Re: [HoE] Lethargic combat

[Afterburner <afterburner@erols.com>]

>  See, everything goes very well until combat starts and then things
>seem to take forever and it bogs the entire game down.  Perhaps I've
>been spoiled by the fast and furious combat systems of STARWARS and
>INDIANA JONES... who knows.  I've pinpointed numerous little things
>which contribute to this slow exchange: 1-My posse has an annoying
>tendancy to roll one die at a time rather than all at once(No more)
>2-The huckster likes to take his sweet time with his hexes and
>continually has to look up the effects in the book(Gonna remedy it)
3-We
>have five people playing and it takes a while for all their actions to
>be played especially if I'm running numerous bad guys(Working on it)


	Just do what I do:  Use the Paranoia-style combat sequence.

	Me:  "The entire town is surrounded by a carpet of armored, flesh
eating cockroaches.  The bugs are converging on the town.  Bob, what
does your character do?"
	Bob:  "Uh..."
	Me:  "Right.  Tim, how about your character?"
	Tim <grinning at Bob>:  "My character attempts to ride his horse
through the swarm of roaches to go warn the townspeople."
	Me:  "Okay, Bob's character stands there looking dumbfounded at the
swarm of roaches.  Tim's character attempts to ride his horse across the
carpet of armored, flesh-eating cockroaches.  Did I mention these
buggers are slick?  Ever try to walk across a carpet of marbles?  That's
gonna require a horse-ridin' roll..."

	Seems to work well enough.  After a few instances of "so-and-so stands
dumbfounded at all the activity going on," the combats start going a
little quicker.

	AB