being a noob, I am delighted
this is officially my favorite system, starting now
emmanuel
On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 6:15 PM, Paul King <paul_at_...> wrote:
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> On 25 Nov 2010, at 19:50, sarah.newton5_at_...<sarah.newton5%40btinternet.com>wrote:
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> > Cool - so in the warrior vs wizard example above, would each
> > character use their best attack ability, or would one of them be in
> > some sense defending against the other? Does either of them get to
> > "set" the context of the contest that the other participant has to
> > respond to?
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> The abilities that can be used are limited by the context and the
> objectives - i.e. the ability must be one that could sensibly be used
> given the situation and capable of achieving the objective. And of
> course, circumstances may suggest that some abilities suffer a
> penalty. For the wizard versus warrior example you would likely
> consider range, cover, weapons and so on. Typically the wizard would
> have an advantage at range (especially if the warrior lacks a ranged
> attack) while the warrior would do better at close quarters.
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> If both are trying to win the fight then attack abilities would
> usually be used as the primary ability (unless one or the other is
> trying something tricky). Defensive abilities would be usable as
> augments.
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> So the wizard and the warrior are standing at either end of a 50'
> corridor. The wizard uses Puissant Bolt of Doom. The warrior uses
> his Terrible Swift Sword ability to attack, suffering a penalty of -3
> for the range (the spell could toast him before he gets close enough
> to attack) but Augmenting with his Fast as the Wind ability (he could
> use a dodging ability, too).
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