Re: Multiple attack the same "round" ?

From: Roderick and Ellen Robertson <rjremr_at_...>
Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2004 16:29:44 -0700

> How does it work ?
> I put a -3 on all attack after the first one.

Attacking multiple opponents is a bit different than defending against multiple opponents:
You only make *one* attack roll a round. To attack multiple opponents, you declare how many you are attacking ("I'll attack these three guys"), then subtract 3 for each extra opponent (note that followers negate these penalties, just as they do multiple attackers - if you have 1 follower and 3 opponents, you only get the penalty for 1 "extra" opponent). (All this is on page 79).

Each opponent gets a defense roll, and the best of those defense rolls is compared to the single attack roll. If the hero wins, he can divide up AP losses (in an extended contest) any way he likes. If it's not an extended contest, then he defeats the entire group. (If you want to get more detailed in a simple contest, then you can compare each defender's roll to the attacker's roll, but simple contests usually don't require knowing anything more than "I won".)

> How many do you allow ?

It's really up to the hero. Harrek or JarEel, with a 10w4 ability (before augmenting), can take on quite a few people before worrying - against a crowd of Ability 17's, for example, they could single-handedly attack 20 opponents in a round and still have a mastery left over. (10w4-60 =10w).

> Have you example of specail capacity that allow this ?

No need for any special capability - anyone can do it.

It's not adviseable unless you are desperate, or fighting a group that you *know* have much lower ability ratings than your own.

RR
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