12-04-2017, 03:48 PM | #11 |
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Re: Committed Attack Abuse
Player: I Committed Attack the air!
GM: No. Seriously, though, I would treat such a declaration as a Do Nothing maneuver and move on. I have little patience for rules-lawyering nonsense.
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12-04-2017, 04:18 PM | #12 |
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Re: Committed Attack Abuse
But if you do that without actually thinking about and addressing the issue (as with, for instance, PK's answer) you leave a situation where someone can move further if there's an enemy in reach than if there is not. Your players may not be getting away with brazenly widening the nonsensical rule case for easy exploitation, but it's still there.
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12-04-2017, 04:29 PM | #13 | |
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Re: Committed Attack Abuse
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12-04-2017, 07:05 PM | #14 |
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Re: Committed Attack Abuse
OK, make an attack roll. No you can't skip it, we need to determine if you critically failed. Don't forget the -10 for not being able to see the target.
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12-04-2017, 10:34 PM | #15 |
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Re: Committed Attack Abuse
So the general consensus seems to be pretty much what I hoped/expected. It's a nonsensical rules exploit and should never provide more mobility than a move action. Thanks for the responses everyone, you guys are awesome.
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12-05-2017, 02:00 AM | #16 | |
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Re: Committed Attack Abuse
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People who normally move fast will go further than CA, and just pick a Move, which is broadly speaking just better than CA. The issue was with the quantum rounding, and Reverend Pee Kitty addressed it in a way that solves it. (Also FYI this answer has been added to the uFAQ yesterday.) Malicious genie interpretations of players' declarations of their PCs' actions run the risk of causing social tension in a party. Better just address the issue in a clean manner instead. |
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12-13-2017, 02:00 AM | #17 |
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Re: Committed Attack Abuse
Damn, I wish this forum allowed me to give xp!
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