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Originally Posted by DeathDaisy
True! It'd be nice if there was some way I could choose what parts I exposed with something like a riposte, like a larger part of the random hit location table became left arm or something. Then again an unlucky damage roll could cripple my arm forever, but on the other hand that's probably realistic.
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Well, don't forget that by the time you're declaring your Riposte, you probably
do know what target your enemy is hitting. Riposte is declared as part of your defense, which by definition happens after your foe has successfully attacked (and thus, taken any hit location penalties, or rolled on the random table). If they didn't successfully hit, after all, there'd be no need for defense! So you can say "Ok, she's aiming at my arm, that means relatively low damage potential if she hits, I can afford to risk taking -4 on Riposte".