Timeline for How to divide the Dice Pool reactively?
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| Jul 16, 2014 at 11:57 | comment | added | Flamma | @Random That rule you talk about was used by some STs I had. I haven't found it in V20 though (that doesn't mean it doesn't exit). The other thing you pointed out is true, as in Mu answer. I think you could even use 0 dice for the dodge, but I'll have to read the rule. What you wouldn't recover are the dice lost due to splitting (if you had 8 to attack and 6 to dodge, you could use only up to 6 to attack). | |
| Jul 16, 2014 at 10:42 | comment | added | Random | I remember reading in one book (who knows which!) that you could change your action anytime with a +1 dif penality. This makes #5 easier. Anyway, cannot the PC use all dice pool except one dice for the attack? I think you dont have to halve the dice pool but you can assign any amount of dice to each action so if you dodge/attack you use, for example, 1 dice and 5 dice, basically using 1 dice for a dodge that will never come (not a bad deal to be safe!) | |
| Jul 16, 2014 at 8:22 | vote | accept | eimyr | ||
| Jul 15, 2014 at 15:09 | comment | added | Flamma | @eimyr That's the idea. You use your common sense to know what the character actually did. I personally wouldn't penalize more the character (e.g. making him trigger a trap), since he already lost his action. But that's personal taste. | |
| Jul 15, 2014 at 11:58 | comment | added | eimyr | Regarding #5 it might actually be logical to block a punch that never came - see boxing matches and holding the garde. Fencing manuals sometimes advise to retreat to a parry stance after attacking anticipating a riposte even if none is delivered. I guess it just depends on how the player described his actions. If the PC says he's going to stab and roll away asap, he will do so regardless of retaliation (athletics roll would be easier. On the other hand, declaration along the lines of "I stab the guy and roll away if he is still trying to hit me" would be more flexible. | |
| Jul 15, 2014 at 11:14 | history | edited | Jadasc | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Missing word.
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| Jul 15, 2014 at 11:06 | history | answered | Flamma | CC BY-SA 3.0 |