tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8763008689953373181.post2735802099688509304..comments2024-03-16T18:22:46.505+01:00Comments on Runeblog: Brace Yourself! Mythras Combat Module reviewRunebloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13828214323432087292noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8763008689953373181.post-18767882672949414572021-11-15T14:08:50.132+01:002021-11-15T14:08:50.132+01:00I agree, massive monsters are moving landscape fea...I agree, massive monsters are moving landscape features. :-)Runebloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13828214323432087292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8763008689953373181.post-18131167199438689852021-11-14T17:23:36.014+01:002021-11-14T17:23:36.014+01:00Massive monsters (kaiju size) are better handled o...Massive monsters (kaiju size) are better handled outside the combat system. An example of it can be found in Strangers in Prax. The computer game Shadow of the Colossus also gives us tons of ideas how to manage that kind of encounters.Master Gollumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08757490700812476505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8763008689953373181.post-25096158550573448132021-11-14T16:33:20.915+01:002021-11-14T16:33:20.915+01:00The autor of Brace Yourself! acknowledges right at...The autor of <b>Brace Yourself!</b> acknowledges right at the introduction that combat against big creatures can be unsatisfying as they tend to either cause a lot of damage and outright kill or disable a PC or be killed easily by the attacks of the PCs. I mostly agree with the points Master Gollum makes.<br /><br />Then again, there can be ways around this challenge and that’s why I bought this book! I’d like to read about the experience of any GMs who have successfully used big monsters in their Mythras games and how they did it (without giving away any of the advice included in <b>Brace Yourself!</b>, please! For example, the <b><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/116267/Monster-Island?affiliate_id=187051" rel="nofollow">Monster Island</a></b> is full of big creatures. :-ORunebloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13828214323432087292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8763008689953373181.post-67246131832176475912021-11-14T16:12:38.979+01:002021-11-14T16:12:38.979+01:00In Mythras very large creatures are resistant or i...In Mythras very large creatures are resistant or immune to some special effects. Trip and bash, for instance, have different issues when dealing with large creatures. Bleed does as well, but impale does not. <br /><br />Large creature attacks can normally be dealt with by parrying with a large shield or just keeping them out of range. <br /><br />As for medium creatures, Mythras is less aggressive on damage and tends to not have any damage additions due to magic - there are a few, but they are very small by comparison to older BRP systems. Even the damage modifier for strength is a bit different. It is still fairly deadly without armor, but a human sized creature with plate armor can survive quite a few sword blows. Even a critical can be survived with a normal parry, as it may force the critical to choose circumvent parry to do any damage at all. raleelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10517786705992960469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8763008689953373181.post-19112120838121103522021-11-14T15:37:03.316+01:002021-11-14T15:37:03.316+01:00Medium size monsters are always hard to handle pro...Medium size monsters are always hard to handle probably in not most of the BRP systems. Unless they have some kind of vulnerability, they use to quickly die. Also with a large number of attacks, someone will roll a critical hit sooner than later. Another problem I see with them is the massive damage they can cause. But maybe Mythras is less aggressive than older systems.<br /><br />Very huge monsters should be immune to most of the effects and survive even to several direct critical hits, but they are too deadly to be used.<br /><br />Probably this kind of fights fit better with other systems with a more abstract combat structure.Master Gollumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08757490700812476505noreply@blogger.com