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Rick_Smith · 06-09-2018, 05:27 PM

Hi Steve, everyone.
It seems to me that a certain amount of parrying is assumed to happen when two figures are trading blows. A figure with a DX of 12 could hit 100% of the time against a human sized dummy, but he only hits 72% of the time vs. a normal opponent.

So if I have a kick ass bowman, and a guy runs up and engages me, why don't I just ignore him and keep firing my brutal bow of magical slaying? Presumably because I WANT to have some sort of defence.

I would either prefer to keep the rule as it is, or give the guy with a sword a bonus for attacking the bowman who is ignoring any melee defence.

Warm regards, Rick.

06-09-2018, 05:27 PM	#7
Rick_Smith Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Coquitlam B.C.	Re: One Last Shot missile attack Hi Steve, everyone. It seems to me that a certain amount of parrying is assumed to happen when two figures are trading blows. A figure with a DX of 12 could hit 100% of the time against a human sized dummy, but he only hits 72% of the time vs. a normal opponent. So if I have a kick ass bowman, and a guy runs up and engages me, why don't I just ignore him and keep firing my brutal bow of magical slaying? Presumably because I WANT to have some sort of defence. I would either prefer to keep the rule as it is, or give the guy with a sword a bonus for attacking the bowman who is ignoring any melee defence. Warm regards, Rick.