[projectaon] Re: kalkoth
- From: "Mark S. Cipolone" <mscipolone@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:27:54 -0700 (PDT)
I think the Kalkoth battles are fine as they are. A round of combat doesn't
necessarily represent one swing from you, followed by one swing from the enemy;
it simply represents (in my opinion) how Endurance points are lost over one
"time unit" of unspecified length. Both your and the enemy's weapons might
have made contact many times in a round. For example, if a Kalkoth has 10
Endurance points left, and in the next round you deal 10 damage to it while it
deals 2 damage to you, that result could mean that the Kalkoth bites you for 2
damage after you've hit it with your sword for only 5 damage (but before you
hit it for the other 5). And since, according to section 66, "the venom takes
only a few seconds to act," it's highly unlikely you can kill a Kalkoth after
it's bitten you but before you become paralyzed.
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MSC
--- On Wed, 4/23/08, David Davis <feline1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: David Davis <feline1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [projectaon] kalkoth
> To: projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Wednesday, April 23, 2008, 9:45 AM
> read this on the Project Aon forum today -
> sounds like a good case for a footnote (in Book 3, Caverns
> of Kalte)
>
> The Kalkoth death is weird with respect to logic as well.
> You die as soon as you take damage because the poison
> paralyses you and the creature eats you. But with the low
> Skill values of Kalkoths. you can easily kill one in one
> blow, even as it wounds you for 1 or 2 EP. And the poison
> itself doesn't kill you - there's proof of this in
> one section of the book, where you wake up after being
> stung/bitten by a Kalkoth tongue and discover your guides
> have been killed while you were unconscious.
>
> So in all fairness and logic, all other Kalkoth battles
> should read : "If you lose Endurance points and the
> creature is still alive, turn to 66". That's the
> way I've played it ever since I figured out that the
> poison isn't fatal.
>
>
> --
> David Davis
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