Hi Gamers,
I've got a couple of questions you might have an answer for.
Shooting at the zone, at a large group of incoming foes, what penalty should it have? I mean it's easy to hit the zone but whether you hit someone seriously is another story!
I've got one player who's really good at a longbow and he keeps shooting at enemies stopped by a shield wall. This tactic, I believe, wasn't used in the Middle Ages. Should it be allowed? I give it a -90 penalty but maybe it should be more. I recollected that the Tumbling Maneuver in School of Hard Knocks has a Modifier for a Medium +0 Maneuver that reads,
Medium: Diving to safety. If the character is currently behind cover and successfully tumbles to another position with cover, he cannot be targeted by missile weapons except with a -100 OB modification. If the cover is not complete, he can still be shot at while behind cover.
That's a -100 Mod, it's peanuts foor my player who has +250 in lb.
Should the Mod for shooting into melee fighters that inlude friends and foes be around -200?
The last question I have for you concerns Familiars who are sent spying, like Saruman sent the Crebain to spot the Fellowship of the Ring in Eregion. What should the % of spotting enemies be? If the birds are flying near the targets it should come to a Perception check, but what if they fly more away from the PCs, not actually in their range of sight?
Regards,
DW