Re: Defensive skill

[Greg Mowczko <mooch@ns1.cioe.com>]

> From: Wright Frazier <khelek>
> Subject: Re: Defensive skill
> Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 11:36:37 -0500 (EST)
>
> *nod* I can agree with that, just some weapons are more defensively
> oriented than others.  *shrug*  But with alternate weapon
> writeups, we can get around this.
>
> As for still getting the 1 attack, yes, I agree definately.
>
> As for splitting dice pools, not sure I like it, but I could lieve
> with it, or at least give it an ingame try.

Plus with the splitting of the dice pool the amounts of times someone
whips off 6 attacks will go down if they choose to be defensive.

> Also if you roll it, how much do you add per die? 1? 2? 3?
> or more?  I still prefer the flat addition, or since we
> are gonna do the alternate writeups for weapons, then
> more defensive oriented weapons add more?

I would say you add the base DV of the weapon per die and if you don't
have the skill you don't get to add that to your DV. A long sword gives
you a +1 to CDV and GDV already. While a staff gives you a +3.

> Also what about using 2 weapons?  i.e. Marines using Rapier and Main-Gauche?

Purely defensive weapon? ie. you aren't trying to get an extra attack
out of that Gauche thing right ( why can't your example weapons have english
names? )

> Wright
>
> > However I think even without dice splitting adding a defensive
> > option to the package is a positive step. Does this get rolled every
> > round or roll once and it stays in affect until you choose a different
> > weapons skill option?
> > 
> > 					-Steve

So the choices so far we've presented are:

A separate skill which is just a straight up addition to DV ( kindof like how
	tumbling works )

Building it in to the current skill with either:
	a. rolling vs. it once at the beginning of combat or
	b. rolling every round in conjunction with attacks.

Choice b. while I like it has a problem with when you roll since that lizard is
going to hit me before I can roll my defence. How can you handle this? Do you
offer them a chance to roll their defence and when the attack side comes they
then use what they had left of the roll as they stated they would?

							Greg