tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4861350035587930909.post516296384256924270..comments2024-03-20T20:03:56.127+00:00Comments on THE GREAT GAME: Hyborian Heroes: the armour conundrumStuarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01863160473105489597noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4861350035587930909.post-16674977673981434092016-07-29T13:09:37.246+01:002016-07-29T13:09:37.246+01:00Yes, I couldn't think of an advantage but I wo...Yes, I couldn't think of an advantage but I wondered if they had some clever justification for it. <i>Advanced Fighting Fantasy 2</i> also does it, and it's baffling there too.thekelvingreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928260185408072124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4861350035587930909.post-3089132759286493182016-07-29T11:02:19.137+01:002016-07-29T11:02:19.137+01:00Looking at the Conan rules it seems as if you can ...Looking at the Conan rules it seems as if you can either have only Akbitanan weapons - i.e. steel - or primitive weapons. I'm thinking of house ruling something between steel and Akbitanan steel - e.g. maybe ordinary steel has a lower AP quality, and a reduced price. Mulling it over.Stuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01863160473105489597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4861350035587930909.post-74626435177622169872016-07-29T10:58:09.482+01:002016-07-29T10:58:09.482+01:00As far as I can see, there isn't. It is one ex...As far as I can see, there isn't. It is one extra die roll to slow down battles, IMHO. Conan allows metal weapons to have armour piercing characteristics, so the off-sets some of the high DRs you can get. But some of the IH character classes will be heavily penalised by the Dex penalties of heavy armour, methinks.Stuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01863160473105489597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4861350035587930909.post-39735041729320035042016-07-28T19:02:40.553+01:002016-07-28T19:02:40.553+01:00What is the advantage of the random armour roll?What is the advantage of the random armour roll?thekelvingreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928260185408072124noreply@blogger.com