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Message no. 1
From: rencheple@*******.net (Tim Martin)
Subject: Question #1: Zero Net Hits
Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 12:20:01 -0400
I've been doing some simple one-shot sessions with my friends to orient
myself to the new system and have come up with two questions. This is
the first of those two:

Clarification, to make sure I understood the rules:

Bob rolls an unarmed melee attack against Joe, with a total of /X
/hits. Joe rolls the opposing test of dodge, parry, block (or full
defense), and archives /Y /hits. The result of the opposed test is
/X-Y=Z/. /Z/ is then added to the DV of the attack to determine the
effectiveness of the attack, so if the attack is a katana, then the
damage dealt is (6+/Z/)DV. Joe must now roll a Body+Armor=/W/ damage
resistance test, reducing the final damage of the attack to ((6+/Z/)-/W/)DV.

Q) If the statement above is correct, then when an opposed combat test
results in zero net hits, did the attack miss outright, or is the value
of X simply "0", and the process continues with the possibility that
damage may still be done? (i.e. /((6+(0-Y)-W)DV/?

Thanks

Tim
Message no. 2
From: raymacey@*****.com (Ray Macey)
Subject: Question #1: Zero Net Hits
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 03:04:05 +1000
On 9/26/05, Tim Martin <rencheple@*******.net> wrote:
> I've been doing some simple one-shot sessions with my friends to orient
> myself to the new system and have come up with two questions. This is
> the first of those two:
>
> Clarification, to make sure I understood the rules:

Check out page 139

"If the result of the Opposed Test is a tie, the gamemaster
may choose to rule it as a grazing hit. A grazing hit does not
do any damage, but the character nevertheless makes contact"

So no damage, but you can still hit them with touch based spells and the like

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Message no. 3
From: l-hansen@*****.tele.dk (Lars Wagner Hansen)
Subject: Question #1: Zero Net Hits
Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 20:03:52 +0200
From: "Ray Macey" <raymacey@*****.com>
>"If the result of the Opposed Test is a tie, the gamemaster
>may choose to rule it as a grazing hit. A grazing hit does not
>do any damage, but the character nevertheless makes contact"
>
>So no damage, but you can still hit them with touch based spells and the
>like

But if you are trying to us a touch based spell, you might aswell opt for
the +2 Touch-only attack modifyer.

Lars

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