02-07-2008, 01:46 PM | #31 |
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Re: Examples of 4e Combat
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One thing I note in this example is that you don't roll the hit location until after one succeeds or fails a defense. BUT...if you're, say, kicking at an opponent's leg who only knows boxing, he's at a penalty to defend. [Possibly bad example, as boxing is bad vs all kicks, not just low-line ones] I think you need to resolve hit location before you roll the defenses, so that any special cases brought about by particular skill use are taken into consideration before rolling success/failure. [Possible also that in Basic Set, this isn't necessary. Personally, I don't know that I'd give a boxer a penalty to defend against a high kick, esp to the head, but the low-line stuff, probably. Still, not basic set, so mostly disregard this one]
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02-07-2008, 01:52 PM | #32 | |
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Great comments DouglasCole, things I will definitely keep in mind as I continue these examples; I'll try to give the combatants a better sense of tactics as things progress.
It's a very fine line to walk - the focus of these examples is to illustrate the concrete application of the rules as written, not necessarily to show the best use of the combat maneuvers from the PC's perspective. Very close, but not identical, goals, so sometimes the combatants don't choose the best option available (especially in the first few, a lot of times characters just do a simple Dodge or Parry instead of Retreating, even though Retreating would be the smart thing to do). Quote:
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02-07-2008, 01:59 PM | #33 |
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I think in the beginning of Turn 2, after the successful Judo Parry, that Arthur should do a Deceptive Judo Attack, lowering his skill from 20 to 16 for a -2 to Zach's defense. This would have resulted in a successful grapple attack in your example. You may wish to point this out in a parenthetical. If your effective melee skill is above 16 when all is said and done, it makes no sense not to take a few voluntary minuses to get your skill down to 16, since 17/18 fail and crit fail automatically anyway. While retreat/non-retreat are valid calls in spacing and distance, proper use of high skill is essential. GURPS added Deceptive Attack specifically to give high-skill guys more reason to have high skill.
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02-07-2008, 02:06 PM | #34 | |
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I'll probably leave it as-is though, since I'm striving for strict "RAW-compliance": "(B400) You never have to target a hit location - you can always just strike at 'whatever target presents itself'. To do so, attack with no modifier for hit location. If you hit, and your foe fails to defend, roll 3d on the appropriate hit location table to find out where the blow fell"
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02-07-2008, 02:11 PM | #37 |
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One thing about this whole scenario is that it starts before the Broadsword guy gets his sword out. Smart move on Karate-guy's part. Start them far enough apart to have the weapon out (or even Broadsword and Knife/Main-Gauche) and Karate-guy is in rather more trouble, as he's going to be facing two enweaponed parries each turn. Very different outcomes possible. however, the tactics used for the scenario as presented are excellent, and really show the best way for unarmed to defeat armed. Hit 'im BEFORE he's armed: "You just shot an unarmed man!" "...he shoulda armed himself then."
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Errors in Ranged 3:
At the failed unconsciousness check, Zachs effective HT is 9, not 10. You get -1 to avoid unconsciousness for every full multiple of -HP (BS 419). Also, when Zach empties his gun, you made a copy-paste error (he fired 6, not 15 shots). |
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