Comments on: Shoot or Run? http://www.thedicebag.com/shoot-or-run/ Taking the addiction one step at a time Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:29:01 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: mxyzplk http://www.thedicebag.com/shoot-or-run/comment-page-1/#comment-279 mxyzplk Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:22:12 +0000 http://www.thedicebag.com/?p=260#comment-279 Feng Shui originated the mook concept in RPGs and much of its gameplay centers around the difference between hordes of mooks - the nameless hordes of bad guys you see in HK action movies and now increasingly in other genres - and "named characters," the equivalent of 'bosses.'. Bosses had hit points like PCs did; mooks you just had to hit hard enough. A variety of official and unofficial mods to mooks gave you every kind of different mook behaviour you wanted. My favorites were mook "wads" - where a group of mooks would make one attack, but at a bonus equal to the number of mooks. That way, even though individual mooks were not dangerous they could be en masse. (Although zombies arguably are a case in which you should not do this). There were several zombie/vampire implementations in Feng Shui. 4e uses this concept somewhat with the "minions have 1 hp" rule, but this isn't the most elegant implementation. <abbr><em><abbr><em>mxyzplks last blog post..<a href="http://mxyzplk.wordpress.com/2008/11/23/ten-games-you-have-to-play-before-you-die/" rel="nofollow">Ten Games You Have To Play Before You Die</a></em></abbr></abbr></em> Feng Shui originated the mook concept in RPGs and much of its gameplay centers around the difference between hordes of mooks – the nameless hordes of bad guys you see in HK action movies and now increasingly in other genres – and “named characters,” the equivalent of ‘bosses.’. Bosses had hit points like PCs did; mooks you just had to hit hard enough. A variety of official and unofficial mods to mooks gave you every kind of different mook behaviour you wanted.

My favorites were mook “wads” – where a group of mooks would make one attack, but at a bonus equal to the number of mooks. That way, even though individual mooks were not dangerous they could be en masse. (Although zombies arguably are a case in which you should not do this). There were several zombie/vampire implementations in Feng Shui.

4e uses this concept somewhat with the “minions have 1 hp” rule, but this isn’t the most elegant implementation.

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]]> By: PatrickWR http://www.thedicebag.com/shoot-or-run/comment-page-1/#comment-278 PatrickWR Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:11:30 +0000 http://www.thedicebag.com/?p=260#comment-278 Savage Worlds has a sweet combat system that deals with hordes of "extras" while still leaving room for more powerful "wild card" enemies. It leans heavily on miniatures and a battlemat, but the system itself is streamlined and elegant, adding a minimum of bookkeeping to combat. <abbr><em><abbr><em>PatrickWRs last blog post..<a href="http://rpgdiehard.blogspot.com/2008/11/cautionary-tales-from-sandbox.html" rel="nofollow">Cautionary Tales from the Sandbox</a></em></abbr></abbr></em> Savage Worlds has a sweet combat system that deals with hordes of “extras” while still leaving room for more powerful “wild card” enemies. It leans heavily on miniatures and a battlemat, but the system itself is streamlined and elegant, adding a minimum of bookkeeping to combat.

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