Halve Doge Question

[Tinman]

When you are below 1/3 HP or FP and it asys to halve move & dodge,
do you add bonuses from retreat, extra effort, ect... before or after the halving?

[Peter V. Dell'Orto]

Originally Posted by Tinman

When you are below 1/3 HP or FP and it asys to halve move & dodge,
do you add bonuses from retreat, extra effort, ect... before or after the halving?

Not sure if it's the official ruling or not, but I add them after. I figure the rules mean "halve your Dodge score" and these add afterward. So basic, all-time adds halve (if your Dodge is 9 + 1 for Combat Reflexes, +1 for Enhanced Dodge, it drops to 11/2 = 5) but conditional modifies add straight-up (same guy retreats, he rolls against an 8).

It keeps everyone at the table a little more sane, because then you aren't trying to add 1.5 to your pre-rounded halved score or whatever.

[Captain-Captain]

Originally Posted by Tinman

When you are below 1/3 HP or FP and it asys to halve move & dodge,
do you add bonuses from retreat, extra effort, ect... before or after the halving?

I'm going literal interpretation on this. Base dodge is move plus three, so half dodge is half move plus 3/2. Move 5 Dodge 8 becomes Move 2.5 + 1.5 or 4, which is what you'd expect from halving 8. Round down after adding mods like retreat. 8 dodge 11 retreating dodge. Halving should result in 5.5 (5).

5/2 + 3/2 + 3/2 = 5.5, as opposed to 5/5 (2) + 1.5 (1) + 1.5 (1) or 4.

[Tinman]

Originally Posted by Captain-Captain

I'm going literal interpretation on this. Base dodge is move plus three, so half dodge is half move plus 3/2. Move 5 Dodge 8 becomes Move 2.5 + 1.5 or 4, which is what you'd expect from halving 8. Round down after adding mods like retreat. 8 dodge 11 retreating dodge. Halving should result in 5.5 (5).

5/2 + 3/2 + 3/2 = 5.5, as opposed to 5/5 (2) + 1.5 (1) + 1.5 (1) or 4.

It explicitly states that you round up though.