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Originally Posted by McAllister
Well, give me some numbers for what the hypothetical combatants look like, and I'll do some really rough number parsing to see if it's better odds than deceptive attacks.
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Alex the Attacker:
Human; Broadsword Skill: 18; Extra Attack (Multi-strike), Weapon Master (Broadsword), Move 6
Dave the Defender:
Humanoid; 3 Arms (2 Broadswords, 1 Large Shield); Ambidexterity (so all arms equal); Broadsword Skill: 14 (for both sword arms) but does NOT have Dual Weapon Attack; Shield Skill: 14; Move 6
I'm assuming here that Dave having two ready broadswords means he gets two parries before he incurs a parry penalty. If that is wrong, my bad.
If Alex spends 1 FP on Flurry of Blows he's at skill 17 for both Rapid Strike attacks.
If Alex spends 1 FP on Flurry of Blows he’s at skill 15 for Extreme Rapid Strike (3 attacks).
I’m not sure how your parsing works, but I’m fascinated to learn what you find. Not sure what sequences to compare. Perhaps Alex burns 1 FP on Flurry of Blows and tries things like:
1) Deceptive Attack(-4) + [Deceptive Attack(-4) + Deceptive Attack(-4)]
(so this is roll against 14, then 13, then 13; Dave can Parry, Parry, then Block or Dodge)
2) Feint + [Setup Attack (-4) + Deceptive Attack (-2)]
(if Feint is successful, the penalty applies to both Setup and Deceptive, but Deceptive also gets Setup penalty; Dave gets 2 parries, but the second parry could have a big penalty!)
3) Feint + [Setup Attack (-2) + Setup Attack (-2) + Deceptive Attack (-2)]
(final deceptive attack can only get penalty from feint and previous setup attack; the first setup attack penalty is used up during the second setup attack (unless we’re stacking setups, which I was assuming we’d avoid on first pass)
4) Setup Attack (-4) + [Setup Attack (-2) + Setup Attack (-2) + Deceptive Attack (-2)]
(this gives 4 attacks instead of 3, but this is obviously better with stacking…)
I’m new to this so I have probably missed better sequences, or messed up the math on the stats… :)
Thanks!