Re: [WW] Sherman Tank vs. Purple Worm

["nvdoyle" <nvdoyle@home.com>]

Why? A Purple Worm might -hit- the Sherman, and swallow it - maybe, but it
would take a while to digest, even if it did. A Sherman's main gun damage
should just be applied to the PW's hit points. And yeah, that's a big owie.
Should be.

Noah

----- Original Message -----
From: "Matt Smith" <mdsiii@nts-online.net>
To: <weirdwars@gamerz.net>
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 3:39 PM
Subject: [WW] Sherman Tank vs. Purple Worm


> Got my copy of Weird War Wednesday, found this list Thursday. Hi
> everybody!
>
> The Penetration Value vs. Armor system is nifty and looks like it
> would beautifully for its intended purpose of vehicle vs. vehicle
> combat. However,it does introduce an incompatibility with the basic
> D20 combat rules. If one wants to match an armored vehicle- say a
> Sherman- up against a monster big enough to hurt it- like a purple
> worm- one needs to either give the worm PV values for its attacks and
> an Armor rating for its hide or translate the Sherman's ratings into
> standard D20 stats.
>
> Has anyone come up for anything on this? I'm figuring the designers
> may already have a rough-n'-ready system in place, but possibly not.
> Perhaps the list members could brainstorm something workable right
> here in this thread.
>
> Matt Smith
>
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