06-13-2019, 03:02 AM | #11 | |
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Re: Confusion over choosing an option vs. declaring it
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06-13-2019, 07:22 AM | #12 | |
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Re: Confusion over choosing an option vs. declaring it
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06-13-2019, 11:35 AM | #13 | ||
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Re: Confusion over choosing an option vs. declaring it
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The Options list and the ritual of announcing your intended action before you actually need to is there to help people learn the concept that options have some limits related to how far you move. Even though RAW mentions declaring an action at the start of a turn, IT IS NOT NECESSARY AND IN PRACTICE WE (AND ALL OF THE PUBLISHED DESCRIPTIONS OF PLAY) NEVER DID IT EXCEPT WHEN IT WAS LOCKING A FIGURE INTO ONE OPTION (e.g. moving over 1/2 MA), because until you do actually use an option, you can always change your option later at any point, so it doesn't matter if you declare it or not (but it can be helpful to do so to communicate to your comrades, and help you and the GM remember what is probably going to happen, etc). Quote:
You can also commit to an action before your adjDX, if it is Defending or Dodging in response to an enemy attack. |
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06-13-2019, 12:10 PM | #14 | |||
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Re: Confusion over choosing an option vs. declaring it
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Yes, got excited. ;) Quote:
Further on that subject, when you Dodge/Defend in TFT, it is only against one attack, correct? Not for the rest of the turn against all attacks that you are able to dodge/defend? |
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06-13-2019, 12:53 PM | #15 |
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Re: Confusion over choosing an option vs. declaring it
No, in TFT, once you dodge or defend one attack, your option affects all later attacks of the same type (dodge affects only ranged, defend affects only non-ranged) for the rest of that turn.
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06-13-2019, 01:00 PM | #16 | |
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Makes sense and follows the HERO equivalent I'm familiar with. Thanks again. |
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06-13-2019, 01:04 PM | #17 |
Join Date: May 2015
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Re: Confusion over choosing an option vs. declaring it
Glad to help. It's great to see new players getting into TFT tactical combat! :-)
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06-13-2019, 01:08 PM | #18 |
Join Date: Sep 2007
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Re: Confusion over choosing an option vs. declaring it
Except for the bit where HERO didn't come out until 1990, so it's really the other way around :)
(Champions came out in 1981. But that's still four years after Melee; even the "Advanced" books and original ITL came out in 1980. But chin up! GURPS 1e (1986) did give a nod to Champions in the intro for the point-buy character creation.) |
06-13-2019, 01:41 PM | #19 | ||
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I pulled them out about two weeks ago and after reading them, decided to go all in on the Legacy edition. I figured I'd work from the current Melee and Wizard rules and then to the Advanced and ITL shortly. Tonight is the rare situation where we only have myself and another friend for our weekly game night so I figured I'd see about introducing him to TFT. Quote:
I always get charged up when someone says "I have Car Wars in the original pocket box." That's nice but the original came in a plastic bag (that I still have and, unlike the Melee and Wizard, saw quite a bit of use.) Thanks everyone for the support and quick answers. |
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06-13-2019, 07:16 PM | #20 | |
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Re: Confusion over choosing an option vs. declaring it
I've always treated dodging as as an exception. And I do so because of the wording of the description.
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