Talk Fantasy Football

Probably this one sucks, it's just a random idea that definitely will never become official, but why not share it:

In the times of second edition most rolls have been made with 2D6 and there were special block dices. Now the only important in-game roll which needs a 2D6 is armour. If armour were a stat from 2 to 5, it would be in line with ST and AG related rolls.

Translated this would mean:

AV 10, AV 9 changes to AV 5
AV 8 changes to AV 4
AV 7 changes to AV 3
AV 6 changes to AV 2

The rules of 1 and 6 would still apply, no matter what modifications are made to the dice roll.

Injury rolls would be standardized too:

1-3: Stun
4-5: Knocked out
6: Casuality

Necessary skill changes:

Claw: armour-RR
RSC: injury-RR
Mighy Blow: +1 to armour roll
Vicious Blow: +1 to injury roll (new strength skill)
Piling On: If an opponent is knocked down, he is automatically stunned if his armour roll succeeds.
Dirty Player: +1/+1 rather than +2/+2, perhaps disallow assists for fouls, or, since assists are much more powerful this way, DP only gives +1 to injury-rolls.

If a player rolls for skills, a 9 allows him to upgrade his armour instead of taking a skill.
Toughness (new general trait or skill): -1 to injury rolls, rule of 1 and 6 still applies.

This would have serious percussions towards the balance of several teams though, the new AV 3 is significantly worse than the former AV 7, and the probability of Knock-outs would increase too.

The benefit would be a simplification of the tables and it would make armour similar to strength and agility.

Please don't be too harsh, this isn't meant that seriously.

Just going to put up stats on the difficulty of breaking armor in the 2 circumstances.

AV - normal
10 - 8.3 %
9 - 16.6%
8 - 27.7%
7 - 41.6%
6 - 58.3%

D6 - AV
5 - 16.6%
4 - 33.3%
3 - 50%
2 - 66.6%

AV 10 is downgraded to about where AV 9 is, while AV 9 stays just as effective. AV 8 suffers a 11% increase in armor breaks, and AV 7 goes up 9%. AV 6 suffers a 8% increse in armor breaks.

Any bonus to armor and injury is a much bigger factor here as well, of course.

Also, I suggest if you want to play with it, make the mutations give bonuses to armor and injury rolls and the skills give re-rolls, same as two heads and Xtra arms compare to dodge and catch.

Also, I suggest if you want to play with it, make the mutations give bonuses to armor and injury rolls and the skills give re-rolls, same as two heads and Xtra arms compare to dodge and catch.

duff wrote:Also, I suggest if you want to play with it, make the mutations give bonuses to armor and injury rolls and the skills give re-rolls, same as two heads and Xtra arms compare to dodge and catch.

Yes, sounds reasonable.