TLDoT - Rules To Play With - Part IV

[The Perilous Dreamer]

The Lost Dungeons of Tonisborg - Rules To Play With - Part IV of Table of Contents

[arjen]

Let me kick this off with a question I had:
The last few days I've been pouring over the great tome that arrived last Tuesday. Mainly the rules part at the end of the book and it really feels old school as it seems very complicated. Combat for instance.
I see combat (and the roll to hit) come up a few times and I am wondering how they all come together.
-The "Strength" score entry (p.101) tells us that Fighters with 15+ Str get +1 to hit per level (+2 damage)
-The Combat Capability Tables show us that all classes get extra attack rolls against 'normal opponents" based on their level (p.114)
-The Combat resolution (p.119) tell us that each character ads +1 per experience level to combat resolution rolls.
Does this mean that a 5th level fighter with STR 15 get:
-+5 (str/level) and +5 (combat resolution +1/level) = +10 to attack when fighting magical monsters like dragons or basilisks
and.
-4 attacks at +5 (str/level) +5 (level) +1 (Combat Capability) = +11 each against multiple 'normal opponents like bandits, goblins or orcs etc.?
A wizard of the same level would get one attack of +5 (level) against a magical creature or 3 attacks of +5 each against 1HD opponents?
Is that correct? That would be interesting, very lethal and swingy combat

[The Perilous Dreamer]

Aug 17, 2021 22:13:18 GMT -5 arjen said:

Let me kick this off with a question I had:
The last few days I've been pouring over the great tome that arrived last Tuesday. Mainly the rules part at the end of the book and it really feels old school as it seems very complicated. Combat for instance.
I see combat (and the roll to hit) come up a few times and I am wondering how they all come together.
-The "Strength" score entry (p.101) tells us that Fighters with 15+ Str get +1 to hit per level (+2 damage)
-The Combat Capability Tables show us that all classes get extra attack rolls against 'normal opponents" based on their level (p.114)
-The Combat resolution (p.119) tell us that each character ads +1 per experience level to combat resolution rolls.
Does this mean that a 5th level fighter with STR 15 get:
-+5 (str/level) and +5 (combat resolution +1/level) = +10 to attack when fighting magical monsters like dragons or basilisks
and.
-4 attacks at +5 (str/level) +5 (level) +1 (Combat Capability) = +11 each against multiple 'normal opponents like bandits, goblins or orcs etc.?
A wizard of the same level would get one attack of +5 (level) against a magical creature or 3 attacks of +5 each against 1HD opponents?
Is that correct? That would be interesting, very lethal and swingy combat

I have not gotten that far in the book yet, and I will need to pull out my copy of Champions of ZED. But it would not surprise me if you right.


*My internet is up and down this evening and I am having trouble staying online.

[The Perilous Dreamer]

Hmm, on page 16 through the beginning of page 19, they give an example of play and there is some combat in that. So let me look at it and tell you what I think (tomorrow) .

[The Perilous Dreamer]

After looking at all of the noted passages and also at the example of play here is how I think it works:

-The "Strength" score entry (p.101) tells us that Fighters with 15+ Str get +1 to hit per level (+2 damage)

So we have +1 to hit per level for Fighters, but only if they have a 15+ Str.

-The Combat Capability Tables show us that all classes get extra attack rolls against 'normal opponents" based on their level (p.114)

This is a separate issue, extra attacks against normal opponents, which in my mind would include all but the larger predators (animals) and large agressive herbivores (animals).

The Combat resolution (p.119) tell us that each character ads +1 per experience level to combat resolution rolls.

Now this looks like it applies to all classes.

So your take of:

Does this mean that a 5th level fighter with STR 15 get:
-+5 (str/level) and +5 (combat resolution +1/level) = +10 to attack when fighting magical monsters like dragons or basilisks
and.
-4 attacks at +5 (str/level) +5 (level) +1 (Combat Capability) = +11 each against multiple 'normal opponents like bandits, goblins or orcs etc.?

would be right IMO based on my reading of it up to this point, and the example of combat included in the example of play on pages 16-19 seems to agree, although they do not indicate the Str of the Fighters in the example so we have to assume none of them have a 15 or better Str.