04-26-2019, 12:55 PM | #11 |
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Re: Question abut when a main gauche attack occurs in the round
Yeah, that seems workable.
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04-26-2019, 10:50 PM | #12 |
Join Date: May 2015
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Re: Question abut when a main gauche attack occurs in the round
We did it the way larsdingly mentioned, which is how original Wizard and Advanced Melee made clear. i.e. You can switch to Dodge or Defend at any time you have not yet actually used an action and have move 1/2 your MA or less, in reaction to changing circumstances (which would include being attacked). This is both fair and easy, requiring no extra declarations.
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04-27-2019, 01:06 AM | #13 | |
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Re: Question abut when a main gauche attack occurs in the round
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Same situation, Tanya, with an adjDX of 9, declares defense. She has a lower adjDX than any of her opponents. None of them wants to roll 4D6 to try to hit her, so do something else instead. Since Tanya has a lower adjDX, her turn now comes up and she can switch to an attack instead. So, having a lower adjDX gives Tanya a lot more room to react to changing circumstances, or forces enemies to actually try to hit her when she goes defense, as she can otherwise just switch to attacking. Tony doesn’t have those advantages. And a high DX is supposed to be better than a low DX. |
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04-27-2019, 08:04 AM | #14 |
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Re: Question abut when a main gauche attack occurs in the round
This recent thread had some discussion about relative DX and converting options to Defend.
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04-27-2019, 08:30 AM | #15 | |
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Re: Question abut when a main gauche attack occurs in the round
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04-29-2019, 01:22 PM | #16 | |
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Re: Question abut when a main gauche attack occurs in the round
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04-29-2019, 02:48 PM | #18 | |
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Re: Question abut when a main gauche attack occurs in the round
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I don't really see any meta gaming here, just tactics. Same deal if Tanya was moving toward Tony while dodging. Sure, Aaron could take the shot anyway. Or, he could switch out the bow for a spear, as he is unlikely to hit a dodging target, while a spear might discourage a charge. But those decisions are based on reacting to events in the game world, not simply to declarations out of the world that the character would have no way of knowing were happening. |
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04-29-2019, 02:51 PM | #19 |
Join Date: Jun 2007
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Re: Question abut when a main gauche attack occurs in the round
That could actually work quite well. But as the game says, it can end up slowing down the game. Going to run more combats, see if this comes up more as a thing. If not, I'll wait to deal with it until it does.
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04-29-2019, 11:26 PM | #20 | |
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Re: Question abut when a main gauche attack occurs in the round
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Moreover, I would argue (from years of TFT experience) that even if the GM does not allow Delayed Actions, that it is very rare in practice that a higher-DX figure will cherish their option to delay their decision about whether to Defend or not, versus wanting to take another action (generally, attacking foes first is the main thing that gets done with high adjDX). |
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