Movement Rule Tweak

[Jim Kane]

Originally Posted by Kirk

I agree, I would like to know if SJ did this on purpose, or what it rushed because of other factors?

Now that we put it out there, I hope maybe SJ will fill us in with the background thinking and reasoning.

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Originally Posted by Kirk

To me, risking the 50% chance of major damage/death just to then have half a chance of even blows or having to attack a defending character (and for about half the results the pole weapon user gets) is *not* enough of a balance.

Well what "feels" balanced will often be a personal perception, and some people will feel it may turn out to be enough. Need to play-test. I will say this: a half-a-chance to survive rushing a pole weapon is better than a fat-chance ;-)

Originally Posted by Kirk

For me, simply allowing an attacker to attack the point of the pole first, and if successful, void the pole user's attack. It works well and doesn't change fundamentals of the game, and yet still the advantage goes to the pole user, it just reduces the imbalance.

The Kali/JKD guys call this: "De-Fanging the Snake".

Perhaps - with play-testing - we might find these 2 concepts (adding Defend to Option IIc, and the "De-Fanging" Option) might work together to get us closer to a playable and satisfying solution.

The more we talk about things, the more I am convinced that the answers - whatever they turn out to be - will be found in expanding and detailing the PLAY RULES OPTIONS, and not so much in overhauling the DAMAGE RULES on a wholesale level.

JK