squelching launchers

I am using the paradigm that when you 'k' something, you specify if you wish
to squelch everything dominated by it. So you could squelch a longbow(+8,+
and then the next longbow you identify as (+7,+2) would be squelched.

The question is whether squelching a longbow should also squelch shortbows,
and whether squelching heavy xbows should squelch light xbows. It is hard to
imagine keeping a (+9,+9) shortbow after squelching a (+9,+9) longbow. I can
imagine that some variant someday will outlaw dwarves using longbows, and the
weight of a heavy xbow might make a big enough difference to avoid it.

If this kind of squelching should be done, should it also be done for extra
might? I.e. should squelching heavy xbow (+9,+9) take out a light xbow of
extra might (+9,+9)?


Should I worry about esoteric cases, absolutely refusing to squelch lesser
items when they have less weight, or should I figure that the overwhelming
proportion of the time all anyone cares about is damage? I am only asking
about launchers. For melee weapons clearly weight is of critical importance
because it affects the number of blows.


Eddie

On 2008-01-11 19:15:31, Eddie Grove <eddiegrove RemoveThis @hotmail.com> wrote:

> I am using the paradigm that when you 'k' something, you specify if you wish
> to squelch everything dominated by it. So you could squelch a longbow(+8,+
> and then the next longbow you identify as (+7,+2) would be squelched.
>
> The question is whether squelching a longbow should also squelch shortbows,
> and whether squelching heavy xbows should squelch light xbows. It is hard to
> imagine keeping a (+9,+9) shortbow after squelching a (+9,+9) longbow. I can
> imagine that some variant someday will outlaw dwarves using longbows, and the
> weight of a heavy xbow might make a big enough difference to avoid it.
>
> If this kind of squelching should be done, should it also be done for extra
> might? I.e. should squelching heavy xbow (+9,+9) take out a light xbow of
> extra might (+9,+9)?

In O/FA, some races have skill penalties or bonuses with some types of
launchers; also (and I don't know if this is true in V or other variants) you
can be weak enough to be "just lifting" a launcher. So in some circumstances a
light xbow of extra might would be much better than an equivalent heavy xbow

Nick.
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