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Old 09-18-2020, 01:16 PM   #7
phiwum
 
Join Date: Jun 2008
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Default Re: Quick question about UC II and above.

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Originally Posted by larsdangly View Post
Personally, I treat all non-thrown, non-missile attacks as part of the same category with respect to these sorts of rules, so a jab is the same as a 'melee' weapon attack is the same as a melee unarmed attack and so forth. The narrowest reading of the rules would suggest some of these are handled differently from the others, but this leads to unnecessary fussiness in play (and feels like nonsense). See the discussion of the Defend action for another case where people have considered how to respond to peculiarities in the language uses in the rules.
I think that seems reasonable. Surely, a martial arts expert can dodge a fist or spear jab as easily as a sword. And, I suppose, he can evade a bite as well, though that one's a little less obvious to me.
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