oh yeah, forgot about that. half off chocolate!

In reply to Gorgath (msg # 784):

I am going to try and post during lunch...

In reply to Narrator (msg # 786):

Don't worry, RL comes first and money.

Who gave you people permission to have lives and jobs?  ‘Rl comes first’ indeed!

In reply to Dne Utrotare (msg # 788):

My wife did, and I suggest you not argue with her!

Just curious, GURPs Martial Arts has a series of Techniques called Targeted attacks, specific to a weapon type, use of weapon and a target hit location to buy off some of the penalty (up to half, rounded up) of hit locations.

Eg,

Targeted Attack(Axe, Swinging attack, Neck) Hard

which costs 2 points initially and 1 point thereafter. So the above would max out at

Targeted Attack(Axe, Swinging attack, Neck) Hard, reduces penalty for targeting the neck to -2 for [4] cp.

A similar version of this is found in GURPs Tactical Shooting for guns. Could this be applied to crossbows with sights

Eg,

Targeted Attack (Crossbow, Skull) Hard, maxing out at -3 penalty for [5] cp
 I have 2 questions for the GM in this regard.

1) Are the melee versions of this acceptable techniques here?
2) Is a crossbow version of the Tactical shooting an acceptable technique (or series thereof) here?

i often behead my foes using this technique, so yes definitely for the melee part.

Those Techniques are cleanly in DF as the "Slayer" series, IE Slayer Swing at Neck. Slayer Swing at Skull, Slayer Thrust at Vitals, etc, so yes, they are perfectly acceptable as melee Techniques.


If you use the same techniques more than once on an intelligent foe (or where you can be witnessed by an intelligent foe) they get a +1 to defend against that attack when it's used on them.

You can even make them part of a Trademark Move.... however that just means the above "they see you doing it" becomes a bit easier for them...  and some inyelligent enemies will have heard about your Trademark style in advance!

Trademark Move† (Perk)
A Trademark Move is a prescription for a full turn’s worth of combat actions. Write down every detail when you buy it; e.g., “All-Out Attack (Strong) using Broadsword, for 2d+3 cutting, thrown as a Rapid Strike with a chop to the neck, at skill 13, followed by a Deceptive slash at the torso giving -2 defenses, at skill 14.” Damage and attack rolls can improve with ST, DX, and skill, but all weapons, maneuvers, combat options, and hit locations remain fixed. In return for committing a point to such a specific move, you’re at +1 on all skill rolls made to execute it exactly as written – no substitutions.
A Trademark Move must be distinctive – no “Attack with Broadsword to torso.” The GM is free to forbid one that isn’t!


Probably.  Personally I'd allow them as 'Crossbow' variants.  But I'm not the GM...

I allow those.
Thank you for bearing withme; I  may not be able to post until monday, at which point i will be onboarding a bounty hunter.

In reply to Narrator (msg # 792):

Does his backpack have jets?

Does he bounty hunt for Jabba Hutt to finance his vet?

I thought they were, but could not find them. Do you have a reference for them in DF?

Thanks GM, will probably start taking TA skills then!

In reply to Hograth Podkarmen (msg # 794):

In DF11 you can find Slayer training.

When I recommend skills built into templates, there is usually a good reason for them.

what if you'll likely never use them, and some of them are expenisve H & VH skills? prereqs for templates, similar to prereqs for spells?
This message was last edited by the player at 06:37, Fri 16 Feb 2018.

In reply to Chye Isuel (msg # 796):

But who hasn't taken skills they thought they would use but never did?

Are the slayer training part of any template?

a friend of mine is joining the group. a half-elf treasure hunter, named Sedric. he asked me what i thought and some advice. we did a little fine tuning, and changed 6 points worth of skills  for ones a bit more suitable, and useful. everything jives, point-wise.
This message had punctuation tweaked by the player at 07:05, Fri 16 Feb 2018.

I frequently take skills I never expect to use and then ... unsurprisingly never use.


No.


Do you have DF 11?  If not I can rmail you the particulars of those traits.

doesn't that take too big a bite out of your apple, though?

I do, but it was the Narrators comment that made me think it might have been part of a template that i had missed.

In reply to Hograth Podkarmen (msg # 801):

That was unrelated and had to do with someone trying to divest themselves from template skills that were part of character concept. We compromised.

In reply to Narrator (msg # 802):

Ah, OK. Crossed topics! Thanks for clarifying.

Has anybody here read the Thieves’ World books?
This message was last edited by the player at 02:03, Sat 17 Feb 2018.

In reply to Masugatan (msg # 804):

Some of them, and gamed bits of it, but it's a very confined setting in many ways, due to the books. Oly was my character there in fact.

Only about fourteen of them, though it's been rather a long time.  Remembering Lastele One-Thumb getting caught in his own protection spell...

In reply to Masugatan (msg # 804):

Some. And I got the RP game someplace. It had the stats for a bunch of games.

Yes it does ... assuming my son hasn't run off with it...

In reply to Oly (msg # 808):

Read the series and a bunch of sequels. Loved Lythande, Siveni Grey Eyes, and Lalo the Limner!