How should taunting during combat work? If I have a good combat ability and an
excellent taunt ability, then there is a potential advantage to using my
taunting. But, the main point of the combat is physical, so just jumping around
teasing the opposition into humiliation is pretty unsatisfying, especially if
it happens every time. However, an occasional provocation adds variety, and I
wouldn't like to see it deprecated too harshly. So, I propose that taunting
should attract inappropriateness modifiers dependant on the situation. If the
taunt is genuinely surprising, appropriate, and timely, then it should not
suffer any penalty at all. However, a second taunt in the same melee will have
dramatically less effect, unless the opposition rises to the occasion and
taunts back. So:
First taunt: -5
Subsequent repartee: -10
If both participants are taunting: -5
Particularly appropriate jocularity may be 5 points less that above, ie. 0 &
-5, with -10 applied if it gets boring.
Philip Hibbs http://www.snark.freeserve.co.uk/
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