Phasing for falling down/standing up

[Skarg]

Originally Posted by zot

The current AM rules give +4 DX to people slower than the attacker and no advantage to people who are faster than the attacker but slower than the victim (if the victim is faster than the attacker).

What about just making it +4 DX to hit someone who STARTED MOVEMENT PRONE? That gives every attacker a +4 and slower people won't get a +4 on the same turn someone fell down.

Yep, I mentioned a similar suggestion above, but I would have it that you just have the figures who are standing up, only switch to standing position at the very end of the turn, right before the next turn starts. That's essentially the same as what you wrote, but you can use their counter to remember they're still getting up.

[zot]

Originally Posted by Skarg

Yep, I mentioned a similar suggestion above, but I would have it that you just have the figures who are standing up, only switch to standing position at the very end of the turn, right before the next turn starts. That's essentially the same as what you wrote, but you can use their counter to remember they're still getting up.

Guess I didn't read carefully enough (again). Your suggestion makes better sense visually.

[zot]

In Reactions to Injury, -2 DX from 5 hits affects your next turn but falling down affects your current turn (only if you haven't yet acted) and your next turn.

I think reactions to injury should only affect the next turn.

I don't know -- I think this is still whack-a-mole. Arrgh.

I guess the only effective rule is you lose your action this turn if you haven't yet acted and you also lose next action's turn, just like Advanced Melee says.

People standing up should act last in a turn.

[Rick_Smith]

I found it weird that when you took 5 to 7 points of damage that you were immune to the stun effects until next turn.

So in my campaign, when you are stunned, it starts this turn, and lasts until the end of the next turn.

If you are hit by a person with a higher speed, then you are at -2 DX for two turns. If your speed is such that you have already attacked, then the penalty is effectively 1 turn for you (unless you have to make a saving throw later in the turn for some reason). This means, having a low DX sucks.

Warm regards, Rick.

[Steve Jackson]

"Standing up happens after all other actions" is an interesting idea. I am now most furiously thinking about that. What would it break?

Advanced Melee totally reorganized the list of options - most of the meaning was the same as in Melee but the presentation was completely different. I don't know if I did that myself or it was done for me. I don't think it is an improvement, and the new books will all have exactly the same option list, with asterists were needed (e.g., combat options for Wizard are still there, but starred).