02-12-2013, 09:39 PM | #41 |
Join Date: Nov 2012
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Re: Slam and Shield Rush rules broken!
One thing no one has touched yet: why do you get two chances to defend on a slam (once to block/dodge/parry, once in what is effectively a contest of damage) when you do not get that opportunity (sans Luck) for any other type of attack?
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02-13-2013, 10:21 AM | #42 |
Join Date: Apr 2005
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Re: Slam and Shield Rush rules broken!
You get a second "defense" (And I disagree with using that term for a case where you're still taking damage either way) against effects like that all the time. You often have to make extra rolls against being stunned or knocked down, for example. Even if they're doing a Push that deals no actual damage, you've got two rolls. You've got Afflictions that require a resistance roll after you've been hit. Almost every attack you can do will frequently involve some second roll to mitigate some of its effects. Slam is not unique here.
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02-13-2013, 05:01 PM | #43 | |
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Re: Slam and Shield Rush rules broken!
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(I hope my explanation is clear, it sounds clumsy to me, but I can't figure a better way to say it)
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02-13-2013, 07:56 PM | #44 | |
Join Date: Nov 2012
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Re: Slam and Shield Rush rules broken!
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With a Slam, you can parry, dodge, or block; failing that, you then roll for the nuisance effect (ie: the damage), and if you win the contest of damage, you will avoid falling down; and, even if you lose the second roll, you get a third opportunity to avoid being knocked over by making a simple DX roll (at a penalty capped at -4). So you are right, there aren't two chances to avoid the primary attack (ie: being knocked down). There are three. |
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02-13-2013, 10:34 PM | #45 |
Join Date: Apr 2005
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Re: Slam and Shield Rush rules broken!
If you're going to include the damage roll as one of those three, then you get that from normal attacks, too. The technicality of the number of people rolling the damage is irrelevant since the slammed target has no more conscious input into the results of that roll than they do a enemy's one-sided damage roll.
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02-14-2013, 11:44 PM | #46 | |
Join Date: Nov 2012
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Re: Slam and Shield Rush rules broken!
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Why do you hit someone with a fist, foot, or flail? To hurt them, to do damage. They get one defensive roll against that. But that is neither here nor there. My main point is that the rule as written does not simulate the reality of most situations in which the rule would be used. A properly executed body slam is a transfer of momentum, not an impact. If done properly, there is little or no injury, but big effect. A shield rush, a flying tackle, a pounce, are all designed to put you off-balance and in a vulnerable position so that the true damaging attack can be brought to the fore. The lion has you pinned to the ground and can crush your windpipe with its bite. The SWAT crowd control officer has knocked you to the ground and can restrain you, or if necessary further subdue you with the baton. The football player can do his little dance while you are on the ground, looking at him. |
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02-15-2013, 06:43 AM | #47 |
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Join Date: Sep 2004
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Re: Slam and Shield Rush rules broken!
Not in GURPS. A slam is a strike in this game. Full stop. The purpose of a slam is to use your body as a weapon to do damage. If you want to knock someone down, you want to do a Sumo Wrestling Sweep, or a grapple and takedown. Do not confuse the conventional meaning of the tern for the mechanical resolution here: Slams are strikes. I barely mention them in Technical Grappling, for example. Maybe a dozen mentions of the word.
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02-15-2013, 07:22 AM | #48 |
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Canada
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Re: Slam and Shield Rush rules broken!
Or a push! Thr (dkb no wound) is not insignificant.
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02-15-2013, 07:23 AM | #49 |
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Kyïv, Ukraine
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Re: Slam and Shield Rush rules broken!
Speaking of which, can one execute a Push attack as a 'charge', getting the usual slam damage plus weapon modifier?
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02-15-2013, 07:27 AM | #50 |
Join Date: Dec 2009
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Re: Slam and Shield Rush rules broken!
If you want someone to fall down, shoot them in the ANYWHERE; Use Judo; Call Terry Tate; Ignore the slam rules.
An extremely simplified combat simulation: A tackles B QC A's tackle skill vs B's whatever he decides to use B adds MoS to DX check to remain upright. QCs are nice and quick. Less math is better. |
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