Re: Defensive skill

[Wright Frazier <khelek@ns1.cioe.com>]

> 
> 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.

*nod* true.

> 
> 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.

And if someone is using a shield with shield skill?

> 
> > 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? )

Yep, purely defensive weapons.  Shields, BUcklers, Parrying Daggers,
Main-gauche.


> 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?
> 
As dan said, you make it, and you continue with it until the fight ends
or you change options.

i.e. you set defensive the 1st round, then on the lizard init the 2nd round
you are still defensive since it is before your action.  Then when
your action rolls around, you can change to something else, or stay
defensive.

Wright