Wuxing
11-15-2004, 09:41 AM
So we're getting close to a climax for our Burning Midnight campaign. The group decides they are going in a mine. They hear gutteral language, obviously greenskins. Then they hear throating, deep growling. Oh, must be dogs. Well, two great wolf mounts straight from the back of the BW book come out. They were'nt really expecting big ass, intelligent wolves so they had a cool effect. What was not so cool to them was ferocious charge.
So the way it reads in the book, they can charge and instead of tackle they try to land a simultaneous charge/strike/lock combo from up to 6-7 paces out. Sounds easy enough. The problem foxandwarlock had with it was that it violated two BW rules. I can't remember both, but I do remember one problem. He gets no natural defenses to the strike (charge?) portion, only the lock portion. At least how I read it.
I'm not interested in strenghts and weakness. I see a huge weakness in the creature, no armor. He will certainly chime in with his opinion. But I guess my basic question is did I handle that right? I can see a different way to handle it based on another read, but I'll post it later.
To facilitate discussion here's the text from the BW book:
These huge wolves have a particular (and vicious) method of engaging an enemy. If they are able, a warg will charge his enemy, starting at about 6 paces away and clearing the gap in a single volley. This is not a typical overbearing attack. Rather it is an elaborate feint used to get their tremendous jaws quickly around the necks of their victims. The ferocious charge gives the wolf +2d to his Savage Attack.
In effect, this attack counts simultaneously as a Strike as well as a Lock--successes count for both the Lock and the Strike. Lock successes must be shrugged off by the defender's Natural Defenses. If the defender fails to shrug off the warg's successes, then the wolf has succeeded in getting his jaws around the throat or an exposed limb. The wargs next action.....(not important to this discussion)
So the way it reads in the book, they can charge and instead of tackle they try to land a simultaneous charge/strike/lock combo from up to 6-7 paces out. Sounds easy enough. The problem foxandwarlock had with it was that it violated two BW rules. I can't remember both, but I do remember one problem. He gets no natural defenses to the strike (charge?) portion, only the lock portion. At least how I read it.
I'm not interested in strenghts and weakness. I see a huge weakness in the creature, no armor. He will certainly chime in with his opinion. But I guess my basic question is did I handle that right? I can see a different way to handle it based on another read, but I'll post it later.
To facilitate discussion here's the text from the BW book:
These huge wolves have a particular (and vicious) method of engaging an enemy. If they are able, a warg will charge his enemy, starting at about 6 paces away and clearing the gap in a single volley. This is not a typical overbearing attack. Rather it is an elaborate feint used to get their tremendous jaws quickly around the necks of their victims. The ferocious charge gives the wolf +2d to his Savage Attack.
In effect, this attack counts simultaneously as a Strike as well as a Lock--successes count for both the Lock and the Strike. Lock successes must be shrugged off by the defender's Natural Defenses. If the defender fails to shrug off the warg's successes, then the wolf has succeeded in getting his jaws around the throat or an exposed limb. The wargs next action.....(not important to this discussion)