[Runequest] Ow being hit with a sword hurts

[alan richards]

FWIW

RQ combat is deadly.
Being big gives you big damage bonus and makes you more deadly
Armour is a massive decider in combat
High skill dues can become dull and at certain levels of near parity become
a test of luck.

I do not see any of these as being unsimulatory (as opposed to unrealistic
which is a strange term)

All of this lead the groups I played with to never have a fair fight.

If I go into melee with a Troll its because I need to touch him to turn him
into a Duck. And I damn well want lots of my mates with me  to keep him
occupied. And if  I can possibly  shoot him from outsie of his range
(ideally with my mates doing likewise) I will.

When I played BRP Sharpe a few years ago Sharpe himself (another PC) was
duelling a damn frog officer and clearly losing so I shot the froggie.


Al
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