Dodge Skill vs Parry Skill

[drohem]

Originally Posted by threedeesix

I like the chart and could see myself using it in my campaigns. The only problem I would have with it, would be in Super Hero games as now you would need muck greater STR+SIZ to damage tanks and stuff.

Nice balanced spread though and good for 90% of the campaigns I run.

Rod

Cool

Yeah, for a supers I would probably just stick with db as written in the BRP systems.

[Trifletraxor]

Originally Posted by The Venomous Pao

To quote Rich Burlew, Your d12 Cries Itself To Sleep.

I've never understood the hate, either. I love d12s. They're just so... Platonic.

I'm getting that one!

SGL.

[The Venomous Pao]

Originally Posted by Trifletraxor

I'm getting that one!

Cool! Wear it with pride. Or sympathy. Or something.

On a different note, I have an actual question about parrying. Specifically, in the attack vs. parry matrix, what does it mean when an effect is list with an "or" conjunction? I don't have the book here at the office, but the gist of it is something like "Attack fails, no damage OR shield takes 1 pt of damage."

Why the or?

[Trifletraxor]

Originally Posted by The Venomous Pao

Cool! Wear it with pride. Or sympathy. Or something.

Do you have a link to where I can purchase it? I'm not able to find it on cafepress?

SGL.

[Shaira]

Originally Posted by The Venomous Pao

On a different note, I have an actual question about parrying. Specifically, in the attack vs. parry matrix, what does it mean when an effect is list with an "or" conjunction? I don't have the book here at the office, but the gist of it is something like "Attack fails, no damage OR shield takes 1 pt of damage."

Why the or?

Hi, oh Venomous One. I noticed that nasty looking "or" too, and posted a question for Jason on the Clarifications thread (stickied at the top). Hopefully he'll be getting back to us on it - that entire top bit of the Attack & Parry Matrix is a bit murky at the moment!

My guess is you've got something like "Attack fails and no damage is done and the shield takes 1 pt of damage", or on another row, "Attack succeeds but is blocked, roll your damage to see if it gets through the parrying weapon or shield, which takes 2 pts of damage anyway". It all needs a bit of clarification.

Cheers,

Sarah

[The Venomous Pao]

Originally Posted by Trifletraxor

Do you have a link to where I can purchase it? I'm not able to find it on cafepress?

SGL.

It's from Order Of The Stick, which, despite being about D&D, is a terribly funny webcomic all the same.

Find the shirt here: The Order of the Stick Store!

[The Venomous Pao]

Originally Posted by Shaira

Hi, oh Venomous One. I noticed that nasty looking "or" too, and posted a question for Jason on the Clarifications thread (stickied at the top). Hopefully he'll be getting back to us on it - that entire top bit of the Attack & Parry Matrix is a bit murky at the moment!

My guess is you've got something like "Attack fails and no damage is done and the shield takes 1 pt of damage", or on another row, "Attack succeeds but is blocked, roll your damage to see if it gets through the parrying weapon or shield, which takes 2 pts of damage anyway". It all needs a bit of clarification.

Cheers,

Sarah

Thanks for clueing me in on that, Sarah. I think I saw your original questions and then promptly forgot about them. The ol' memory ain't what it used to be

We'll wait and see what the mighty Jason has to say. But I suspect you're right, or very close to it, anway.

[RMS]

Originally Posted by drohem

DAMAGE BONUS CHART
STR + SIZ Damage Bonus
01-04 -1d4
05-08 -1d3
09-12 -1d2
13-16 -1
17-20 +0
21-24 +1
25-28 +1d2
29-32 +1d3
33-36 +1d4
37-40 +1d5
41-44 +1d6
45-48 +1d7
49-52 +1d8
53-56 +1d9
57-60 +1d10
etc… etc…

If you had a +1d9 db, then you'd roll a d10 and reroll any '10' result until you got in the 1-9 range.

Looking at the chart now, I probably would revise it slightly so you would roll one die plus modifier or two dice plus modifier. Basically, it follows the RQ2 -point progression.

Interesting. I'm not a big fan of the 1d7, 1d9, etc. I'd probably just go from 1d2, 1d4, 1d6, 1d8, 1d10, 1d12, and then what? MRQ goes to 2d6 and starts over, which I don't like. RQ:AiG had an interesting take in that weapons all did a rolled die of damage, with no adds if I recall correctly. So, weapons did 1d4, 1d6, 1d8, etc. Damage bonus went up by 1's, but wasn't rolled, so it went +1, +2, +3, etc. I kind of like that idea.

[Atgxtg]

Originally Posted by RMS

Interesting. I'm not a big fan of the 1d7, 1d9, etc. I'd probably just go from 1d2, 1d4, 1d6, 1d8, 1d10, 1d12, and then what? MRQ goes to 2d6 and starts over, which I don't like. RQ:AiG had an interesting take in that weapons all did a rolled die of damage, with no adds if I recall correctly. So, weapons did 1d4, 1d6, 1d8, etc. Damage bonus went up by 1's, but wasn't rolled, so it went +1, +2, +3, etc. I kind of like that idea.

I'd go with using the SB5 demon chart. So:

25-30=+1d2
31-35=+1d4
36-40=+1d6
41-45=+1d8
46-50=+1d10
51-55=+1d10+1d2 (or 2d6)
56-60=+1d10+1d4
61-65=+1d10+1d6 (pr 2d8)
66-70=+1d10+1d8
71-75=+2d10

wash, rinse repeat.

[frogspawner]

Originally Posted by RMS

RQ:AiG had an interesting take in that weapons all did a rolled die of damage, with no adds if I recall correctly. So, weapons did 1d4, 1d6, 1d8, etc. Damage bonus went up by 1's, but wasn't rolled, so it went +1, +2, +3, etc. I kind of like that idea.

Hmm, that seems sort of familiar from some other system... despite that, I like it too. But would there be a problem far up the STR/SIZ scale, with +50 bonuses (or whatever)?