Dungeon Fantasy Roleplaying Game Discussion Thread

[philosophyguy]

The second part of my review, covering Exploits, is now live.

[philreed]

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[afschell]

Is there an equivalent to the "Evaluate" maneuver (Basic, P 364-365) in this ruleset?

[DouglasCole]

Originally Posted by afschell

Is there an equivalent to the "Evaluate" maneuver (Basic, P 364-3654) in this ruleset?

No. It wasn't available when we played with Sean, at least.

[afschell]

Originally Posted by DouglasCole

No. It wasn't available when we played with Sean, at least.

Thanks. Out of curiosity, was any particular reason given for its exclusion? My "critters" don't use it often but there are times when it comes in handy.

[Christopher R. Rice]

Originally Posted by afschell

Thanks. Out of curiosity, was any particular reason given for its exclusion? My "critters" don't use it often but there are times when it comes in handy.

Because no one really used it as an option was what I remember Sean saying. He could tell you better, of course.

[sir_pudding]

Originally Posted by Ghostdancer

Because no one really used it as an option was what I remember Sean saying. He could tell you better, of course.

Personally I would rather see an expansion of Evaluate, there's a lot of things it probably ought to do, but doesn't. I especially like the suggestion of making it work with Wait as Aim does for Opportunity Fire, and allow Opportunity Attack as an option in my games.

Although I haven't checked, is it still built-in to Backstabbing's bonus to hit?

[Christopher R. Rice]

Originally Posted by sir_pudding

Personally I would rather see an expansion of Evaluate, there's a lot of things it probably ought to do, but doesn't. I especially like the suggestion of making it work with Wait as Aim does for Opportunity Fire, and allow Opportunity Attack as an option in my games.

Although I haven't checked, is it still built-in to Backstabbing's bonus to hit?

All Expert Backstabbing does is give an enhanced ST bonus when catching a target surprised.

[DouglasCole]

Originally Posted by Ghostdancer

All Expert Backstabbing does is give an enhanced ST bonus when catching a target surprised.

I recall the "under the hood" for Backstab being Telegraphic attack?

[Christopher R. Rice]

Originally Posted by DouglasCole

I recall the "under the hood" for Backstab being Telegraphic attack?

Yeah, looks like that's what p. 57 of Exploits is.