....Chirp...chirp.....Is this thing on? Hello...testing..test ing...

[Choinski, Burton]

|| I sat down and looked at the ship building rules and made up 
|| some ships ...I
|| think
|| they were your rules?  I'm still not sure on some terms like 
|| freeboard and
|| such
|| but
|| I'll get it.  The rule of rigging being 3x the height above 
|| deck over the beam
|| seems
|| a bit off not sure if that's valid since a large warship 
|| would have skyscraper
|| like
|| sails :)
|| So still tinkering wtih it...

Freeboard is the amount of side of the ship above the waterline.  The
greater the freeboard, the less likely waves will wash up and into the boat.


The rigging rule of thumb comes from the Harn rules.  If you take a look at
any old sailing ship compare the width of the ship to the height of the
masts...I think you will see that it's not to bad.  In fact, many of the
modern sailing ships have even TALLER masts, which they get away with due to
a deep running keel.

None of these bronze age/iron age designs use a deep keel -- they are all
meant to be able to be beached at night or travel coastal waters.

|| Yeah..just I recall initially the "death" rule where you get 
|| exp like in some
|| games for
|| the death blow and was curious if others had views on it.  
|| and it was an
|| excuse to post here :)
|| 
|| 

I've always kind of frowned on the "Death blow EXP" rule, so that if
everyone in the party ganks the thing at the end they get the EXP for it.
For most creatures, 
they are down and out at 0 AHP, but I will grant the exp for the driving
into negative.  I do not grant additional players exp, only the one to get
them there (which makes initiative somewhat important.

NOTE: I use the weapon-length initiative table, combined with modifications
due to armor.  Characters in heavy plate are reduced 3 rows on the table, so
lightly armored people with smaller weapons can get the jump on them.

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Burton Choinski
Principle Software Engineer, Quality Engineering
email: burton.choinski at matrixone.com

phone: 978-322-2135
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|| -----Original Message-----
|| From: Scott Adams [mailto:longshot at DARKTECH.ORG]
|| Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2002 7:57 PM
|| To: POWERS-AND-PERILS at geo000.CITG.TUDELFT.NL
|| Subject: Re: ....Chirp...chirp.....Is this thing on?
|| Hello...testing..test ing...
|| 
|| 
|| At 08:14 AM 10/4/02 -0400, you wrote: 
|| 
|| >
|| > Yes it has been quiet (Off topic -- sorry for Cholan being 
|| so quiet...I get
|| > the mail, promise myself I'm going to send in a turn, then 
|| get distracted
|| > with something.  I'll try to put in a reply to the latest mailing)
|| 
|| 
|| 
|| Heh...no problem...he'll defend himself if all else 
|| fails...just not much
|| initiative beyond
|| that :)
|| 
|| 
|| >
|| > My P&P games have been offline for a bit due to scheduling 
|| :{ so no new
|| rules
|| > in the works at the moment. 
|| 
|| 
|| 
|| I sat down and looked at the ship building rules and made up 
|| some ships ...I
|| think
|| they were your rules?  I'm still not sure on some terms like 
|| freeboard and
|| such
|| but
|| I'll get it.  The rule of rigging being 3x the height above 
|| deck over the beam
|| seems
|| a bit off not sure if that's valid since a large warship 
|| would have skyscraper
|| like
|| sails :)
|| So still tinkering wtih it...
|| 
|| >
|| > EXP wise, I would try and keep it simple and give the EXP 
|| for that 1 point,
|| > if the player wants to really keep track of all the nickle 
|| & diming.
|| 
|| 

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