A Possible Combat Option

[Sylverrs_ dragon]

The subtractor is only a -6 with the option instead of -12. If the option
was used, the increased effective SB would not apply as an increase to OCV.
You are correct. It would be devastating on deadly hits. That is a potential
problem.



>From: "Choinski, Burton" <Burton.Choinski at MATRIXONE.COM>
>Reply-To: Powers and Perils Fantasy Roleplaying Game Mailing List
><POWERS-AND-PERILS at GEO.CITG.TUDELFT.NL>
>To: POWERS-AND-PERILS at GEO.CITG.TUDELFT.NL
>Subject: Re: A Possible Combat Option
>Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 07:53:40 -0400
>
>||      My thought was to add a third option. I call it
>|| fighting aggressively
>|| for lack of a better term. In this mode, the individual is
>|| pressing the
>|| attack intent on maximum mayhem. The effect of this would be
>|| as follows:
>|| 1) One half of his EL rounded down will be used as his
>|| combat subtractor. If
>|| he is EL 12, he may subtract 6 instead of 12.
>|| 2) His EL divided by 4, rounded down, is ADDED to his SB for all hit
>|| resolution, normal, shield, severe and deadly. If the EL 12
>|| person above had
>|| a SB of +2, while fighting aggressively it is effectively +5.
>|| 3) Where fatigue rules are being used (which I must greatly
>|| improve upon)
>|| the cost to fight aggressively would be DOUBLE the cost to
>|| fight offensively
>|| or defensively.
>
>That sounds fine when it comes to normal, shield and severe hits, but on
>deadly hits it is WAY too much.  When you have a Warrior humping around a
>+3
>SB normally, plus a +1 SB weapon, then adding another +3 SB for agressive
>attacks -- rolling 8d10 on a deadly hit is a bit much.  And they are very
>likely to get that deadly, given their -12 on the roll, plus their OCV will
>be that much higher due to their SB.
>
>I think it's asking for min-maxing troubles.
>
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