oly combat simple fix

From: Mark Hendrickson <eahg128@arcturus.oac.uci.edu>

Date: Thu, 05 Oct 1995 00:00:00 +0000

Gentlemen:

If we're agreed that the combat rules give too much emphasis to
weenie troops (crossbowmen & pikemen) over cool troops (elite guards &
elite archers), they why not simply increase the values of these
higher-end units so that they make sense to build?  One would still have
to weigh the relative advantages of ease of building (wood is easier to
get then iron & horses) over long range strength.

perhaps something like:

elite guard:  500/500/0

or even high numbers (friggin warhorse takes soooo long to train).

Combine this with limitations on beasts as people have been
discussing, & an elite guard doesn't look too shabby.

In addition, the skills of swordsmanship & defence (& archery
too) could confer a significant bonus for use (say, an increase in
ability of 10 points per use at the apprentice level, up to 20 points per
use high up).  It's amazing to me that people are using these skills
anyway (note recent GMs report) with their negligible affect on combat.

Along the same lines, magic items should be more powerful (swords
& things).  As of now they're basically status symbols & little more.
Let one aura be translated into 50 instead of 5 points.  That would make
that +1000 armor a little more useful.

-Mark

References

Olympia - Time for G2?
Rob Rodgers <rrodgers@unex.ucla.edu>
Mon, 25 Sep 1995 00:00:00 +0000

Referenced By

Olympia - Time for G2?
Rob Rodgers <rrodgers@unex.ucla.edu>
Mon, 25 Sep 1995 00:00:00 +0000