<div><BR><BR><B><I>Dan Gadle <dge@ksu.se></I></B> wrote:</div> <div> </div> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <div>1.A question regarding monsters<BR><BR>How good is a monster like the troll with a natural NWI of -2 with a<BR>weapon?<BR>The description of most monster describe what kind of preferred weapon<BR>they use but not how good they are?<BR>Myself i rule that they are profficient with his preferred weapon and an<BR>EL of (1d12+2) up to his maximum due to stats.<BR>The troll for example uses stone club as preferred weapon he uses Mace<BR>skill his maximum is (s+St)10 =(50+35)10=9 which means with a roll of<BR>1d12+2 he could have between 3 and 9 in EL</div> <div> </div></BLOCKQUOTE> <div>I keep it fairly simple. Creature CDF + Ability bonuses = EL for weapons. For natural weapons, I use the NWI. So, for that troll, we have 3+2+2 = 7 average. I'll vary it a little from there. In this example, the results are
close to the same, but weaker creatures won't be flushed to max EL. </div> <div> </div> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <div>2.Nr of attacks for monsters<BR><BR>When a description of a monster description tells he uses claw and bite<BR>for example i as a GM rules hes got 2 or even possibly more attacks how<BR>do you GM out there rule?<BR><BR><BR>Dan G (Sweden)</div></BLOCKQUOTE> <div> </div> <div>One attack functions for me in most situations. That one attack might be slashing with 4 tenticles, crushing with 2, holding with 2, and biting, but this could still be one "Attack". The poetntial for damage getting to the target is not a single swing, but a combination of manuevers and observation (to find the best openings), and taking that shot when it comes up. I've seen a 105 lb woman swing an axe at between 60 and 70 passes per minute. With 3 seconds per combat phase, would she get 3 attacks? Not
reallisticaly. She would lose 1 to manuevering, one to defense, and one might hit, might not. That is why OCV and EL effect combat so much.</div> <div>On the other hand, certain creatures are described as being multiple attackers (the great spider and hydra come immediately to mind). In their description, there should be a defined number of attacks. In very unusual circumstances, I allow an additional attack, but this is rare (and I'm he mean referee). </div>