Re: Olympia combat

From: M22367@mwvm.mitre.org

Date: Tue, 12 May 1992 16:54:33 +0000

Howbout beefing up the 'flee' part of combat.  We saw an instance of a
newbie PC jumped by a 5-man newbie unit in which he didn't try to flee until
his 'flee' percentage had been reached.  Assuming both units had 0 Stealth and
0 Observation, the PC shoulda tried to flee when the thugs pulled their swords!

I'm not suggesting you add 'intelligence' ratings, but 5-1 odds with all
parties having apparently equal skill and experience levels seems a pretty
obvious cause for attempting to flee *before* the blood starts flowing.

When the PC did flee, he was cut off (and then cut down).  If he had had some
stealth, maybe he would have gotten away.  This would seem a fairly straight-
forward enhancement that would add realism and save a few lives.  Perhaps one
could even set a parameter like the current 'flee' percentage.  It need only
be an integer (3:1 = 3, 4:1 = 4, etc.) and could be used to indicate a bravery
or cowardice trait of a unit. A unit could be set to stand and fight at 10:1
odds (if you wanted them go into a suicide situation).

After all, discretion am the better part of valour!

At start of engagement:
   Calculate odds
   Discretion = Smaller_party.flee_odds
   If odds > Discretion, smaller party attempts to flee
   :
   :

Mike Waters (James Resolut 888)

References

Re: Olympia combat
gl8f@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl)
Tue, 12 May 1992 14:37:28 +0000

Referenced By

Re: Olympia combat
gl8f@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl)
Tue, 12 May 1992 14:37:28 +0000