Re: Legends

From: pmf@belatrix.astro.cf.ac.uk (Phillip Fayers)

Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1993 13:03:55 +0000

In article 26935@netcom.com, dani@netcom.com (Dani Zweig) writes:
>f80hn@efd.lth.se (Haakan  Nimmersten):
>>I would appreciate if someone could explain how to calculate the missile
>>attackfactor for a character. The normal AF is covered in the rules, but
>>I just can't get the MAF to fit.
>
>Could you be more specific about what doesn't work?  To the best of my
>knowledge MAF works the same way as AF, except for various complications
>(eg, -50% if you're in a rear slot, and revert to AF if you're attacked
>by a slot during melee).
>
>>Also, why doesn't a char with (an equipped ) Pwr 4 Elv Longb recieve
>>+300% AF for that weapon?
>
>Don't you?  What *are* you getting?
>

I wonder if this is because people aren't calculating their AF correctly. Having
an Elven longbow won't give you +300% for Melee AF (which is whats listed on the
turn sheet (I think)).

Here is a summary of an articel some of you may have seen which describes how to
calculate you DF and AF and CF. The method for calculating AF is not given in the
rule books so I hope you'll find it useful.

What the terms mean:
		CF - Combat Factor, basically Hit points, its the amount of damage
			your character or soldier can take.
		AF - Attack Factor, the amount of damage you dish out (this is
			modified by various factors relating to you Invulnerability and
			Damage ratings as described in the rule book). AF divides into two
			values Melee AF and Missile AF.
		DF - Defense Factor, your resistance to damage (again modified by
			INV/DAM as above). When someone attacks you the amount of damage
			you take is his AF didvided by your DF, the resultant figure is
			subtracted from your CF.

Calculating The Values.

CF -
	Racial CF + (Personal Combat * 5)   - Soldiers multply Training level by 4

DF -
	Racial DF + (Personal Combat / 0.3) + Armour DF + Combat Skill Bonus

The Armour DF is of course improved by enchanting and includes DF given by
	a sheild. The Combat Skill bonus could be +2 for a Knight or -1 (?) for
	a Berserker.

AF -
	The AF is a bit more complex, the values given next to weapons in the tables
	are AF Modifiers (AFM), as are the values given by Combat skills such as
	Knight(50), Swordmaster(100 with Sword) etc. You also get racial AFMs (eg.
	5% for a Civilised Troll) and an increased AF from having higher Strength
	and Dex than the racial normal. Once you have calculated you total AFM
	(by adding in all the bits) take this figure as the percentage increase
	to your CF, the resultant value is your AF.

Strength and Dex bonuses are given for each point of STR or DEX above the
	racial normal. For each point you get a 5% increase in your AFM.

The easiest way to make this clear is to do an example.

Example Char. : Elf Knight in Plate Armour (Magic) with a Power 4 Mithril
					Sword. PC is 25. His STR is 10 above Racial, his DEX is
					normal.

CF - Racial Norm + PC * 5 =
		     15      +   125  = 140

DF - Racial Norm + PC / 0.3 + Armour + Combat Skill Bonus  =
	          2      +    6.6   + (12+2) + 2                   = 24

AFM - DEX/STR Bon. + Skill Bonus + Weapon Bonus =
			10*5       +    50       + 80 + 300     = 480

Melee AF - CF + (CF * AFM/100) =
	          140 + (140 * 480/100)= 812

All of the above info came from an article by Micheal Powell in a publication
whose name I don't know! It was passed on to me by a friend and I've found it
very useful.

The other thing to remember is the formula for adjusting for INV/DAM values
which is given in the Legends rule books, although I'm not quite sure how it
works - it says:

If you are being attacked there is a modifier to your DF as follows:

((Their DAM / Your INV) - 1) I'm not sure I remembered this right!

I think the basic idea is that if you have a high INV than they need a
	high DAM to do their full AF's worth of damage. Also if you have a high
	DAM and go up against someone with low INV you will do more damage.

Any one able to shed a bit of light on the INV/DAM bit ?

Hope you find the info useful.

---

Phillip Fayers.

email: fayers@uk.ac.cardiff
					phone: UK  0222 874000 x 5282

References

Re: Legends
dani@netcom.com (Dani Zweig)
Tue, 16 Feb 1993 17:29:51 +0000

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Re: Legends
dani@netcom.com (Dani Zweig)
Tue, 16 Feb 1993 17:29:51 +0000