What happens if you have an action that lowers your DX on your turn? - Page 4

bluekitsune13 · 07-31-2018, 08:40 AM

I came up with a weird situation when reading through the rules. From what I understand, DX is fluid. Things can change during the course of the turn that can raise or lower your DX. I basically made a little scale on a piece of paper starting at 20 and counting down to 0. You start at the top and check if anyone is DX 20. If not you move the tracker down one and so on.

The weird situation is when you make special attacks that lower your DX. For example doing a wild swing I think it's called, with a 2 handed weapon. It says it lowers your DX by 4. So say my fighter has a DX of 12, and now it's my turn. If I want to do a wild swing against the 2 enemies in front of me, could I do it now? Or by declaring it, would I have to wait until DX 8 to act? If I have to wait, what if I change my mind after an enemy acts? Would that let me cut in line and act or am I locked in?

Another situation is two weapon fighting. The rules say you can make the first attack at normal DX, but the second is at -4DX. Do both attacks happen on my current turn, or do I make one attack now, then wait for the 2nd one? I know that having high DX with bows let you fire two arrows, and the rules mention that the 2nd shot comes at the end of the round in DX order. I don't see anything like that mentioned.

Can anyone help me out?

07-31-2018, 08:40 AM	#1
bluekitsune13 Join Date: Feb 2018	What happens if you have an action that lowers your DX on your turn? I came up with a weird situation when reading through the rules. From what I understand, DX is fluid. Things can change during the course of the turn that can raise or lower your DX. I basically made a little scale on a piece of paper starting at 20 and counting down to 0. You start at the top and check if anyone is DX 20. If not you move the tracker down one and so on. The weird situation is when you make special attacks that lower your DX. For example doing a wild swing I think it's called, with a 2 handed weapon. It says it lowers your DX by 4. So say my fighter has a DX of 12, and now it's my turn. If I want to do a wild swing against the 2 enemies in front of me, could I do it now? Or by declaring it, would I have to wait until DX 8 to act? If I have to wait, what if I change my mind after an enemy acts? Would that let me cut in line and act or am I locked in? Another situation is two weapon fighting. The rules say you can make the first attack at normal DX, but the second is at -4DX. Do both attacks happen on my current turn, or do I make one attack now, then wait for the 2nd one? I know that having high DX with bows let you fire two arrows, and the rules mention that the 2nd shot comes at the end of the round in DX order. I don't see anything like that mentioned. Can anyone help me out?