between pages in the corebook.. and we can have a seperate source of info that can be readily utilized before an attack even takes place.. so, once you figure out the location you're aiming for.. you can turn it to that page even faster. And the piercing, bludgeoning, cutting damage sections are further seperated by the use of dividers.

That's what I did, works great!

The rest of you are whispering heresy and commiting blasphemy. :)

[Durgil]

I have an idea that might fix the problem of what condensing the zones has on armour.  You could create an armour system like I suggest here.  The idea is basically a dice roll that determines how much damage the armour protects, which I got from The Burning Wheel Fantasy Roleplaying System.  It doesn't make much since with regards to any Quickstart Rules, but I like this idea of eliminating all of those tables.

[Durgil]

Alan, with regards to those rules that you posted previously in this topic, I was wondering if you were aware of this rule?  I didn't see it on any of your sheets.

[Eamon]

I developed a rules summary for my recent game that includes condensed Zone / Hit Location / Wound tables that retain all the original information - but are a lot easier to use.

Have a look at

http://www.seanet.com/~alanb/RPGs/TROSCombatSummaryv4.1.pdf" >http://www.seanet.com/~alanb/RPGs/TROSCombatSummaryv4.1.pdf

By separating the Zone d6 rolls out from the wound charts, I got the whole TROS wound chart appendix down to 5 pages.

Alan, that is an awesome resource!  That definately helps in the direction of getting over the chart issue.

[Alan]

Alan, with regards to those rules that you posted previously in this topic, I was wondering if you were aware of this rule?  I didn't see it on any of your sheets.

I'm away from home right now, so I can't refer to my sheet.  I know that I based all the mount stuff on OBAM.  I seem to recall that mount ST is used for damage only with lance charges, and this is mentioned in the weaon description.