08-27-2011, 10:04 AM | #1 |
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: San Rafael, CA
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Parrying Tooth and Claw Attacks Redux
I am running a DF game. I like wild animals and monsters that use tooth and/or claw attacks. My players like to use axes and swords to parry them and chop off arms and heads of the poor beasts. This is not the cinematic feel I am looking for. I have reviewed the history of possible fixes, including the half-swing damage house rule. I am not sure this is enough for my high damage players with weapon mastery and skill 18 plus. I am thinking of only allowing a successful parry of a claw or tooth attack to inflict any damage if the player succeeds with his parry by 5 or more. This will be automatic, i.e., no need to roll for the attack following the parry and will inflict one-half swing damage. Thus, a weapon skill of 20 will have a parry of 13 and will damage a tooth or claw attack on a parry roll of 8 or less. (All the fighters in the group will have 20 weapon skills pretty soon.) Any thoughts? Am I missing something?
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08-27-2011, 10:09 AM | #2 |
Dog of Lysdexics
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Melbourne FL, Formerly Wellington NZ
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Re: Parrying Tooth and Claw Attacks Redux
For monsters you could them Striker (Limb) from Martial Arts 8)
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08-27-2011, 10:30 AM | #3 |
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: San Rafael, CA
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Re: Parrying Tooth and Claw Attacks Redux
I don't have Ma handy. Does that just prevent damage from a successful parry? I think I want to allow the players a chance of inflicting some damage.
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08-27-2011, 10:33 AM | #4 |
Join Date: Feb 2005
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Re: Parrying Tooth and Claw Attacks Redux
Aggressive Parry is a technique, could look at that for ideas. Basically, IIRC, its a penalty to Parry, for a damaging parry.
If so, could be that a normal parry is simply a parry, and an aggro one is a damaging parry. |
08-27-2011, 10:33 AM | #5 | |
Dog of Lysdexics
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Melbourne FL, Formerly Wellington NZ
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Re: Parrying Tooth and Claw Attacks Redux
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If you want some chance of damage make them do aggressive parries |
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08-27-2011, 10:48 AM | #6 |
Join Date: Aug 2011
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Re: Parrying Tooth and Claw Attacks Redux
What about DR limited to limbs, limited only against parry attacks (reflecting an ability to strike and get the limbs out of danger again) -80%, so each point of DR agains the parry damage is only 1 point each
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08-27-2011, 10:49 AM | #7 |
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: San Rafael, CA
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Re: Parrying Tooth and Claw Attacks Redux
With aggressive parry is the default full swing damage?
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08-27-2011, 10:55 AM | #8 |
Dog of Lysdexics
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Melbourne FL, Formerly Wellington NZ
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Re: Parrying Tooth and Claw Attacks Redux
Well I would say it does the damage a weapon would normally do on a parry if it wasn't a striker
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08-27-2011, 11:07 AM | #9 |
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: San Rafael, CA
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Re: Parrying Tooth and Claw Attacks Redux
What are the penalties for aggressive parry?
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08-27-2011, 11:16 AM | #10 |
Dog of Lysdexics
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Melbourne FL, Formerly Wellington NZ
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Re: Parrying Tooth and Claw Attacks Redux
It defaults to Parry-1, but there are special Modifers depending on what you are trying to parry
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