Knockback & mulitiple attacks

Tinman · 02-02-2012, 06:41 PM

One of my players asked me about this & I'm not sure how to answer. I know it's going to start comming up in our game soon as he's almost got power attack at a level he can reliably use it in combat.

Say he has 3 attacks in this turn: 1 extra attack & 2 rapid strikes.
He hit's a target with all three and does enough damage to cause knockback.
Let's say 1 yard on the first, 2 yds on the second, & 1 yard on the 3rd.

My questions are: [The knockback rules are on B.378]

1) When does the knockback happen? when the target is struck or at the end of the round? (A main reason I even ask, is because retreat says that you are still in range of the enemies multiple attacks eventhough you have moved back.)

2) How is the knockback calculated? based on tota damage of the hits? addup the total knockback based on each hit? or is it just the hit that does the most knockback the only one that counts?

Thx in advance for any thoughts on the matter.

Edit for clarity:
It's a Monster Hunter game. Prety cinimatic I guess, but we try to keep it as realistic as possible.

02-02-2012, 06:41 PM	#1
Tinman Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: New York City	Knockback & mulitiple attacks One of my players asked me about this & I'm not sure how to answer. I know it's going to start comming up in our game soon as he's almost got power attack at a level he can reliably use it in combat. Say he has 3 attacks in this turn: 1 extra attack & 2 rapid strikes. He hit's a target with all three and does enough damage to cause knockback. Let's say 1 yard on the first, 2 yds on the second, & 1 yard on the 3rd. My questions are: [The knockback rules are on B.378] 1) When does the knockback happen? when the target is struck or at the end of the round? (A main reason I even ask, is because retreat says that you are still in range of the enemies multiple attacks eventhough you have moved back.) 2) How is the knockback calculated? based on tota damage of the hits? addup the total knockback based on each hit? or is it just the hit that does the most knockback the only one that counts? Thx in advance for any thoughts on the matter. Edit for clarity: It's a Monster Hunter game. Prety cinimatic I guess, but we try to keep it as realistic as possible. Last edited by Tinman; 02-02-2012 at 08:08 PM.