tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066179905250164861.post2629178957672630566..comments2023-06-20T11:26:01.308-04:00Comments on Quickly, Quietly, Carefully: Initiative by weapon priorityUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066179905250164861.post-36578454548510771352010-11-03T15:27:03.002-04:002010-11-03T15:27:03.002-04:00From my interpretation of Chainmail and OD&D, ...From my interpretation of Chainmail and OD&D, there was a weapon class as well, though it's not really called such. Basically, larger longer weapons are higher up on the scale. If your weapon class is higher than your opponents, you strike first in melee. However, if their weapon class is 4 lower that yours, they get two attacks, and if it is 8 lower, they get three attacks. There is a chart with this somewhere in chainmail, if I recall correctly, but I don't have it handy to look at right now.Skydyrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12547022250810401131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066179905250164861.post-26617488248119140932010-09-16T10:19:50.961-04:002010-09-16T10:19:50.961-04:00@Paul. I think we flipped the table and rolled a d...@Paul. I think we flipped the table and rolled a d12. It was about 20 years ago some I'm not 100% on it.JDJarvishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07691101939920824546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066179905250164861.post-29755356203447075892010-09-15T22:41:59.538-04:002010-09-15T22:41:59.538-04:00One of my favorite games, Avalon Hill's Magic ...One of my favorite games, Avalon Hill's Magic Realm, uses weapon length as the deciding factor in the first round of combat. In subsequent rounds, it is player/weapon speed that determines attack order.<br /><br />No initiative rolls. No dex modifiers.Aaron E. Steelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07789462075611254929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066179905250164861.post-42713729984409750212010-09-15T18:39:18.337-04:002010-09-15T18:39:18.337-04:00So, wait.... how did that work? Did you add the we...So, wait.... how did that work? Did you add the weapon score, armor/move, and dexterity modifier, and then try to roll under that total on a d20?!Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12096724870715714696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8066179905250164861.post-76779522804834863132010-09-15T17:25:36.118-04:002010-09-15T17:25:36.118-04:00For a while we rolled initiative against the ready...For a while we rolled initiative against the ready ref-sheets weapon priority table. If your initiative roll wasn't good enough you couldn't manage a specific action that round. You could spend the whole round doing it and get it done in the following round if you wished.JDJarvishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07691101939920824546noreply@blogger.com