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<P><FONT SIZE=2>|| I sat down and looked at the ship building rules and made up </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>|| some ships ...I</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>|| think</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>|| they were your rules? I'm still not sure on some terms like </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>|| freeboard and</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>|| such</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>|| but</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>|| I'll get it. The rule of rigging being 3x the height above </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>|| deck over the beam</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>|| seems</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>|| a bit off not sure if that's valid since a large warship </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>|| would have skyscraper</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>|| like</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>|| sails :)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>|| So still tinkering wtih it...</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>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. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>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.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>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.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>|| Yeah..just I recall initially the "death" rule where you get </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>|| exp like in some</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>|| games for</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>|| the death blow and was curious if others had views on it. </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>|| and it was an</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>|| excuse to post here :)</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>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, </FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>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.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>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.</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>|| -----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>|| From: Scott Adams [<A HREF="mailto:longshot@DARKTECH.ORG">mailto:longshot@DARKTECH.ORG</A>]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>|| Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2002 7:57 PM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>|| To: POWERS-AND-PERILS@geo000.CITG.TUDELFT.NL</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>|| Subject: Re: ....Chirp...chirp.....Is this thing on?</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>|| Hello...testing..test ing...</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2>|| At 08:14 AM 10/4/02 -0400, you wrote: </FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2>|| ></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>|| > Yes it has been quiet (Off topic -- sorry for Cholan being </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>|| so quiet...I get</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>|| > the mail, promise myself I'm going to send in a turn, then </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>|| get distracted</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>|| > with something. I'll try to put in a reply to the latest mailing)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>|| </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>|| </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>|| </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>|| Heh...no problem...he'll defend himself if all else </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>|| fails...just not much</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>|| initiative beyond</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>|| that :)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>|| </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>|| </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>|| ></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>|| > My P&P games have been offline for a bit due to scheduling </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>|| :{ so no new</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>|| rules</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>|| > in the works at the moment. </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>|| </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>|| </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>|| </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>|| I sat down and looked at the ship building rules and made up </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>|| some ships ...I</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>|| think</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>|| they were your rules? I'm still not sure on some terms like </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>|| freeboard and</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>|| such</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>|| but</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>|| I'll get it. The rule of rigging being 3x the height above </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>|| deck over the beam</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>|| seems</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>|| a bit off not sure if that's valid since a large warship </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>|| would have skyscraper</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>|| like</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>|| sails :)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>|| So still tinkering wtih it...</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>|| </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>|| ></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>|| > EXP wise, I would try and keep it simple and give the EXP </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>|| for that 1 point,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>|| > if the player wants to really keep track of all the nickle </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>|| & diming.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>|| </FONT>
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