tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post7521024408150207772..comments2024-03-27T22:37:01.796-04:00Comments on Dungeon Fantastic: Blocking Two ArrowsPeter Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14246000382321978462noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post-20781758424634214942013-07-24T09:59:32.080-04:002013-07-24T09:59:32.080-04:00It's as simple as what I said - "I do thi...It's as simple as what I said - "I do think it's fair to give a little something to people who get shot with two arrows at the same time." It's a little something to shield guys, in a specific case.<br /><br />So the DWA archer shoots you twice at -0 (thanks to buying up the technique with Martial Arts, or the appropriate power-up with DF) and gives you a -1 to defend. You can Block both with one defense with a -1 to your Block.<br /><br />If DWA guy hates this, he can shoot you twice at -1 instead, and you can't defend with one Block but neither of your defenses is penalized (unless he's using Prediction Shot, but you should be happy it only penalized the one defense, unlike Deceptive Attack.)<br /><br />This puts the DWA guy on the exact same footing vs. a large shield user that a melee attacker is versus a two-handed weapon user - you can DWA and risk him sweeping aside your attacks with one defense, or Rapid Strike and take a slightly larger penalty to hit. The defender can bet everything on one roll.<br /><br />Like I said, it's a little something for the shield guys, and I don't think that would nerf DWA. In fact, nerfing DWA isn't my intention. I don't have any issue with DWA, at least not the ones you have. I consider the -1 from DWA "you have to do two things at once" not "deal with attacks from different angles" so it's totally sensible to me that the -1 applies.Peter Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14246000382321978462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post-46271453448027816372013-07-24T07:20:16.671-04:002013-07-24T07:20:16.671-04:00I do also think that it's fair (if not "v...I do also think that it's fair (if not "verisimilitude enhancing") to give something to people who get shot with two arrows at once. Especially to people with shields.<br /><br />But I don't really get what you'd like to achieve with this change. At first you say that nerfing DWA doesn't solve anything because of Rapid Strike. Then you improve shields versus DWA, thus nerfing it and leaving Rapid Strike untouched. I'm lost.<br /><br />On the other hand, I don't like the idea of making ranged DWA-s at one target from the first place. IIRC, the Active Defense penalty imposed by DWA is explained as an effect of two simultaneous attacks from different angles.* I can't imagine how it applies to one ranged attack. Two missiles shot simultaneously from one weapon at one target - it's clearly Rapid Fire (shotgun type). So I'd dump One Target DWA as an option for ranged combat and replaced it with something else just to name it differently and avoid confusion.<br /><br />* Oh, now I remember my old idea for Leadership or Tactics rolls in tactical combat. I couldn't have recalled it since months.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post-70039327561334438052013-07-23T21:01:14.118-04:002013-07-23T21:01:14.118-04:00Oh, quit your whining. ;)Oh, quit your whining. ;)Peter Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14246000382321978462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post-85355867395613411442013-07-23T14:35:25.073-04:002013-07-23T14:35:25.073-04:00"But I do think it's fair to give a littl..."But I do think it's fair to give a little something to people who get shot with two arrows at the same time."<br /><br />So do I -- *two* sucking chest wounds.Mike Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04488901323985759548noreply@blogger.com