Dungeon Fantasy...attacking while invisible...

rerednaw · 02-04-2018, 09:49 PM

Per the DF custom rules, Invis breaks (like DND) when you attack.

I cannot find the rules on how this is treated in combat? Is one attack considered fully invisible? Or none?

For example, can someone parry your attack since you are no longer invisible once you attack with no penalty?

Was this explicitly stated in the rules anywhere?

Thanks!

sir_pudding · 02-04-2018, 10:07 PM

Since the purpose is to keep invisibility from being an "I win button", it probably shouldn't have any direct combat benefits at all.

Blind Mapmaker · 02-04-2018, 10:33 PM

DFRPG Spells p. 47 explicitly states you get one surprise attack, DF1: Adventurers p.20 is not so clear. As for mimicking The Other Game (tm) it could go both ways - remember that one had no Active Defence!

In my groups I've always played Invisibility giving one free attack unless the genre explicitly called for more (like Technomancer, where the spell is supposed to be tightly under government control).

Edit: Now that I think about it surprise attack is not quite clear actually. I would rule you get one attack in while being invisible, but Extra Attack etc. might be edge-cases.

~~evileeyore~~ · 02-04-2018, 11:55 PM

Personally I give one Maneuver.

And as this goes both ways it's pretty balanced.

02-04-2018, 09:49 PM	#1
rerednaw Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sin City	Dungeon Fantasy...attacking while invisible... Per the DF custom rules, Invis breaks (like DND) when you attack. I cannot find the rules on how this is treated in combat? Is one attack considered fully invisible? Or none? For example, can someone parry your attack since you are no longer invisible once you attack with no penalty? Was this explicitly stated in the rules anywhere? Thanks! __________________ "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke Last edited by rerednaw; 02-04-2018 at 10:18 PM.

02-04-2018, 10:07 PM	#2
sir_pudding Wielder of Smart Pants Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Ventura CA	Re: Dungeon Fantasy...attacking while invisible... Since the purpose is to keep invisibility from being an "I win button", it probably shouldn't have any direct combat benefits at all.

02-04-2018, 10:33 PM	#3
Blind Mapmaker Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Mannheim, Baden	Re: Dungeon Fantasy...attacking while invisible... DFRPG Spells p. 47 explicitly states you get one surprise attack, DF1: Adventurers p.20 is not so clear. As for mimicking The Other Game (tm) it could go both ways - remember that one had no Active Defence! In my groups I've always played Invisibility giving one free attack unless the genre explicitly called for more (like Technomancer, where the spell is supposed to be tightly under government control). Edit: Now that I think about it surprise attack is not quite clear actually. I would rule you get one attack in while being invisible, but Extra Attack etc. might be edge-cases. __________________ My GURPS and mapmaking blog: The Blind Mapmaker

02-04-2018, 11:55 PM	#4
~~evileeyore~~ Banned Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: 100 hurricane swamp	Re: Dungeon Fantasy...attacking while invisible... Personally I give one Maneuver. And as this goes both ways it's pretty balanced.