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Nils_Lindeberg · 07-23-2018, 12:21 PM

The bad thing with a 3vsDX is that it give some characters a HUGE disadvantage and others with high DX no disad at all. One could say that sounds realistic, but it is not.

Everyone fights a little worse when they stand on broken ground or step on corpses. A guy with exceptional footwork still fights a little worse. His DX of 24 might be only 22, hardly noticeable, but he sure would prefer not to be stepping on that body.

So I would say that a corpse or broken ground should give the same DX modifier as it gives MA modifier. The all or nothing disad of 3vsDX misses the point, punish everyone differently and some not at all and doesn't give you an advantageous defending position.

So for the only sake that matters. Fun of play and tactical choice. Let people pile up those bodies around them like a barricade or stand behind a real barricade and get that defensive advantage that comes with your enemy being forced to fight on broken ground. And the default rule that standing on broken ground hampers MA just as much as DX is easy to remember.

07-23-2018, 12:21 PM	#49
Nils_Lindeberg Join Date: Jul 2018	Re: Entering A Hex With A Body The bad thing with a 3vsDX is that it give some characters a HUGE disadvantage and others with high DX no disad at all. One could say that sounds realistic, but it is not. Everyone fights a little worse when they stand on broken ground or step on corpses. A guy with exceptional footwork still fights a little worse. His DX of 24 might be only 22, hardly noticeable, but he sure would prefer not to be stepping on that body. So I would say that a corpse or broken ground should give the same DX modifier as it gives MA modifier. The all or nothing disad of 3vsDX misses the point, punish everyone differently and some not at all and doesn't give you an advantageous defending position. So for the only sake that matters. Fun of play and tactical choice. Let people pile up those bodies around them like a barricade or stand behind a real barricade and get that defensive advantage that comes with your enemy being forced to fight on broken ground. And the default rule that standing on broken ground hampers MA just as much as DX is easy to remember.