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Old 05-12-2020, 05:10 AM   #7
Anaraxes
 
Join Date: Sep 2007
Default Re: Avoiding Deathtouch? (or touch spells in general?)

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Originally Posted by Anthony View Post
M11 does, though.
Parry is actually the odd one out. You can't Block with a steel shield, as an "armor doesn't protect" spell goes through. You can't make an unarmed parry with a limb or hand covered in steel, because an "armor doesn't protect" spell goes through. But you can successfully Parry with a steel sword, because somehow the spell can't go through that material. Maybe spells only have an armor penetration range of an inch or so.

To clean it up, the houserule that suggests itself would be to just to say you can only Dodge versus an "armor doesn't protect" Melee spell, while Parries and Blocks involve making contact, and are thus counterproductive.
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