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TippetsTX · 07-31-2021, 03:28 PM

I'm missing something then. How do "high-DX figures hit each other much less..." and visa versa with the low-DX fighters? Are you assuming in those statements that the DX values are both high (or low) but still unequal? 14 vs 15, for example?

One of the other things that bothered us in our playtesting was that a high-DX wizard gained a combat advantage over the lower-DX hero. That may just be a bias from other game systems, but it felt off somehow.

We also didn't like the way that it reveals a fairly important strength (or weakness) of one's opponent.

07-31-2021, 03:28 PM	#8
TippetsTX Join Date: Sep 2018 Location: North Texas	Re: Experience with Comparative DX for Combat? I'm missing something then. How do "high-DX figures hit each other much less..." and visa versa with the low-DX fighters? Are you assuming in those statements that the DX values are both high (or low) but still unequal? 14 vs 15, for example? One of the other things that bothered us in our playtesting was that a high-DX wizard gained a combat advantage over the lower-DX hero. That may just be a bias from other game systems, but it felt off somehow. We also didn't like the way that it reveals a fairly important strength (or weakness) of one's opponent. __________________ “No matter how subtle the wizard, a knife between the shoulder blades will seriously cramp his style.” -Vladimir Taltos Last edited by TippetsTX; 07-31-2021 at 04:10 PM.