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06-19-2019, 01:12 PM | #1 |
Join Date: May 2019
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Burst Archery?
PC with Horsebow and AdjDX 15.
Spends one turn waiting for an opening. Then looses two arrows in one round, both at DX 16. Rinse and repeat? |
06-19-2019, 02:56 PM | #2 |
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: London Uk, but originally from Scotland
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Re: Burst Archery?
Sounds ok to me. Except...he can fire 4 arrows in 4 turns this way or....4 arrows in 4 turns the normal way, so why bother. There might be som circumstances where this would be beneficial, but I guess they'd be rare.
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06-19-2019, 03:00 PM | #3 |
Join Date: Dec 2017
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Re: Burst Archery?
Sounds street-legal but contrary to the spirit of the rules (i.e., I doubt the intent was that a person who is too slow to shoot twice per turn temporarily becomes fast enough if they aim in advance). There is lots of crazy stuff like this that nominally fits within the logical operators of the game's stated rules, but which I consider contrary to intent. I feel blessed that these sorts of things don't get brought up at my table.
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06-19-2019, 03:28 PM | #4 |
Join Date: May 2019
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Re: Burst Archery?
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06-19-2019, 03:27 PM | #5 |
Join Date: May 2019
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Re: Burst Archery?
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06-19-2019, 03:38 PM | #6 |
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: London Uk, but originally from Scotland
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Re: Burst Archery?
Obviously, but you lose the opportunity to fire each turn, which will usually be more important, unless you're set up like a sniper in a hide, on castle battlements or something like that. In a Dungeon environment there won't normally be the luxury of that much waiting around.
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06-19-2019, 06:41 PM | #7 |
Join Date: May 2015
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Re: Burst Archery?
I don't think it's necessarily a balance problem, and if all the players think it's good, sure, but I also don't think it'd work that way since 1) the +1 is about aiming and 2) I'd think it'd only apply to the first shot.
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06-19-2019, 08:04 PM | #8 |
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: New England
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Re: Burst Archery?
I think Skarg has it right that the waiting bonus would only apply apply to the next shot, which means that there would be no second shot that turn.
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06-20-2019, 09:29 AM | #9 |
Join Date: Mar 2018
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Re: Burst Archery?
If a fighter with two weapons skill waited for an opening, and then went in with two attacks on the same opponent, I'd give DX bonus on both attacks, not just the first. Seems to fit naturally with the idea of waiting for an opening.
And I'd probably say the same for an archer whose natural DX was high enough to fire twice/turn. Then this case, using the +1 DX from waiting to enable a second shot. Hmm. OK, if both shots against the same opponent, yes. It feels in the spirit of the rule and enables a cinematic kind of action. If it turned out to be some kind of killer tactic then reconsider, but I doubt it would. |
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