Dodging Difficulty

benz72 · 05-14-2011, 11:34 AM

So I'm walking to dinner tonight and I think to myself... hmmm... are all attacks equally tough to dodge?

Are thrown baseballs, thrown axes, sword blows, crossbow bolts, rifle fire and laserbeams all equally as tough to move out of the way of.

I realized I could make a reasonable case that they aren't.

Slow moving stuff is easier to see coming. It is easier to react to. Perhaps it should get a bonus. to dodge. If you have sufficient levels of ATR or even ETS (to see it coming) maybe you should be able to more easily dodge fast things too (maybe only for the first one for ETS, I don't know).

If a guy with a laser pistol with some kind of mind controlled trigger is drawing a bead on me... should I get to dodge as easily? probably not in my mind. It's impossible to tell when he's going to fire, and I certainly can't 'see it coming and get out of the way'.
I know we aren't representing actually dodging rounds, but it seems like there might be good reason why some attacks would get bonuses or penalties to dodge.

Any opinoins?

Is this already a well established rule and I am totally brain dumping it?

05-14-2011, 11:34 AM	#1
benz72 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Chagrin Falls	Dodging Difficulty So I'm walking to dinner tonight and I think to myself... hmmm... are all attacks equally tough to dodge? Are thrown baseballs, thrown axes, sword blows, crossbow bolts, rifle fire and laserbeams all equally as tough to move out of the way of. I realized I could make a reasonable case that they aren't. Slow moving stuff is easier to see coming. It is easier to react to. Perhaps it should get a bonus. to dodge. If you have sufficient levels of ATR or even ETS (to see it coming) maybe you should be able to more easily dodge fast things too (maybe only for the first one for ETS, I don't know). If a guy with a laser pistol with some kind of mind controlled trigger is drawing a bead on me... should I get to dodge as easily? probably not in my mind. It's impossible to tell when he's going to fire, and I certainly can't 'see it coming and get out of the way'. I know we aren't representing actually dodging rounds, but it seems like there might be good reason why some attacks would get bonuses or penalties to dodge. Any opinoins? Is this already a well established rule and I am totally brain dumping it? __________________ Benundefined Life has a funny way of making sure you decide to leave the party just a few minutes too late to avoid trouble.