[MA] Italian fencing description and the riposte

[vicky_molokh]

Originally Posted by DeathDaisy

We've always rolled hit location after the defense in my group, but I suppose it makes sense the other way around, and would help a great deal with risk assessment ^^ Do people usually roll hit location first?

Rolling hit location first is outright required to stay consistent with other rules. For instance, leg parries only may only be initiated against attacks that target the lower parts of a character. Or the fact that you are not supposed to waste time declaring/rolling a Parry if the attack misses. And whether the attack hits or misses will partially depend on what hit location the PC chooses (it usually doesn't depend on random hit locations though).