Re: Defensive skill

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

So you are only at a possible disadvantage on the first round since
you weren't quite ready? I actually like that. It takes Dan's roll
vs. your defense skill at the start and splitting off dice every
round. I just want to see a few less swings of the sword per round
( which means keeping the enemy in the battle a little longer but it
also keeps me from being taken out in a round ).

Another fact is if the opponents have a defensive skill to make the
fight harder there is less reason for them to have some 
"item-o-mega-defence" for the players to take when they are done
slaying the fool who forgot he is an actor and is doomed to die 
sooner than we are.
						Greg

> From kris@cioe.com Mon Jun 29 13:54:50 1998
> From: "Kris Ames" <kris@cioe.com>
> To: <gmlist@cioe.com>
> Subject: Re: Defensive skill
> Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 13:58:27 -0500
>
>
> > 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
>
> What about the defense from the previous round counting for the next
> attack.
> That way if someone gets surprise, etc you effectively don't have a defense
> until the next round (i.e. you weren't ready), but you won't get scr*wed
> every 
> round by someone taking lizard or the like.
>
> Just an idea.
>
>
> -Kris
>